Asia Business Analysis & Finance - Senior Advisor

Asia Business Analysis & Finance – Senior Advisor

About the team

We are looking for a Senior Advisor to join the Asia Business Analysis & Finance team based in Hong Kong.

The team is a key provider of financial analysis, management reporting and business modelling for the region’s practices and management. It sits within the Global Business Analytics and Insights function in Global Finance and supports Asia Finance Teams across 11 offices in eight countries.

The Senior Advisor will report to the Asia Business Analysis & Finance Manager and will work closely with Asia Management, Practice Groups and Business Managers to expand and strengthen business analytics and decision support capabilities for the region.

About the role

This is a highly analytical and collaborative role with a broad remit across regions and practices. The individual is expected to develop a strong understanding of the business to transform numerical data into clear insights, propose options for decisions being considered, and suggest appropriate actions to reach desired business outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver in-depth regional financial analysis and management commentaries for Asia management team, regional practice heads and business team leaders.
• Produce regular financial updates, including identifying key trends and performance drivers, and monitoring financial health and hygiene. Proactively highlighting both areas of concern and areas of strong or underlying growth in the region’s financial results.
• Prepare high-quality presentations and reading materials for AsiaCom, Partner Conferences, practice group retreats and meetings.
• Conduct business analysis and financial modelling, which may include market and competitor research, lawyer headcount statistics, and client, product and sector analysis to support the firm’s strategy, planning and investment decisions.
• Support regional finance projects, including budget process, variance analysis, pricing, profitability, or AI related initiatives with global and local finance teams.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of management information and analysis, utilising business intelligence tools and dashboards to drive more effective, data-led decision making across the region.

What we’re looking for

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to infer and explain business implications behind numerical data.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to provide clear and impactful messages to partners, business managers, and finance and business team members.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take ownership and prioritise work under tight or evolving deadlines.
• Flexible and resilient, comfortable working in an evolving environment where boundaries are not always clearly defined.
• Calm and confident under pressure, with experience working with stakeholders to understand their needs and to propose, refine or challenge where appropriate.

Apply if you have

• At least 5 years’ experience in a financial analysis or business planning role. Professional services or MNC preferred.
• Degree in business, finance, accounting, analytics or a related discipline.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong PowerPoint skills. You must be comfortable working with numbers and data.
• An eye for data visualization. Experience with Tableau or similar tools would be a bonus.
• Prior experience with SAP is desirable but not required.

• Fluent written and spoken English. One or more Asian languages desirable but not required.

About the Firm

• Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.
• Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
• We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
• Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.
• We respect and value differences but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

What sets us apart - at Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment, and governance responsibility commitments
• We celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect, and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting, Business Partner Support, Communication, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Insight Generation, Management Reporting, Scenario Planning, Stakeholder Management

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.