Overview

DMH Stallard provides a comprehensive range of commercial, dispute resolution and litigation, employment, cyber security and cyber-crime, corporate, intellectual property, real estate and technology, media and telecoms advice to both businesses and individuals. Our clients, our people and our professional networks are the keys to our success. With offices in London and across the region, including Brighton, Gatwick, Guildford, Horsham, and Hassocks – we’re proud to have grown to around 380 people.Culture matters to us. In our most recent staff survey, 99.6% said DMH is a great place to work, with 90% feeling they have a strong work-life balance, and 93.9% expressing confidence in the leadership team. We are committed to building a genuinely inclusive and supportive workplace. Our Women in Law group meets quarterly, and we exceed the industry average with 40% of partners being women compared to the sector average of 29%. We invest in learning and development at all career stages and promote hybrid working arrangements. We’re proud to have gold accreditation from Investors in People, reflecting our commitment to people development and leadership.Job Overview

A newly created role to provide commercial analysis, insight, support and advice to the business to improve commercial awareness and financial understanding, help achieve revenue growth and profitability targets, and improve business performance. The role will work closely with the Finance Director, Financial Controller, the wider Accounts department, and will partner with group/department heads and fee earners as required.Commercial Finance Responsibilities And Duties

Work with the business to build annual revenue and contribution budgets.Produce monthly revenue and contribution reports.Management of fee earner revenue targets.Review and monitor performance against targets.Provide commentary and variance analysis in comparison to budget and prior year.Forecast revenue and contribution performance.Develop a detailed understanding of fee earner performance - individually as well as in aggregate at group/department level.Provision of regular and ad-hoc financial analysis, including monitoring of KPIs.Analyse KPI’s and performance metrics for groups, departments, or types of work.Analyse financial performance at client and matter level, focusing on key clients.Design and input into provision of commercial accounting information to the business.Benchmark performance and KPIs internally as well as against external data sources.Pricing support – assist fee earners in pricing discussions and input into charge-rate review processes.Post-completion reviews of matters – identifying where we have done well and where we can improve (e.g., analysing recovery rates, resourcing, reasons for write-offs).Assist with potential lateral recruitment/merger due-diligence and post-recruitment/merger reporting and analysis.Assist in calculating performance-related remuneration schemes for fee earners and partners.Identify areas for further investigation and follow up with the business as needed.Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.Identify areas for improvement and efficiency gains in the monthly reporting cycle.Maintain/improve quality of underlying financial data and assist in developing improved systems and processes.Knowledge, Skills And Experience

Knowledge and experience of providing commercial accounting support, including profitability analysis, forecasting and budgeting.Business partnering with non-finance staff, helping them understand and assess financial/commercial implications.Ability to build good working relationships with all contacts both inside and outside the firm.Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel skills, experience of report design/writing, and using finance and accounting systems.Experience of working in a law firm with Aderant.Ability to design and run SQL reports.Knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules.Well organized and able to work under pressure to strict deadlines.Focus on continuous improvement and a pro-active approach to problem solving.Strong sense of teamwork and hands-on attitude.Experience of annual audit process.Senior accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA or CIMA).High level of accuracy and numeracy.Benefits

25 days holiday (of which 3.5 are taken during the Christmas period), plus Birthday holiday, plus Bank Holidays.Life AssurancePrivate HealthcareEmployee Assistance ProgrammeSodexo DiscountsPension SchemeInterest free season ticket loansCycle to work schemeDiscounts on Legal workSeniority level

Mid-Senior levelEmployment type

Full-timeJob function

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