2 Linklaters LLP jobs in England & Wales

Process & Infrastructure (PI) sit within Group Finance and act as the main point of contact on all matters relating to finance policies and processes. This role is responsible for providing guidance and advice to the members of the global finance community on finance policy and process issues, regular system maintenance tasks and initiating changes to the Finance systems. This role is offered as a fixed term contract to run until the end of December 2025. Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing support, advice and solutions to system and process-related problems for Finance systems users in all offices.
• Day-to-day support involves responding to calls in the ServiceNow system and ad-hoc queries from offices, providing advice to users in local offices, clearing errors and identifying technical issues.
• Maintain matter management systems and processes within/outside SAP R3/SAP4 Hanaincluding matter opening, time recording, transferring of time, billing and debt collection. Ensure requests are responded to in a timely manner and changes are tested as appropriate
• This role is also responsible for system tasks, for example: master data maintenance, data integrity and authorisations.
• Where required document policies and processes for inclusion within the Finance manual and assist in the preparation of training materials and giving training, communicating changes etc.
• Be responsible for approving and progressing authorisations and access requests. Ensure that requests are in line with finance policy and ensure the appropriate segregation of duties.
• Perform regular checks of system error logs. Ensure all errors are promptly followed up and resolved, this may involve liaison with end users and other functions (HR, ISS). Identify and assess the impact of errors and escalate where necessary.
• Where technical changes are required, preparing change requests documentation, working with Technology to implement changes, testing improvements before release and communicating with local offices after release.
• Support senior PI colleagues on strategic and BAU projects as required. Likely involvement will be around testing new solutions and helping to train users., Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free 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 insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)
Technical Skills This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.


• 2 to 3 years finance experience with exposure to a range of work, including strong skills in at least some of the following matter management areas: legal billing, ebilling, time recording support, matter opening, WIP management / pledging and cash collection
• Experience of the professional services industry
• Experience of SAP R3/SAP4 Hana is essential
• Strong Excel skills
• Committed to providing a high quality service
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to manage user expectations
  
  Linklaters is a global law firm, with 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide. We are one of The Times' Top 50 Employers for Women, a Working Families Top 30 employer, recognised by Stonewall as the leading employer for LGBTQ+ inclusion, and by the Social Mobility Employer Index as a top employer for advancing social mobility.