Linklaters is a global law firm, with 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide. We are one of The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women, a Working Families Top 30 employer, recognised by Stonewall as the leading employer for LGBTQ+ inclusion, and by the Social Mobility Employer Index as a top employer for advancing social mobility.
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Finance Process Consultant (FTC) - The role:
This role provides support, advice and solutions to system and process-related problems for Finance systems users in all offices. Day-to-day support involves responding to calls in the ServiceNow system and ad-hoc queries from offices, providing advice to users in local offices, clearing errors and identifying technical issues.
Where technical issues are more complex, the role involves introducing improvements through the Change Request process in conjunction with Technology and supporting senior PI colleagues on project work. This role is also responsible for system tasks, for example: master data maintenance, data integrity and authorisations.
This role is offered as a fixed term contract until the end of December 2025.
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide support and guidance on matters of policy and process to global finance users including providing guidance on the use of SAP R/3 and SAP4 Hana.
- Where required document policies and processes for inclusion within the Finance manual and assist in the preparation of training materials and giving training, communicating changes etc.
- Maintain matter management systems and processes within/outside SAP R/3 and SAP4 Hana including matter opening, time recording, transferring of time, billing and debt collection. Ensure requests are responded to in a timely manner and changes are tested as appropriate.
- Be responsible for approving and progressing authorisations and access requests. Ensure that requests are in line with finance policy and ensure the appropriate segregation of duties. Carry out periodic authorisation reviews working with global finance managers and external auditors.
- Perform regular checks of system error logs. Ensure all errors are promptly followed up and resolved, this may involve liaison with end users and other functions (HR, ISS). Identify and assess the impact of errors and escalate where necessary.
- Where technical changes are required, preparing change requests documentation, working with Technology to implement changes, testing improvements before release and communicating with local offices after release.
- Support senior PI colleagues on strategic and BAU projects as required. Likely involvement will be around testing new solutions and helping to train users.
Finance Process Consultant (FTC) - What we're looking for:
- 2 to 3 years finance experience with exposure to a range of work, including strong skills in at least some of the following matter management areas:
- Legal billing, eBilling, time recording support, matter opening, WIP management / pledging and cash collection
- Experience of the professional services industry
- Experience of SAP4 Hana (or SAP R/3) is essential
- Strong MS Excel skills
- Appreciation of the risks and priorities facing finance teams in an international firm
- Professional manner
- Confident and self-assured
- Committed to providing a high-quality service
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Good attention to detail
- Committed to seeing job through
- Highly motivated and capable of working both in a team and on own initiative
- Eagerness to learn and to face new challenges and experiences
- Willingness to invest time and research into coming up with new ideas by taking the initiative
Finance Process Consultant (FTC) - What's on offer:
This role is based at the Linklaters London office with a hybrid working model available.
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:
Health & Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
- Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
Finance
- Pension and flexible savings options
- Income protection and life assurance
- Mortgage advice and will-writing services.
Family & Lifestyle
- Electric car and cycle to work schemes.
- Emergency family care
- Additional holiday/birthday leave.
- Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave.
- Travel insurance and season ticket loan
- Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)
Technical Skills
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.
Application Policy
Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders (lateralrecruitment@linklaters.com for legal roles or ukbtrecruitment@linklaters.com for business team roles).
Top Skills
Linklaters London, England Office
Silk Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2Y 8
