Financial Analyst (Executive Finance)

About the Team

For Linklaters Warsaw, we are recruiting for the Financial Analyst (Executive Finance) role. The Executive Finance team provides critical financial insight and analysis to senior stakeholders, including the CFO and the Firmwide Managing Partner, supporting strategic and operational decision‑making. There is wide scope to this role with a significant “ad hoc” element, reflecting the dynamic nature of executive level requests, in addition to the regular reporting and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Providing financial support to senior stakeholders and acting as a point of contact for financial queries.
• Providing monthly KPIs and supporting commentary on drivers for profitability.
• Preparing various pieces of financial analysis to support strategic decision making across the firm including historical trend analysis and modelling future potential performance.
• Analysing performance against agreed targets, monitoring trends and highlighting issues.
• Developing options for and implementing solutions to improve financial performance.
• Dealing with ad hoc queries from the CFO, the Firmwide Managing Partner, Partners, Business Managers, Marketing, HR, and other teams.
• Working with Business Managers, Partners, HR, and other support teams as part of the business planning and annual budgeting exercises including updating the moderation dashboard for leadership.
• Preparing presentations and data for ExCom/Partner Monthly Forum/Global Townhalls as well as sector and client financial reporting to support Business Development & Marketing.
• Growing commercial awareness of the firm, external competitor benchmarking data, and a strong financial understanding to provide useful insight and advice to Business Managers, Partners and other stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduated with a university degree in finance or professional accounting course.
• Have min. 3-5 years of experience working in the legal sector or a professional services firm preferred (but other sectors will be considered).
• Are fluent in English.
• Have experience with analysing financial data and reporting on financial performance including analysing past performance/variance analysis and forecasting/future projections.
• Are highly numerate, confident, and able to communicate effectively with senior management.
• Are proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using and building dashboards in Tableau (or willingness to learn) is a plus.

Location & Working Hours

Location: Warsaw (hybrid model – 2 days per week at the office)

Working hours: 9:00 - 17:15, 10:00 - 18:15

Contract Type

Contract of employment (umowa o pracę)

Benefits

• Private medical care
• Free in-house fitness centre
• Life insurance
• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non‑business travel
• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card
• Wide range of training opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We recruit on the basis of merit, irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity, race or ethnicity, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Selection decisions, and the reasons for those decisions, are recorded at each stage of the selection process. Selection criteria and, where appropriate, technical skills tests are in place to measure an individual’s ability for the safe and effective performance of a job. Those involved in recruitment and selection decisions and processes are also provided with guidance on diversity issues. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the selection process, please talk to a member of the recruitment team so that any required adjustments can be made in advance. Specific experience requirements advertised on a role do not intend to preclude applications from candidates who may have more or less experience. Our intention is only to indicate a guideline as to the necessary skills for the role as described.