Senior Finance Process Consultant – 12 month FTC

About the role

Senior Finance Process Consultant – You will provide support, advice and solutions to finance systems users across all Linklaters offices.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key point of contact for day‑to‑day system and process queries.
• Help maintain and improve global finance systems, particularly SAP4Hana and SAPR/3.
• Support the delivery of change and project work within the PI team, contributing to both strategic and business‑as‑usual (BAU) projects.
• Provide support and guidance to global finance users on finance policies, processes and use of SAP4Hana and SAPR/3.
• Respond to day‑to‑day queries and issues (including via ServiceNow), troubleshooting system and process problems and clearing errors.
• Maintain matter management systems and processes (e.g. matter opening, time recording and transfers, billing and debt collection) and ensure requests are handled promptly and changes are tested.
• Perform key system tasks such as master data maintenance, data integrity checks and user authorisations.
• Approve and progress access and authorisation requests in line with finance policy, ensuring appropriate segregation of duties and supporting periodic reviews with finance managers and auditors.
• Monitor system error logs, follow up and resolve issues, and liaise with end users and other functions (e.g. HR, ISS) as needed.
• Prepare and manage change requests, working with Technology to implement and test system improvements and communicating changes to local offices.
• Support senior PI colleagues on strategic and business‑as‑usual projects, including testing new solutions and helping to train users.

Qualifications

• At least four years’ finance experience with exposure to a range of work.
• Strong skills in at least some of the following matter management areas: legal billing, e‑billing, time recording support, matter opening, WIP management / pledging, cash collection.
• Experience in the professional services industry (e.g. law, consultancy, accountancy).
• Experience of SAP4Hana and/or SAPR/3.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• An appreciation of the risks and priorities facing finance teams in an international firm.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing – Private Medical Insurance, free in‑house fitness centre, subsidised health club memberships, onsite GP service and periodic health assessments.
• Finance – Pension and flexible savings options, income protection and life assurance, mortgage advice and will‑writing services.
• Family & Lifestyle – Electric car and cycle‑to‑work schemes, emergency family care, additional holiday/birthday leave, maternity/paternity/shared parental leave.
• Travel – Travel insurance and season ticket loan, option to join sports and social clubs, employee networks groups.

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.

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