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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in financial stewardship and analysis, with a strong focus on P&L metrics and financial drivers. Capable of providing actionable insights and recommendations to influence management decisions and drive financial performance in a global organization.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Financial AnalysisP&L Metrics UnderstandingAdvanced Excel SkillsOracle and Hyperion ExperienceFinancial Degree or MBA
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Financial PlanningBudgetingForecastingFinancial AccountingManagement AccountingFinancial ProcessesFinancial MetricsBusiness Performance AnalysisScenario AnalysisInvestment Review
Soft Skills
Constructive ChallengeInfluencing Management DecisionsRelationship BuildingCultural AppreciationChange Management
Tools & Technologies
OracleHyperionPowerPoint
Certifications & Qualifications
Financial DegreeMBA
Industry Keywords
Corporate Legal MarketInternational EnvironmentBusiness Unit CFOFinancial Performance DriversAcquisition Lifecycle
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesOracle
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide stewardship and expertise for all financial aspects of the U.S. Corporate Legal market
- Advise and influence key management decisions through insights and recommended actions
- Provide constructive challenge and scenarios for financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting
- Interpret and explain business performance drivers and potential outcomes
- Interact with LexisNexis business partners and liaise with other Finance teams
- Provide timely, sound, and actionable financial recommendations based on future-performance scenarios
- Interpret, explain, and drive financial performance using business insight and local knowledge
- Develop commentaries on financial performance
- Advise on business planning assumptions, trade-offs, and opportunities using “what if” scenarios
- Provide insight into revenue and cost drivers, including competitor activities and local business knowledge
- Construct recommendations for action
- Finalize messaging and content for budget and forecast presentation materials
- Support, review, and challenge investments in technology, acquisitions, and product rollouts
- Participate in business case development, the acquisition lifecycle, and review of financial performance and outcomes
- Develop relationships and maintain regular contact with the Business Unit CFO, Director, and Business Partners
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5+ years of experience in a financial role
- Deep understanding of P&L metrics and financial drivers in a global organization
- Financial Degree or Diploma, MBA or advanced business degree
- Excellent knowledge of financial and management accounting, processes, and systems
- Experience achieving results in an international environment
- Appreciation of differences in culture and legal frameworks
- Experience delivering a service through significant change
- Robust knowledge and application of financial processes, metrics, drivers, and dynamics for the area of accountability
- Advanced Excel skills
- Working knowledge of PowerPoint
- Experience with Oracle and Hyperion, or comparable accounting and financial planning platforms
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual incentive bonus eligibility
- Well-being initiatives
- Shared parental leave
- Study assistance
- Sabbaticals
- Country-specific benefits
- Accommodation or adjustment support for applicants with disabilities or other needs
