Senior FP&A Analyst
About The Position
Lawhive is a global, AI-native law firm operating in the US and UK, backed by significant funding and experiencing rapid growth. They partner with law firms to provide an AI platform, marketing, and operational support. The Finance team at Lawhive is lean and works across the UK and US, partnering with all parts of the business. Key focuses for the next 12-18 months include building systems for a multi-entity group, creating real-time financial data, unifying acquired entities, and automating workflows. This role is for someone who wants to solve real problems with visible impact across the company. This role is for an experienced Senior FP&A Analyst to manage financial planning for a fast-scaling, multi-entity group. As the sole FP&A role, you will be responsible for forecasting, budgeting, and financial modeling from start to finish, collaborating directly with finance leadership and senior stakeholders across various departments. The ideal candidate has prior experience building FP&A foundations, preferably in a startup or scale-up environment. You should understand what constitutes effective FP&A in a high-growth setting, be adept at creating structure amidst ambiguity, and be prepared to serve as a trusted advisor on performance, trade-offs, and strategy as the company expands in the UK and US.
Requirements
- Significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or strategic analysis
- Experience in a startup or scale-up, ideally having built or rebuilt an FP&A function
- Strong financial modelling capability and advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills
- Confident analysing complex data sets and translating them into clear recommendations
- Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
- Strong understanding of revenue models, costs, margins and operational metrics
- Highly analytical, commercially minded and intellectually curious
- Comfortable in fast-paced, high-growth environments with shifting priorities
- A self-starter who enjoys building structure, improving tools and driving clarity
Responsibilities
- Own group-level forecasting across revenue, headcount, costs and cash flow
- Build and maintain the financial models that support planning and investment decisions
- Analyse performance trends and highlight risks, opportunities and drivers
- Lead scenario modelling, long-range planning and sensitivity analysis
- Work closely with functional leaders to understand performance, risks and future requirements
- Translate financial insights into clear, actionable recommendations
- Provide commercial input on new initiatives and operational decisions
- Build strong relationships and support decision-making with high-quality data
- Produce monthly reporting packs with commentary, analysis and a clear narrative
- Track revenue, margins, unit economics and operational KPIs
- Improve reporting processes, dashboards and data visibility across the business
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and ensure accuracy and consistency across outputs
- Build scalable FP&A tools, processes and reporting frameworks
- Run the budgeting cycle and set up standardised planning processes across teams
- Partner with the Management Accounting team on performance reviews, month-end insight and variance analysis
- Strengthen financial governance and planning discipline across the business
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits: 'Premium' plan with 100% employee cover and 50% dependent cover
- Vacation: 20 days + 11 Federal holidays + 1 day of Birthday leave
- 401k: Matching contribution up to 2% of salary
- Equity: Options in Lawhive LTD
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
