Senior Finance Analyst

Overview

In this role you will support the CFO and lead insightful, board‑level reporting within Osborne Clarke’s FP&A function. You’ll drive budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning, while helping to implement and optimise the new budgeting system (PMS). The role is highly collaborative, with frequent cross‑functional interaction and a focus on continuous improvement of financial reporting. You’ll contribute to the firm’s strategic objectives and shape meaningful change across the business from our Bristol office, with some homeworking possible. This is a high‑visibility position that combines finance rigor with stakeholder storytelling to support decision‑making and transformation.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• generous benefits
• health and wellbeing initiatives

Responsibilities

• Support board-level reporting and assist the CFO
• Contribute to budget, planning and forecast processes and month‑end close
• Assist in year‑end preparation including management presentations
• Monitor and analyse performance against strategic objectives
• Produce regular reporting with a focus on continuous improvement
• Prepare financials for annual surveys with HR, Risk & Compliance, IT teams
• Test and support the next phase of the new budgeting system
• Liaise with International Finance teams to share best practices on reporting and processes
• Provide ad hoc analysis, client reporting and project support

Key requirements

• Experience as a Finance Analyst
• Experience in a professional services environment
• Financial analysis for internal stakeholders (profitability, budget variance, what‑if modelling)
• Self‑motivated, able to work in a team and on own initiative
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with senior stakeholders
• Ability to present finance information to non‑finance colleagues
• Attention to design and presenting data clearly
• Excellent organisation and numeracy skills
• Excel data modelling and data manipulation skills
• Professional accountancy qualification, or currently studying towards CIMA, ICAEW or ACCA

• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Team collaboration
• Excel data modelling
• Data manipulation
• Budgeting system testing/implementation

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