Finance Business Analyst - 12 month FTC in Leeds

Kennedys is looking for a commercially minded and bright Finance Professional/Business Analyst to join the UK and EMEA Finance Team to help manage Kennedys European and Middle East businesses from a finance and operational perspective. The ideal candidate will have an excellent grounding in Finance, be commercially minded and want to become a key Business Partner in the future.

Team Kennedys Finance team supports the firm globally producing timely and accurate financial and management information, reporting solutions and operational support to maintain the high standard of service offered to the firm's internal and external clients. Our Finance team is made up of Financial Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Business Intelligence, Business Partnering and Analytics, and Financial Operations teams. The firm is growing globally and we currently support 13 offices in the UK and 7 in EMEA.

• Be a key Finance contact for UK businesses
• Develop and produce timely and interesting financial insight to help improve performance
• Build relationships with Partners across the UK and EMEA so as to be a trusted advisor
• Produce profitability analysis of Clients and Matters with periodic reviews
• Support business evaluation and performance reporting
• Develop and maintain finance operational performance data
• Assist in the production of business cases to facilitate decision making and innovation.

• Previous role within a law firm or professional services environment preferred.

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America 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.