Senior Commercial & Pricing Analyst

Thursday 29 Sep 2022

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About the firm/role
Totum Partners are delighted to be working with a top 10 UK legal firm to recruit a Pricing Analyst to support the Head of Pricing in delivering pricing related projects. This is a high profile, business partnering role with frequent interaction with Partners and Management of the Firm. Pricing & Profitability is an area of focus for my client and the team is recognised internationally by their Partners as being responsible for providing guidance with regard to pricing; including modelling scenarios, advising on alternative fee arrangements and advising partners regarding any subsequent negotiations with their clients.

Skills and experience they are looking for:

  • Previous experience in a business partnering role/professional services environment
  • Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
  • An understanding of alternative fee arrangements e.g. fixed fees, capped fees, success fees etc.
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the proven ability to convert raw data into concise and actionable intelligence
  • Strong financial modelling, with experience across the Microsoft Office suite including Excel (e.g. vlookups, pivot tables), PowerPoint, Power BI and Word
  • Good commercial awareness and experience providing advisory and support to Legal Partners and other senior stakeholders, with an ability to identify and escalate areas of risk to management
  • Prepared to travel as and when required
  • Experience with 3e or similar and IBM TM1 – Desirable

What you will be doing:
As a Senior Commercial and Pricing Analyst you will have responsibility for:

  • Developing financial models and analysis, primarily in Excel, to influence key decision makers, Legal Partners and Lawyers
  • Providing sound financial input and robust challenge to a variety of stakeholders e.g. Legal Partners, Business Development, Business Managers, Finance Ops
  • Supporting the bid and negotiation cycle by taking ownership of the commercial aspects of formal RFP responses
  • Support the firm's global pricing governance and creating and running internal training sessions for lawyers and business services teams
  • Supporting the design, development and implementation of Excel based tools
  • Problem solving and adaptable to changing needs
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and share information of Commercial team developments with business teams
  • Risk and Control: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies.

The role is Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 17:30pm, however flexibility will be required to work such hours as are necessary to perform duties in a global environment when international calls can occur outside of these hours. Agile working 60/40 in office.
They have a great relaxed culture/environment and welcome participation in the many socials that they have!

 

Equal Opportunities

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