Head of Finance

Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised law firm based in Central London. We support individuals and businesses in resolving conflict, safeguarding their futures and maximising opportunities. Our wide range of expertise means that we can provide support for our clients in all areas of their business and private life. Many of our lawyers are leaders in their field and our practice areas are highly ranked by the legal directories.

Finance

As Head of Finance you will report into and assist the CFOO with the management and development of the firm’s finance function, with a view to improving and developing its financial processes, information and value-add across the business.  The individual will have solid commercial experience, and be able to demonstrate that they have worked closely with practice areas to improve profitability.  They will also be responsible for developing and executing the wider finance strategy, collaborating closely with the senior leadership team.

• Actively manage and lead the firm’s finance team

• As the key business partner to the legal practice areas, the Head of Finance will be responsibility for providing insight into the profitability of specific work and clients through the use of profitability and other business intelligence tools.

• Take an active role in revenue and credit control management to improve upon the current lockup performance of the firm

• Cash flow management and regularly oversight and control of the firm’s banking facilities, relationships and systems

• Overseeing the production of the firm’s management reporting as well as the annual and quarterly financial reports and statements

• Ensure the firm is fully compliant with all regulatory requirements to include overseeing the annual SRA audit

• Producing and reconciling partner accounts on an annual basis as well as dealing with the partnership’s tax requirements

• Preparation of the quarterly VAT return

• Maintaining the integrity of the firm’s balance sheet

• Assist in management and development of current systems used to support the accounting needs and financial reporting function on a day-to-day basis

• Assist in the development and improvement of business intelligence across all levels of the firm

• End user training on the firm’s finance systems and business intelligence tools

• Being the contact point for the department’s complaints, queries and ad-hoc business analysis requests

• Collating ideas and initiatives, coordinating priorities with FSM, mediating with team members on priorities and changes and technical sounding board

• Pricing for RFP, fee estimates, client and matter reviews on request