Divisional Finance Manager

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

Why join us?

At DWF, we are a growing international business that prides itself on delivering exceptional legal services to clients worldwide.

Skills

Joining our Divisional Finance Team means becoming part of a dynamic and innovative organisation where your skills and knowledge will be valued and rewarded. Here is why you should consider joining us:

Hybrid Working Model: We understand the importance of work-life balance, which is why we offer a flexible, hybrid working arrangement. This role is available from our Manchester office and typically the team go in two days per week.

Exciting growth opportunities within a dynamic and supportive team, where you will work proactively within the Divisional Finance Team to support and further develop the working relationships between the Finance function and the business. Your role will be critical to the continuous improvement of the firm's financial performance.

Responsibilities

As a Divisional Finance Manager, you will:

• Obtain a detailed understanding of performance drivers within the business.
• Support the Divisional Finance Business Partners in analysing those performance drivers to drive the early identification of risks, opportunities and other operational insights and efficiencies.
• Contribute to and help to improve the presentation/impact of regular financial MI through data visualization tools, to enhance understanding of business performance.
• Collaborate with other parts of the Finance team to review and assess financial reports, and to gain a deep understanding of how divisional results are derived.
• Act as a key reviewer of the P&L and liaise with the Financial Control and Management Accounts teams to ensure divisional results are accurate on a monthly basis.
• Support the Divisional Finance Business Partners with the annual budget process as well as monthly and full-year forecasting through analysis of historical financial data and future pipeline information.
• Contribute to forward-looking, large scale and/or high-impact commercial and investment decisions through the support provided in respect of financial analysis - and to assess the performance of those decisions once actioned.
  
  

What will help you succeed in this role?

Essential

• A graduate qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Experience in data investigation and analysis, being able to extract and scrutinise large volumes of multi-faceted information from multiple sources to deliver business insight in a commercial environment.
• High level of attention to detail with significant emphasis on presentation and quality of work.
• Strong Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills to be able to present and help the Finance Business Partner and Divisional community understand, the results of data analyses.
• A high level of commercial acumen, so as to identify relevant and interesting trends, anomalies and other pertinent narratives within financial results.
• Demonstrable experience in building strong and robust relationships and working effectively within a team.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience working with/in a large, international company and delivering results to a timetable.
• Experience in MS Power Query and PowerBI
  
  

What we offer?

We are committed to ensuring that each member of our team feels valued and duly rewarded during their time at DWF.

We are an equal opportunities employer that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. We aim to create a positive experience for all candidates and offer any adjustments or additional support needed. If you are excited about the opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all the requirements, please apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for the role or others across the wider team.

About Us

DWF is a leading global provider of integrated legal and business services. Our approach delivers efficiency, price certainty and transparency for our clients across the world without compromising on quality or service. Our purpose is to deliver positive outcomes with our colleagues, clients and communities and we foster a culture that places our colleagues at the centre of all that we do.