Commercial Finance Business Partner

We are looking for a commercially-minded and analytical Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic finance function, and support our high-performing and rapidly growing sales team,

Reporting to the Finance Director and working closely with the Chief Commercial Officer, sales managers, and cross-functional teams, you will play a key role in driving process improvements, enhancing reporting, and delivering insightful analysis to support our ambitious growth plans.

We’re seeking someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, communicates effectively with senior stakeholders, and brings a structured, data-driven approach to problem solving. You’ll be a proactive change agent who is passionate about enabling commercial success.

This role requires someone who takes ownership, implements change, and ensures initiatives are tracked, measured, and continuously improved.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Annual targets and territory plans

• Partner with the Finance Director (FD), commercial finance and the sales leadership team to support development and delivery of the annual top line budget, territory planning and target setting process.
• Direct responsibility for the creation of annual salesperson and manager plan documentation incorporating territory breakdowns by customer and product, target expectations and annual commission structure. Continue to develop formats and documentation to underpin salesperson understanding of their plan and opportunities to overachieve target.
• Continued administering of territory plans throughout the year including partnering with sales managers to amend or create plans/targets to account for in year changes in sales personnel or to support specific business initiatives.

Commissions

• Responsible for maintaining and improving commissions calculation models to ensure timely and accurate calculation and payment of monthly commissions.
• Overseeing a junior finance colleague in the production and delivery of monthly statements while leveraging technology/software/excel to maximise efficiency through automation.
• With wider finance team support, responsible for investigating and resolving discrepancies or inquiries related to commission calculations or payments.
• Collaborate with the commercial managers and wider team to continually improve the format of standardised commission statements to ensure full understanding of the calculations while adding insight on performance and any gaps to annual target.
• Assist in modelling and scenario analysis for proposed plan changes, out of territory arrangements and new incentive programs.
• Assist Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and FD in preparation of annual sales cost budget. Responsibility for monthly variance reporting and maintaining rolling forecasts to support hiring decisions.

There are opportunities to work with the wider commercial finance team, as well as supporting the US Managing Director, and looking after some elements within sales operations.

Skills and qualifications

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) or equivalent commercial finance experience
• Proven experience in commercial finance environment, working with sales teams,.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex and large data sets into actionable insights
• Excellent excel and financial modelling skills
• Experience with Power BI or similar visualisation tools
• Experience within a subscription/recurring revenue business preferred

Person Specification:

• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the confidence to challenge stakeholders
• Strong commercial acumen
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills
• Resilient under pressure with ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively
• Continual innovation and improvement mindset

About us:

Chambers and Partners is the world’s leading legal rankings and insights intelligence company.

For 35 years, Chambers has differentiated the very best legal talent by identifying and ranking law firms and lawyers globally.

The Chambers’ research methodology is unrivalled in accuracy, depth and quality, delivering indispensable data insights based on rankings that truly reflect ability and talent.

Chambers has since embarked on a business transformation project, with the goal of building on its reputation as the gold standard in legal rankings and directories to develop a world class range of digital products, intelligence and data analytics services.

Our Purpose is to differentiate the best legal talent for when it really matters. Our Mission is to independently research the global legal market, to champion exceptional talent and deliver indispensable insights. And our Vision​ is a world where important legal matters are always addressed with the best intelligence and professional expertise, wherever it exists.

We continue to invest and innovate to deliver data-led platforms, enabling law firms to provide the right services and in-house counsel to partner with the right firms.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

We are committed to fostering and promoting an inclusive professional environment for all of our employees, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion are integral values of Chambers and Partners and are key in our culture. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. This commitment applies across all of our employment policies and practices, from recruiting and hiring to training and career development. We support our employees through our internal INSPIRE committee with Executive Sponsors, Chairs and Ambassadors throughout the business promoting knowledge and effecting change. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.