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About the Role
This role sits within the Finance Business Partner team, providing accurate, timely, and insightful financial planning advice to support strategic growth. The team aims to be an effective business partnering service, driving strategy and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Compile and assess financial data for business requests, including appraisals, profitability, and trend reporting.
- Assist in preparing financial presentations for the business, providing analysis and recommendations.
- Manage the production of monthly reporting packs, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Provide direct Business Partnering support to regional leads or alternative fee earning teams.
- Become a subject matter expert for finance systems and models, ensuring their accuracy and relevance.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve the efficiency of data generation.
- Liaise with the Finance Reporting Team to ensure consistent and accurate information.
- Assist in the delivery of the financial education agenda by supporting training initiatives.
- Support Finance Business Partners with the annual budget process and quarterly reforecast exercises.
- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of data used by the Finance Business Partner team (e.g., headcount, cost rates).
- Assist with ad-hoc tasks as required by the Financial Planning & Decision Support department.
- Support annual planning and budgeting.
- Support quarterly reforecasting.
- Develop longer-term 3-5 year plans with Partners and Senior Finance Business Partners.
- Prepare Executive Reporting for Senior Management at Business Review Meetings.
- Conduct longer-term strategic reviews of offices and teams to support profitable growth.
- Assist Fee Earners with routine and ad-hoc queries.
- Attend and provide cover at Partner and Team meetings for supported areas.
- Enable practice groups and regions to achieve objectives through effective financial analysis.
- Support the delivery of monthly finance MI with insightful commentary and analysis.
- Monitor performance against strategic and operational plans to achieve financial targets.
- Support the Financial Planning and Decision Support team in the overall financial management of practice areas.
- Perform advanced ad-hoc analysis to maximize profitability.
- Assist in the design and evolution of Dashboards/MI.
- Act as the Finance lead on non-finance initiatives/projects.
- Participate as a key part of the recruitment process for hires in supported areas.
Requirements
- Strong Financial modelling skills.
- Advanced MS Office suite user (particularly Excel).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
- Continuous improvement mentality.
- Attention to detail and ability to see the bigger picture.
- Collaborative team-player with a transparent and supportive approach.
- Proactive in dealing with work.
Skills
- Financial modelling
- MS Office Suite (Excel)
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Attention to detail
- Teamwork
- Proactiveness
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
Benefits
- Generous bonus scheme
- Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
- Holiday exchange scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent
About the Company
- CMS is a Future Facing firm with more than 80 offices in over 45 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide.
- Combines deep local market understanding with a global perspective.
- Passionate about building strong relationships with clients, people, and communities.
- Takes a bold, dynamic, and agile approach.
- Driven by emerging technologies such as generative AI.
- Aims to inspire, impact, and support clients and people, helping them maximize potential and thrive.
Equal Opportunity
- Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.