Finance Business Partner - Bristol, United Kingdom - Foot Anstey LLP

Foot Anstey LLP

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Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Due to sustained business growth, we are now seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Finance Business Partner to join our Financial Planning and Analysis team.

This opportunity provides a key business partnering service to stakeholders across the firm, with a particular focus on supporting our Business Group which provides legal advice on areas such as corporate, commercial, employment and dispute resolution law, primarily to business clients.

This is a superb opportunity if you are seeking to shape working relationships with our Partners and other key stakeholders, by advising, supporting, and empowering their understanding of profitability and management information in order to drive business change.

We would ideally like this role recruited into our Bristol office although would consider one of our other office locations with a blend of weekly home and office working to meet the needs of the business and the wider team.

Your primary focus in this role will be to support improving contribution, managing working capital and supporting operational tasks where required.

You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to new and upcoming projects which are being developed within the team.

If you are an experienced Finance Business Partner or Finance Manager who is solutions-focussed, with excellent communication skills to deliver insights about financial information, this is an ideal role for you.

What you'll do

Day to day, you will be working with senior Business Group stakeholders to improve the impact of key financial information, which is shared with them, finding ways to enhance their understanding of Management Information in order to inform decision making and strategic planning.

You will be accustomed to providing analysis, commentary and delivering insight to business leaders, which for us focusses on our clients, matters and sectors, and how this flows through to contribution (profitability).

You will also take a key role in:

Driving our business tools to assist in pricing and profitability decisions, supporting suggestions for change
Driving change, to ensure key operational and financial targets are delivered
Supporting Portfolio Management Services efficiencies for all stakeholders across the business
Supporting with tender submissions and pricing queries
Supporting partners and fee earners with understanding their financial KPIs
Supporting with client Management Information reports
Supporting with our year end accounts production as required
Leading on the budgeting and reforecast process for the Business Group
Working with Team Leaders and fee earners to improve financial performance and support lawyer progression.

What we're looking for

Preferably with experience in the legal sector, you will be both a skilled Finance Manager / Finance Business Partner and a consummate relationship developer, in order to effectively translate management information into understandable and impactful information for senior stakeholders.

With a credible, consultative and enthusiastic approach to your work, you can readily demonstrate your ability to produce management information which is both accurate and of high quality.

Accustomed to working at a senior level, you possess the skills to be flexible and inclusive in a role which requires daily engagement with our senior leaders in the finance team.

You will also have:

Proven ability to implement change, including system improvements, i.e. monthly, quarterly and annual.
The ability to be proactive and organised and able to prioritise work to deadlines.
Good communication skills and confidence in dealing with senior equity partners and directors.
A recognized accounting qualification with a drive to continue professional studies further or recently completed an accountancy chartership qualification.

Our offer to you
In return for your efforts, you can expect considerable scope for personal as well as professional development.

We encourage people to engage with our popular and well supported coaching and mentoring programmes, which connect you to people right across the firm and at every level.

We create space for mental and physical wellbeing with our weekly Lifestyle Hour, along with private medical insurance, 28 days annual leave and a sabbatical you can take every 5 years.

You can also buy and sell holiday, managing your benefits flexibly using our sophisticated portal to configure your total reward offer according to what you value most.

As part of this, you can make ongoing or one-off donations to our charitable foundation and access our CSR programme where you can engage with community-based initiatives (as a team, or individually) twice a year, to give something back where you feel it matters.

Why Foot Anstey?

As one of the UK's fastest growing law firms, Foot Anstey believes in helping our clients and people achieve their ambitions, unlocking new and exciting opportunities.

Our team of business an