Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

About Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds-Sutherland is not your average law firm and we're not looking for average people. We do things differently - in the way we treat our people and the service we provide. That's how we've become one of the largest law firms in the world and a great place to work and develop your career.

You would be joining a team providing world class financial services to our business. You'll be someone who wants to be the best at what they do; who can handle pressure and enjoys making decisions that will have a real impact on our business. Our firm is all about teamwork and you would be a crucial part of that team - you'll find the work stimulating, the atmosphere dynamic and the results highly satisfying.

The Finance team is one of the largest International Operations teams, consisting of individuals who are involved in a range of activities covering commercial business partnering, credit and revenue control, finance operations, financial control and tax.

This role will support the Commercial Accounting arm of International Operations. International Operations comprises all of the support functions across the firm including Finance, IT, HR, Governance & Compliance, Pricing and Property & Facilities. This is a business partnering role to provide financial support to the leadership teams across the International Operations teams to ensure they understand and control their expenditure and headcount. The team consists of three people, this role, which reports into the Commercial Finance Manager, and one direct report, a Commercial Finance Analyst.

The Role

This role will support the Commercial Accounting arm of International Operations. International Operations comprises all of the support functions across the firm including Finance, IT, HR, Governance & Compliance, Pricing and Property & Facilities. This is a business partnering role to provide financial support to the leadership teams across the International Operations teams to ensure they understand and control their expenditure and headcount. The team consists of three people, this role, which reports into the Commercial Finance Manager, and one direct report, a Commercial Finance Analyst.

• Commercial Accounting Tasks
• Preparation of monthly and year end accruals and prepayments and to post journals as necessary.
• To produce reports and support GL and coding queries where necessary.
• Preparation of month end packs and departmental reports.
• Assist with budget attending relevant meetings, input into the budget model and preparation of papers.
• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring the balance sheet position is reflected correctly.
• Participation in monthly finance results meetings plus departmental results with the relevant head of department. Support the Commercial Finance Manager with the larger functions and take the lead on [smaller / three?] of the functions which involves developing strong relationships with stakeholders and other support areas, e.g. HR.
• Line manage the Commercial Finance Analyst
• Assist in other ad hoc tasks.
• Take the lead on the production of the packs required to report in XL cubed [and develop the XL cubed reporting capability of the team].

Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a finance department, capable of working on your own as well as in a small team. You will be computer literate (strong Excel is necessary ), and have experience of working with management information systems. We use XL cubed, which is an add-in to Excel as our reporting tool, no previous experience of this is necessary.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and book keeping knowledge including accruals and prepayments.

• Ideally the candidate will be newly qualified.

Key Competencies

You will be ambitious, client-focused and keen to learn. You will be a team player, able to work in a busy environment and be a self-motivated individual with the energy, enthusiasm and commitment required to meet deadlines.

You will have:

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• A reliable, enthusiastic and a ‘can do’ approach
• A collaborative style and able to build strong working relationships within Finance and across the business.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, we recognise that having diverse talent across our business brings many benefits, and we are committed to accessing a wide range of views and thinking in all that we do. A culture of inclusion, where each person feels able to be their true self at work and reach their full potential is key. We recognise that bringing together the perspectives of individuals of all backgrounds, life experiences, preferences and beliefs is critical if we are to serve our global client base, people and communities as a leading global legal practice.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to enable participation in the recruitment process, please contact us so that we can discuss how best to assist.

We are open to considering flexible working options for our vacancies. Whilst we are not able to offer flexible working across all of our roles, many of our people work flexibly in some way, and we would encourage you to talk to us about this during the hiring process if you would like to explore further.

We are a LGBT+ inclusive employer and are Stonewall Corporate Champions.

In addition to training, a competitive benefits package is offered, including: 26 days annual leave; flexible holiday scheme; subsidised canteen on Eversheds Sutherland sites; subsidised corporate gym membership; pension; and life assurance.