Overview
RPC City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Join to apply for the Finance Business Partner role at RPC. RPC Finance provides end-to-end financial management and business partnering expertise globally, delivering precision billing, cashiering, financial planning, robust accounting, and innovative finance systems to power smart decisions, growth and sustainability.
At RPC, the Finance team is at the heart of the firm’s success, translating numbers into strategic insight and enabling growth.
The role
This is a key commercial role in the finance team, aligned to the leaders of the legal teams across practice groups and sectors. The role supports business stakeholders to manage the financial performance of their practice(s), including day‑to‑day management of performance against plans and ad hoc analysis and modelling to optimise service, sector, and team performance.
This individual will be aligned to the leaders of the legal teams across both practice teams and sectors.
Reports to
* Head of Business Finance
Key internal relationships
* FP&A team
* Business services teams
Duties and Responsibilities
* Supporting business stakeholders to manage the financial performance of their practice(s), including day-to-day management of financial performance against plans, and ad hoc analysis and modelling to optimise service, sector, and team performance
* Revenue, cost and KPI oversight by practice team
* Partnering with the business finance team and CFO to define, prepare, deliver and evolve relevant and impactful reporting and analysis of practice group financial performance to practice group business leaders, to drive understanding of group key profitability drivers, revenue streams and profitability
* Developing a strong and credible business partnership with practice group business leaders to drive efficiencies and business performance
* Management and review of aged WIP and debt, overseeing quarterly review process
* Working with the wider Finance team and practice group business leaders to support the delivery of the financial planning cycle including practice group annual budgets, re‑forecasting and business planning
* Contributing to the education, mentoring and development of the Finance Team
Key objectives
* Become a trusted consultant to business leaders on the financial performance, course correction initiatives, and implementation of financial strategies
* Lead change in practice group approaches to financial management
* Support the development of financial best practice within the practice teams they support
* Be an ambassador for Finance's role and contribution to the firm's strategic goals
Knowledge, skills and experience
* Professional and self-motivated
* Ability to actively engage and build relationships with key stakeholders across the business, influence key business initiatives through clear verbal communication and a proactive approach to ensuring business needs are met
* Team player with an enthusiastic and flexible approach and a "can do" attitude
* Demonstrates a growth mindset and is committed to lifelong learning
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, adept at explaining financial topics to non‑finance professionals
* Proven experience within a partnership-structured business environment with 7+ years' experience in development and delivery of client service excellence in financial analysis, commercial support and forecasting in a service-sector business
* Knowledge of finance systems, data extraction and presentation of finance information to the wider business
* Sound knowledge of financial controls
* Strong organisational skills with a track record in forward planning and managing time to meet deadlines
* Excellent attention to detail balanced by the ability to see the big picture
* Strong commercial awareness and readiness to challenge
* Strong IT skills and proficiency in developing financial models in Excel and presentation tools
* Develops and shapes client relationships to deliver strong results and innovative solutions
* Track record of establishing a successful business partnering function, or potential to build one from the ground up
* Collaborative and influential leader who coaches and develops junior team members
* Committed to a supportive, inclusive and collaborative firm culture
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Finance
Industries
* Law Practice
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