Job Description

We are a global law firm with a powerful strategic focus and real momentum. Our industry-focused strategy is seeing us take on pioneering work in places that others have yet to reach. Our shared values define our culture and our workplace. You will find us to be unusually collegial, team-oriented, and ready to innovate. We work seamlessly across practices, offices and around the world. This elimination of boundaries has allowed us to evolve into a law firm that works as hard for its culture as it does for its clients.

Reporting to the Director of Global Finance Operations, the FP&A Process Lead is responsible for the standardization and alignment of the firm's budgeting and forecasting processes across the member firms, and ongoing review and implementation of best practices to support the financial planning and analysis activities, including financial reporting and competitor benchmarking analyses. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Build a strong, trusted rapport with global department leads and regional FP&A counterparts
• Prepare business cases to support new projects, strategic and other business decisions
• Evaluate current budgeting tools and assess their fit with new processes
• Actively engage and drive an adoption of the global client profitability model
• Develop reporting outputs to support the firm's strategy and the related initiatives

• Drive and manage the calendar of deliverables and coordinate the process for all member firms for headcount, financial budgeting and forecasting processes
• Collaborate with regional FP&A leadership to deliver annual budgets and periodic forecasts
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting to the firm and practice group leadership (Executive Committee, etc.)
• Provide actionable insights to senior management around financial modelling, forecasts and profitability through the ongoing monitoring and analysis of current key performance indicators, profitability levers and financial results
• Utilize Power BI, Tableau to deliver meaningful insights into business performance
• Deliver competitor analyses, market trends and benchmarking with related commentary to the firm leadership
• Support an implementation and data reconciliation for the Thomson Reuters Financial Insights (formerly, Peer Monitor)
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives as required

• Oversee and manage the continued development of budgeting, forecasting and financial modeling tools
• Review existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts to improve firm's profitability
• Evaluate technology and automation opportunities to drive efficiency and agility within the FP&A processes
• Support regional implementation of the budgeting and planning software (CCH Tagetik)

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• MBA or other post-graduate degree is highly preferred
• CPA, CMA or CA is preferred
• 5+ years of experience in a Financial Planning and Analyses management role with strong focus on financial reporting
• Experience in a multi-national organization is preferred

• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365
• Hands on experience with planning software such as CCH Tagetik or similar
• Advanced user of Tableau, BI, PowerBI or other data visualization tools
• Strong leadership and consensus building skills
• Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to think creatively, highly-driven and self-motivated

Competencies

• Strong quantitative analytical skills
• Exceptional communication skills
• Strong business partnering skills
• Exert confidence and credibility
• Comfortable with challenging the status quo
• Comfortable with flexible working hours across multiple time zones

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