Financial Analyst

Shakespeare Martineau is a law firm with big ambitions for both our clients and our people. We are one firm of original thinkers, inspired to create an outstanding future for our clients, our people and our community. 

Working with organisations of all sizes our team delivers a broad range of specialist legal services, and has particular expertise across sectors including but not limited to; energy, education, banking & financial services, investment funds and advanced manufacturing.  

Our vision is to be the outstanding legal force in our specialist sectors and markets. Our people are renowned for their flair and individuality.  We recruit people who have a blend of excellent technical and business skills with the talent to do things differently.

We firmly believe that people and spirit are at the heart of everything we do. Our commitment is to help all our people fulfil their careers and ambitions and we strive to create an environment where each individual can understand and then achieve their full potential. Great performance for us is a blend of excellent technical and business skills and the talent and drive to do things differently.

The role:

The role is to ensure the effective and consistent monitoring of all aspects of the operating costs of the business, reporting as required on expenditure and to work with others, where necessary, to ensure both accurate monthly charging to the accounts and the accuracy of the relevant balance sheet items.

Your key duties will include:

• maintaining the Prepayment register, processing the monthly releases journal, liaising with the purchase ledger team regarding any queries in relation to values and evidencing year end prepayments
• maintaining the Accruals register, processing the monthly journals in relation to additions and releases and reviewing balances being held at year end
• processing monthly VAT payments, Quarterly VAT returns in conjunction with the Financial Accountant
• maintaining the Fixed Asset Register and liaising with the Financial Accountant in relation to appropriate depreciation, write offs and balance sheet evidence
• month-end monitoring of all expense related nominal control account balances and liaising with relevant team members to ensure all balances are accurate and sufficiently evidenced, and resolving any issues as necessary
• maintaining the register of all maintenance and support contracts and liaising with IT and Purchase Ledger regarding contract expirations and renewals
• developing a strong knowledge of the running costs of our various offices and providing relevant management information to the Head of Facilities
• assisting with the budgeting process

Skills and experience you will have:

• a relevant qualification, part-qualification, or equivalent experience
• a minimum of 6 months experience in a similar analytical role
• strong Excel skills with the ability to manipulate data and present it well; experience of pivot tables is an advantage

Key competencies you will need:

• an appetite for a challenge and an enthusiastic, positive and ‘can do’ approach
• strong attention to detail
• the ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines
• great interpersonal skills

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.