Director of Finance

Job title: Director of Finance

Job description: About the Company

Our client is a leading corporate law firm that offers creative solutions and counsel for various clientele worldwide. They are currently for a Director of Finance to take responsibility for people management, data analysis, monthly presentations, and budgeting and forecasting.

Why Work Here

• Comprehensive salary and benefits package
• Very strong company culture
• Leading Legal Firm

About the Opportunity

• Cultivate a collaborative workplace that empowers lawyers and staff to help solve important problems and deliver best practices and approaches to financial management
• Set performance standards and goals
• Coach and develop staff to increase efficiency and deliver outstanding customer service to internal and external customers
• Drive the transformation and evolution of the Billing and AR people, processes and systems
• Assist with establishing targets for key metrics and effectively supporting the team to meet or exceed monthly DSO, Accounts Receivable and Cash targets
• Provide accurate and timely reporting to Finance Committee, Management Committee and lawyers
• Monitor WIP and AR with stakeholders to reduce the cycle from docketing to collections
• Oversee setting and monitoring annual standard billing rates and coordinate national and local standard rates across offices
• Oversee implementation and compliance with non-standard, individual client billing arrangements and guidelines, including alternative fee arrangements, rate discounts, e-billing requirements, special rate sets and other requirements, ensuring that any such arrangements have been approved under firm policies
• Prepare and analyze complex client billing arrangements
• Support the Toronto Managing Partners in analysis and communications
• Revenue forecasting and budgeting for top-down and bottom-up approaches
• Scenario planning for revenue-maximizing strategies and resource management
• Financial planning including setting and measuring against short term and long term operational goals and metrics
• Analyze data to deliver insights that drive the business and improve the overall performance of the firm
• Develop strong analytical capabilities within the team
• Lead or support financial system upgrades and implementation
• Identify, evaluate and implement process improvements initiatives
• Provide training to various departments regarding relevant processes, policies and procedures

About You

• CPA / MBA Designation
• Hybrid experience of Controllership/FP+A background
• Strong Data Analysis skills (Tech Savvy with Data Tools and Data Manipulation) / KPIs background
• 10+ years experience in the industry
• 5+ years of People Management, with proven ability to manage, coach, improve direct reporting teams
• Strong Communication / Presentation Skills – This role will be heavily involved in presentations to Partners and Sr Management on a monthly basis
• Projects Experience and/or Process Improvement background is a strong asset

Salary Range

$140,000 – $160,000/year

How to Apply

Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats.

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You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

Company: Lannick Group

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Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Thu, 13 May 2021 22:29:53 GMT