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Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.

An opportunity exists for a Finance Analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. This is a permanent role which can be based in either Sydney or Melbourne.

This role will contribute towards the quality of the firm’s financial planning and analysis process for delivering financial and client reporting across the business. Supporting the FP&A Manager with financial and client related reporting, this role is also responsible for providing efficient and accurate support on a wide range of quality control, problem solving, analysis & reporting functions within the FP&A team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation and delivery of standard monthly financial reporting for external and internal stakeholders and clients, including client revenue and profitability reporting, and departmental performance reporting.
• Assist in the delivery of projects and preparation of ad hoc reports and analysis as required by the Financial Planning & Analysis team.
• Assist in meeting the requirements of the Financial Planning & Analysis team in areas including performance monitoring, working capital management and reporting.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase productivity and/or improve the quality of information provided, particularly in the areas of financial reporting.
• Upskilling and training Legal Support staff on all financial related matters including reporting as necessary.
• Assisting with client audit requests as required.
• Assisting with the completion of the annual budget and quarterly forecasting process as and when required.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 2 years' experience gained in a similar role within a legal or time-billing based professional services environment.
• Experience with CMS/Aderant or other large scale General Ledger system.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Demonstrated drive and initiative.
• An ability to work well under pressure and prioritise tasks to be able to meet deadlines.
• Confidence working with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, with a professional and responsive approach to stakeholder management.

About us:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients’ most challenging issues.

Why Corrs?
We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.

• Flexible working as standard – we’ve established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
• Bonus leave - an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total).
• Generous parental leave entitlements – we offer up to 26 weeks paid leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months).
• Wellbeing program – we support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
• Diversity and Inclusion – this is a key area of focus for the firm. We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and foster an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
• Responsible business approach – we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact’s Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We are also a member of AusLSA, which works to promote and increase sustainable practices across the legal sector.
• Learning and development opportunities – including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program.

To apply click on the "apply" button or contact Nicole St John on +61 2 9210 6564 for a confidential discussion.

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