About the role:

We have a great opportunity for a Finance Improvement Analyst to join our team in our Birmingham office on a 12 month fixed term contract. This role sits within our Finance Operations team and is responsible for continuous review and improvement of supplier related financial processes to drive change in line with policy. Within this role you will operate and control the set up and maintenance of finance related supplier data within the Practice Management System, and associated processes for critical suppliers.

About you:

We are looking for someone who has experience working in operational finance and accounts payable ideally within a legal or financial services background. Within this role you will process and analyse a high volume of detailed data and therefore will need to demonstrate an analytical approach to data management, ensuring excellent attention to detail whilst consistently producing high quality work..

To this role you will bring a good understanding of operational risk and controls, a flexible and proactive approach to identifying and delivering process improvements whilst being able to work to given timeframes and anticipate likely workflows.

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels and competent in the use of MS Office, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word. You will be team player ensuring a proactive attitude to your key tasks and responsibilities collaboratively working to improve processes working towards the development of the firm as a whole.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the top 10 best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 22 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working, with up to 50% remote working available.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com

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