Senior Commercial Accountant: Law Firm Job in London EC2V 6AA, London UK
Senior Commercial Accountant: Law Firm, £75,000
This international law firm based in the City, are seeking an experienced Senior Commercial Accountant to join them.
This role requires the ability to understand each function and how they should be run, in order to become an expert advisor and support Business Partners and their equivalent; to achieve best practice for the business. Accountable for £120 million of spend on functions (IT, Telecoms, Risk, HR etc) with the two thirds of the spend relating to overheads from third party providers, this role will be answerable for the procurement function.
Key responsibilities will include:
Stakeholder Management, People Management, Commercial Management and Procurement Management. You will develop effective relationships with Directors and Senior Management teams, build strategies for successful functions management, demonstrate strong leadership of the Business Partnering function raising performance levels and enhancing innovative solutions. Identify areas of risk and opportunity to influence stakeholders, develop strategic business cases for the business function. Drive the delivery and development of spend plans to ensure value for money for the firm and continued business growth.
The successful candidate will have vast demonstrable Commercial Accountant experience with a flexible approach, excellent communication/attention to detail skills and posses the ability to maturely deal with situations. You will be a self starter with a proactive work approach to deliver a high quality of work.
This is a high profile pressurised and crucial role to the team, which requires a dynamic and results driven individual to make decisions that will ultimately have a major impact on the firms business. Occasional travel will be required.
To apply for the position of Senior Commercial Accountant, please provide an MS Word version of your CV with your application.