Senior Commercial Finance Manager

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Harcourt Matthews Ltd Full time

**Senior Commercial Finance Manager**
**London**
**£100,000 - £120,000**+ Bonus & benefits

**The Company**
A qualified Senior Commercial Finance Manager is sought by a leading Law firm with an enviable portfolio of FTSE 100 and Blue Chip clients. This organization offers a broad range of services across international offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.Ambitious growth plans and continued profitable expansion within all markets and regions has created a new opportunity for a Senior Commercial Finance Manager to join the team. Providing support to the Partners and Functional Heads, you will be responsiblefor delivering a best-in-class service to key stakeholders.

**Key Responsibilities** of the Senior Commercial Finance Manager
- Ensuring tenders are profitable and that fee proposals are both commercially sound and following corporate strategy
- Work closely with Finance Business Partners, Business Support Teams and Practice Group Leaders to identify gaps in training and provide outreach and support across the entire firm.
- Lead by example in upskilling the Commercial Finance team adopting best practice to ensure their success and career development
- Work closely with Partners to maximise the value of client relationships
- Provide key financial analysis and commentary for strategic clients and key sectors advising on potential areas of improvement
- Work closely with Business Development heads to develop fee structure options ensuring the firm provides great value for clients, innovative pricing structures and continued profitability
- Design and create targeted training and communications for key stakeholders to ensure they understand the commerciality of pricing structures, discounts and customer value
- Develop new tools to automate, educate and give greater confidence to lawyers at all levels to price smaller, less complex matters independently
- Provide post-matter financial analysis and associated pricing and business insight to partners, Commercial Finance, and Business Development teams as required

**Skills & Attributes** of the Senior Commercial Finance Manager
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent - non-qualified accountants will also be considered with relevant sector experience
- Pricing and commercial experience within professional services environment is a strong preference
- Proven people management and people development skills
- Collaborative and team-orientated approach to work with an open communication style
- The ability to remain calm and focussed under pressure
- Strong presentation skills, with the ability to confidently present to small or large groups of senior partners and staff
- Excellent soft skills including the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

**Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.**
- Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting& Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM._
- Keywords: Commercial Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner, Pricing, Client profitability, financial analysis, senior stakeholder management, staff management_

Ref: BHJOB3543_5626



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