Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Senior Associate

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, and Dubai.

The Finance team is currently undergoing significant growth and, as part of this transformation, is enhancing its FP&A function in order to improve management reporting and accountability at Burford. We are seeking a senior FP&A associate who will play an integral role in helping to develop the function. In addition, the role will provide the opportunity of interacting regularly with the CFO, Chief Strategy Officer, and rest of management committee. The ideal candidate will have 4-5 years’ experience in FP&A and a strong knowledge of accounting and financial statements.

The base compensation range for this role is $115,000 - $135,000 depending on experience. Burford also pays a discretionary annual bonus and provides welcome and annual RSUs to all full-time employees.

The role will be based in Burford’s New York office and will report to the Head of FP&A.

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of legal assets for companies and law firms.  Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms. Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 150 people today, including over 45 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup.  Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, curious, and confident.  Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business.  Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email when outside the office, including during evenings and weekends

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance.  Burford provides competitive health care benefits and a 401k matching program.  Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture.  We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Development of the annual operating expense forecast and budget, along with monthly budget to actual reporting, including analysis of variances, headcount, and tracking of KPI’s

• Preparation and enhancement of complex financial models to support decision-making across the organization (e.g., forecasting of main capital structure metrics, liquidity scenario analysis, profitability projection, etc.)
• Forecasting P&L, balance sheet, liquidity and cash flow, and taking responsibility for company’s proprietary model to perform various analyses including stress tests, analysis of goodwill impairment and going concern assessment
• Contribute to process improvements and enhance reporting capabilities to support business growth and data analysis efficiency and accuracy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Legal, Finance, Business Units, etc.) to ensure alignment of financial plans with strategic objectives
• Ad hoc management reporting requests from Management Committee, Board, and other Finance team support as requested

SKILLS DESIRED

Qualifications & Experience

• 4-5 years FP&A experience and proven working knowledge of accounting, budgeting and forecasting, variance analyses, financial modeling, and corporate finance
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. MBA/CFA/CPA or advanced degree is a plus
• Proficiency in excel, business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI dashboard), financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP or similar Enterprise Performance Management tools). Understanding of Python is desirable.
• Experience at a financial services company would be a plus

Core Competencies & Skills / Personal Attributes & Fit

• Highly organized, with committed work ethic and strong attention to detail; able to work independently and prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and interpersonal/people skills (including the ability to build relationships with sophisticated internal clients and the ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization).
• Collaborative team player with self-confidence and respect for others across the organization. Proactively identify opportunities to improve and automate processes leveraging new tools.
• Open-mindedness and enthusiasm for changes in a rapidly developing market. Eager to learn and deep dive into new topics to add value to the organization.

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