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Job Title
Senior Financial Analyst
Location
London
Description
As the Senior Financial Analyst, this role will be responsible for
producing the monthly board reports for the MDR Group and providing an
in-depth analysis of actual vs budget. This will include writing
commentary and highlighting regular and relevant movements and
fluctuations, which is fit for purpose for board planning and decision
making. This will involve working closely with the Planning and
FP&A team, as well as the Financial Accounting team in supporting
them with their reporting requirements.
The individual will work closely with the Head of Group Performance
to drive best practice and process improvements. Strong technical
accounting skills are critical along with the ability to build
relationships with key stakeholders across the business and be able to
interpret financial data to business leaders. This is a hands-on role
that will grow and evolve as the business continues to expand.
Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for the production of the monthly board report
summarising financial performance and analysis against budget,
forecast and prior year with key insights.
Present the flash and board report to senior executives, including
the Group CFO.
Scope and design performance reporting which provides the Board
and senior stakeholders with the key performance indicators and
analysis to measure the performance against strategic drivers.
Peer review and challenge of the numbers, liaising with senior
stakeholders where required.
Have an in-depth knowledge of the firm's financial performance
across all areas of the business.
Support the Finance Business Managers with monthly reporting
requests and ad hoc queries.
Report on all aspects of business performance including revenue,
profit, working capital and also non-financial measures.
Work collaboratively with the business and finance department to
define the necessary inputs to produce the required reports.
Drive change and lead on process automation for board reporting.
Supporting ad hoc projects and requests.
Skills/Experience
Technical accounting and financial expertise to model the impact
of transactions under global accounting standards and policies.
Strong interpersonal skills and relationship management and the
ability to present complex finance transactions in a clear and
concise way to senior stakeholders, Board and business heads.
Technically capable qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA, or equivalent).
Advanced MS Excel skills.
Excellent communication skills, confident presenting to senior
internal and external stakeholders, providing technical and
commercial support, comfortable challenging senior leaders of the business.
Process improvement experience.
Experience with producing board reports.
Strong visualisation abilities (mainly in PowerPoint).
Anaplan experience desirable.
Attributes
Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong
working relationships.
Organised, analytical, pragmatic, methodical, inquisitive and
curious, highly articulate and numerate.
Flexible and adaptable - comfortable with ambiguity as the
business grows and evolves.
Multi-cultural approach - comfortable working with different cultures.
Personable and hands-on, driven and determined to succeed with a
can-do attitude.
A team player capable of solving complex issues on your own.
Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of
duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You
may be required by your line manager to take on additional
responsibilities when requested.
About The Mishcon de Reya Group
The Mishcon de Reya Group is
an independent international professional service business with law at
its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It
includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading
consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We
have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue
growth in the past five years alone.
Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an
association with Karas So LLP in Hong
Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and
provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often
do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border,
multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.
As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de
Reya andTaylor Vintersmerged. The merger delivers on
both firms' strategies to support the innovation economy and
accelerate our growing share of the technology, media and
life-sciences legal and consultancy services market in the UK and in
key international innovation hubs globally.
In times of such far-reaching and
profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients
- and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are
here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic
centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital,
and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.
Our purpose remains rooted in our
founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who
make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous
improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion.Mishcon Academy, our in-house place of learning,
development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts
and our innovative impact strategy, including acommitment to be a net zero carbon business, also play a central strategic
role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launchedMishcon Purpose, a first-of-its-kind
sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.
We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all
our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of
our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.