The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key member of our firm’s executive leadership team and will be a standing member of our UK, Ireland & Middle East (UKIME) Board.
This critical role requires you to work with the CEO, Managing Partner, COO, and Heads Of within our Finance team to oversee our financial strategy, lead the finance function across our UKIME region, optimise profitability, and ensure robust financial governance. The role carries significant influence and authority and is crucial to running our firm efficiently and effectively.
Reporting directly to the UKIME CEO, you will work in close partnership with the UKIME Managing Partner and COO to ensure that the firm’s strategy is effectively implemented through the Finance function.
As CFO, you will take a leadership role as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. You will be a strategic leader who can navigate the complexities of the changing landscape in the legal sector to ensure that the Finance team delivers excellence that drives our firm’s strategic direction. This includes delivering solid financial management and forward planning; robust financial data and reporting; actively managing costs across our firm; and building adaptable, future-proofed capability in the Finance function. You are expected to contribute to discussions on our UKIME strategy, including by providing insights into profitability, financial resilience, key financial change/transformation programmes, and implementing improvements in the delivery of our financial operations.
Your role involves oversight of the Finance team, including the Head of Finance Operations, Head of Commercial Analysis, and the teams delivering financial transformation programmes such as the Firmwide Finance Transformation. You will support, guide, and inspire direct reports and the wider Finance team to adopt an ambitious, client-focused (internal and external), accountable, and results-driven approach. You will also be responsible for ensuring collaboration across Finance groups and alignment with other Business Services functions, coordinating a cohesive approach while maintaining accountability for team performance.
In conjunction with the COO, you will oversee key finance transformation projects and manage the financial aspects of other projects, including possible mergers, acquisitions, significant team hires, or business disposals.
It will be vital for you to gain the trust of Partners and Business Services colleagues, including spending time with Partners and other key stakeholders to understand their perspectives and needs. You will exemplify confidence, strategic insight, commercial acumen, enthusiasm, and determination. You will also promote a culture within the Finance team that values engagement, supports innovation, and implements changes effectively.
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