Job Description
The role
This is a key role designed to support the UK Financial Controller in achieving the Firm's strategic objectives around growth and operational excellence. The UK business has Income +£900m pa and circa 1,200 FTE.
We are seeking a newly qualified Finance Manager to join our dynamic team, where the ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing and controlling costs, preparing detailed financial reports, and conducting comprehensive planning and analysis to support the firm's strategic goals and ensure financial stability.
Key Responsibilities
Cost Management: Oversee and control cost management processes, ensuring that all expenses are accurately tracked and allocated to the appropriate departments, while also developing and implementing cost control strategies to minimize unnecessary expenditures and optimize resource utilisation.
Perform detailed cost analysis and cost allocation, identifying areas where costs can be reduced or better managed, and providing recommendations to senior management on how to achieve these savings. Monitor and report on cost deviations and variances, analysing the reasons behind these discrepancies and working with relevant teams to address any issues and prevent future occurrences.
Financial Reporting: Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, ensuring that all financial data is accurately recorded and presented in a clear and concise manner, while also collaborating with accounting teams to reconcile financial data and resolve any discrepancies.
Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, adhering to all relevant regulations and standards, and presenting financial findings to stakeholders, including senior management and external auditors, to provide a comprehensive overview of the firm's financial performance.
Planning and Analysis: Develop financial models to support strategic planning, using advanced analytical techniques to forecast future financial performance and identify potential risks and opportunities. Conduct comprehensive analysis of financial and market trends, staying up-to-date with industry developments and providing insights to senior management on how these trends may impact the firm's financial strategy.
Prepare detailed annual budgets and monthly forecasts, working closely with department heads to ensure that all financial plans are realistic and achievable, and analysing budget variances to provide actionable insights for decision-making.
Qualifications
Your experience
- Degree level candidate with a strong academic background and relevant certifications that demonstrate expertise in financial management.
- Newly qualified with relevant certifications (e.g., ACA/CIMA/ACCA), indicating a solid foundation in financial principles and practices, and a commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide clear and actionable recommendations to senior management.
- Proficiency in financial software and MS Office (particularly Excel), with experience using advanced features to analyse and present financial data.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner.
Company Description
Who we are
We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.
Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.
Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.
You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.
Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.
Additional Information
Hybrid Working
This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum of 50% of your time.
What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment
When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK, please visit our What We Offer page on our career site.
Equal Opportunities
At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.
We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.
Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.
Find out more about our inclusive culture here
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