Kennedys is seeking a Finance Technical Analyst to develop our Finance Reporting Suite, transitioning to a large self service dashboard model through PowerBI. This will include requirement gathering, documenting and developing complex dashboards from different data sources showing key metrics and delivering insight to the user.
This role requires a strong analytical capability, excellent stakeholder management and experience of working with sensitive data in a professional services environment.
Team
Kennedy's Client Reporting & Insight team is responsible for delivering valued Business Intelligence and Reporting to Key Clients, Finance and a Senior Internal Audience.
The team is comprised of both Client and Finance Analysts who produce key reporting and insight across the Partnership servicing Clients, Partners and Finance
Our team is based across London and Chelmsford.
Key responsibilities
- To be viewed as an expert in the field, and fully understand the wider business
- Work on projects that will utilise analytical skills to provide the business finance insights that will enable a deeper understanding of Kennedy's, adding value and showing upcoming impacts and trends
- Research, develop, and embed innovative tools, processes or methods that will improve finance reporting and team efficiency
- Be familiar with analytical tools, such as PowerBI, Alteryx, Elite and any other market leading product that allows for real time business insight
- Work with stakeholders to ensure the end product is delivered to the initial requirements, on time and to a high standard
Required experience
- 3+ years of experience using PowerBI.
- 3+ years of experience of SQL.
- Strong requirements gathering and documentation skills
- An excellent analytical and problem-solving capability
- Business solution oriented
- Knowledge of data models
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience supporting global or multi-region organisations
Desirable experience
- Experience in a Legal, professional services, or partnership-based organisation
Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.
*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 people in 45 offices across 18 countries around the world we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.
Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.
We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.
What do we have to offer?
We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.
Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, distinctive and ambitious. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.
The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.
We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.
Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.
