Europe Financial Analysis Manager

Overview

About Linklaters. Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind‑set we aim to bring to every interaction. Our environment is one of outperformance, fostered through a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference and insist on inclusivity, celebrating all aspects of diversity and challenging bias. We want everyone to feel they belong. We recognise that one size does not fit all and aim to embed flexibility by offering agile work patterns, including ad hoc arrangements, with openness to discuss this further.

Purpose

This role acts as the Commercial Finance Manager and Business Partner across the Europe region (excluding UK & Germany). The role has line management of three Financial Analysts based in Belgium, France and Italy. Your remit is to guide and drive the financial analysis of the region. You will be responsible for the provision of comprehensive analysis and advice to support the Head of Finance – Europe, individual finance managers in Europe, office COOs and the regional partner. There is wide scope to this role with a significant “ad hoc” element in addition to the regular reporting and analysis both for Europe and when working with other regional teams on global analysis.

The Team

You will be welcomed into a diverse and collaborative team within the Finance Function at Linklaters (c.100 in London, over 350 globally). The team excels in adding value to the management information shared across the Firm. The role offers variety and an interesting, diverse mix of day-to-day responsibilities through the ongoing ad hoc element. Being part of a global team allows involvement with various analyses across a wide network. The team works with a range of individuals across the firm, including Partners, COOs, Business Managers, colleagues from HR and Marketing, and Finance contacts overseas. Collaboration is key and is encouraged to share knowledge and best practice.

What We Are Looking For

• Flexible working manner with a strong capability to meet tight deadlines.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to build rapport with senior stakeholders and the wider network.
• Excellent financial modelling and data manipulation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and determination to see tasks through to completion.
• A creative thinker able to work well in a team as well as use own initiative and complete tasks efficiently and independently.
• High degree of proficiency in Excel. Experience using and building dashboards in Tableau (or willingness to learn) is important, as well as experience of PowerPoint.
• Good understanding of GenAI tools and the ability to utilise them in the role.
• The ability to lead and motivate a geographically dispersed team to influence senior stakeholders and drive continuous improvement.

Expectations of the Role

• Manage the team’s workload by ensuring work is appropriately prioritised and delivered by the team.
• Prepare various pieces of financial analysis to support strategic decision making across the region, including the written and oral presentation of monthly results, historical trend analysis and modelling future potential performance.
• Develop and maintain standardised reporting/analytical packs and dashboards across the region.
• Deal with ad hoc queries from Partners, COOs, local finance managers and other teams.
• Work collaboratively with the global/regional analytical teams. Utilise best practice and standardized analytical dashboards, packs/decks.
• Work with Head of Finance - Europe, COOs, local finance managers, Partners, HR, and other support teams as part of planning, quarterly reforecasting, and annual budgeting exercises.
• Prepare presentations and data for management meetings/office visits/office reviews.
• Grow commercial awareness of the region/offices and wider firm alongside strong financial understanding to provide useful insight and advice to Business Managers, COOs, Partners and other stakeholders.

Experience Required

• Five years’ experience working in a financial analysis role.
• Qualified accountant (preferred).
• Experience working in the legal sector, or a Professional Services firm is preferred.
• Experience analysing financial data and reporting on financial performance, including variance analysis and forecasting/future projections.
• Highly numerate, confident, and able to communicate effectively with senior management.

Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to our success.

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

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