Law Business Research

Finance Business Partner – Corporate Costs

Law Business Research

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Partner with department leads to monitor and control operating expenses.
  • Provide monthly cost centre reporting, variance analysis, and actionable insights.
  • Support month end processes with accounting team.
  • Work with FP&A to produce cost Budgets and forecasts.
  • Identify cost-saving opportunities and support efficiency initiatives.
  • Involvement in efficiency savings and integration of acquisitions from a cost perspective.
  • Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and tracking of capital expenditure projects.
  • Evaluate business cases and ROI for proposed investments.
  • Ensure compliance with capital governance policies and accounting standards.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to operational teams, translating financial data into strategic guidance.
  • Support procurement and contract negotiations with financial analysis and risk assessment.
  • Deliver accurate and timely financial reports, dashboards, and commentary.
  • Drive automation and standardisation of cost and CAPEX reporting.

Requirements

  • 5+ years relevant experience, with solid knowledge of:
  • Cost control governance and ROI
  • CAPEX and Project reporting
  • Building Business cases
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Excel modelling and financial reporting
  • SaaS/recurring revenue models
  • High attention to detail; works accurately and quickly and has good organizational skills.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Ability to set and meet deadlines including ability to manage multiple tasks to completion at the same time.
  • A strong desire to keep learning new things.
Benefits
  • **In return we can offer you a rewarding career with personal and professional development in addition to a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package:
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  • **The **time for our employees to switch off** through using their 25 days annual leave allowance, companywide holidays, an additional day off on their birthdays and an early finish at 3pm on a Friday throughout the summer months.
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  • ****Wellbeing** is a key focus at LBR where employees can access a physical wellbeing allowance of £350 per year, annual wellbeing days and a cycle to work scheme.
  • **We provide **health and reassurance** through our private healthcare scheme, a life assurance benefit and a 4% pension contribution.
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  • **We want all employees to **be happy and have fun** at LBR through regular social events, a volunteering day, recognition awards and a perks at work discount site.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
cost control governanceROICAPEX reportingbudgetingforecastingExcel modellingfinancial reportingSaaS modelsvariance analysisfinancial analysis
Soft skills
attention to detailorganizational skillsanalytical skillstime managementability to meet deadlinesmulti-taskinglearning agilitystrategic guidancecommunicationtrusted advisor