Senior Commercial Finance Manager

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Ambition Europe Limited Full time

Senior Commercial Finance Manager role now available at leading global law firm.
As the Senior Commercial Finance Manager you will work closely with the Head of Commercial Finance in developing the team, working across practice group with a firm wide remit.
You will have four Commercial Finance Managers reporting in to you so people management experience would be beneficial for this role.
Specific duties include:

- Working closely with the Business Development Team and Partners to ensure pitch responses are profitable, commercially sound, and that fee proposals are both innovative and flexible.
- Building relationships with other support teams and stakeholders to ensure the wider business context is considered, appreciated, and represented in pricing and profitability decisions.
- Ensuring proposals meet both the firm's and the client's values, and that proposals help to build on the firm's strategy
- Working closely with Finance Business Partners, Sector Leaders, Practice Group Leaders, business support teams and the general partnership to identify gaps in training and provide outreach and support across the entire firm.
- Designing and creating targeted, effective, and collaborative training solutions to upskill stakeholders in pricing, commerciality, confidence, value, profitability and recovery improvement.
- Promoting and developing current and new tools to educate and empower the firm's partners and associates, to gain greater confidence and price smaller, less complex matters independently.
- Being a role model to the Commercial Finance Managers and analysts, embodying commercial best practice to help shape the team's development.
- Working with partners and the Client Management Team to maximise the value of client relationships, those within our Strategic Client and Sector growth client programmes.
- Preparing regular financial analysis and commentary for key sectors and clients, and providing advice in relation to potential areas of improvement.
- Business partnering with Sector Heads and Client Relationship Partners to provide financial support and drive profitability.
- Working with practice group and team leaders and other practice support teams.
- Working with Business Development leads and legal staff to develop fee structure options (pricing, discounts, commercial terms, etc.) to support pitching for and winning new work.
- Creating new, and developing existing, guidance and governance policies to ensure best practice in areas of work delivery, profitability management, pricing, fee structures and other associated areas.
- Model the financial impact and viability of proposed pricing arrangements, and present to partners and management personnel as required. Evaluating options and challenging key decision makers when appropriate.
- Provide post-matter financial analysis and associated pricing and business insight to partners, Commercial Finance, and Business Development teams as required.

**Experience**:

- As this is a senior role within the team, leading 4x commercial finance managers - previous law firm experience is needed for this role.
- People management/ people development experience
- Qualified in ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Hybrid working is offered 3 days in the office, 2 from home.

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