Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Join Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia's leading independent law firm.

We are looking for an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to join our Finance team in Melbourne.

The FP&A Manager is responsible for delivering financial reporting and analysis and managing the financial analysts in the team. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you’ll set guidelines for the budgeting and forecasting process and based on your insights and reports, you will support senior executives in decision-making to optimise performance.

At Corrs, we help you achieve your ambition - at every stage of your career.

Key responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, you will be responsible for:

• Lead all budgeting and forecasting processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams for data collection and maintaining rolling forecasts.
• Delivery of standard monthly financial reporting for external and internal clients including client revenue and profitability reporting, and divisional performance reporting.
• Preparation of high quality analysis to identify factors (internal and external) impacting firm performance including variance analysis and report writing.
• Administration and reconciliation of legal capacity and business services people data.
• Assisting in the completion of periodic and ad hoc forecasts including supporting analysis.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase productivity and/or improve the quality of information provided, particularly in the areas of financial reporting.
• Build strong relationships with key partners, acting as the FP&A Hotel function's main point of contact for stakeholders.
• Lead a team of high performing financial analysts.

Preferred experience includes the following:

• More than 5 years experience in a similar role within the professional services industry.
• Tertiary qualifications in relevant disciplines including Accounting and Finance are essential.
• Proficient in excel skills and exposure to SQL.
• Excellent attention to detail with the capacity to juggle multiple priorities while keeping a strategic perspective.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to maintain professionalism and composure under pressure.

About us:
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm. We provide exceptional legal services across the full spectrum of matters, including major transactions, projects and significant disputes, offering strategic advice on our clients’ most challenging issues.

Why Corrs?
We pride ourselves on meeting our clients needs in a culture characterised by excellence, commitment, collaboration and respect. Our policies, practices and behaviours foster a safe and inclusive workplace, and we focus on creating opportunities and supporting a diverse workforce.

• Flexible working as standard – we’ve established flexibility as standard business practice and an option for all our people.
• Bonus leave - an additional week of leave each year (5 weeks annual leave in total)
• Generous parental leave entitlements – we offer up to 26 weeks paid leave and pay superannuation on both paid and unpaid leave (up to 12 months)
• Wellbeing program –We support the wellbeing of our people across areas including resilience, mental health, mindfulness, personal development, physical health and self-care.
• Diversity and Inclusion – This is a key area of focus for the firm. We set meaningful goals to improve diversity and foster an inclusive culture in which all employees feel supported and valued.
• Responsible business approach – we are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and are committed to promoting and respecting human rights, supporting the Compact’s Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
• Learning and development opportunities – including our Australian-first international study scholarship, our national training program and our mentoring program

To apply contact Mariah Ioannidis on 03 9672 3156 or mariah.ioannidis@corrs.com.au for a confidential discussion.