Overview

The Client/Partner Insights & Analytics Manager is a key member of the Commercial Finance team, delivering high-quality reporting and analysis to transform data into actionable insights that drive strategic decision-making and enhance executive-level reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Commercial Finance by delivering high-quality financial and client data analysis to inform key firm-wide initiatives, strategic projects, and senior leadership decision-making.
• Provide strategic analysis to the Executive Leadership Group (ELG) to enable data-driven decisions and contribute to the firm’s long-term commercial objectives.
• Oversee client-specific reporting and provide tailored analytics and insights to support the growth of priority clients, ensuring data-driven strategies are aligned with commercial objectives.
• Manage Value Account agreements for Global Strategic Clients, serving as the primary liaison for both internal and external reporting and inquiries. Responsible for profitability reporting and in-depth analysis related to, for example, global retainer agreements, ensuring financial transparency and strategic insight.
• Act as the primary point of contact and Centre of Excellence (CoE) for all client reporting and analytics queries from the Business Development team, providing expert guidance on deliverables and advising on the most effective reporting solutions.
• Support the design and scoping of dashboards and standardized reporting tools to ensure consistent, scalable, and insight-driven reporting across commercial functions.
• Provide analytical support for partner-related processes, including biennial and annual reviews, partner appraisals, lateral hire evaluations, and Partner Selection Group (PSG) assessments—delivering data-driven insights to inform decision-making and talent strategy.
• Establish yourself as the subject matter expert and primary point of contact for extracting, transforming, and interpreting financial and client/matter data across reporting systems and tools, ensuring accurate and insightful analysis delivery.
• Demonstrate the ability to interpret complex reporting requirements from both internal and external stakeholders, recommending and designing effective reporting solutions while also supporting the interpretation and analysis of the resulting data.
• Drive reporting efficiency by streamlining existing reports and developing best-practice, globally functional solutions.
• Contribute to the design and scoping of dashboards and standardized reporting tools for consistent and insight-driven reporting.
• Provide ad-hoc analytical support, delivering actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
• Provide global support and training in accessing and interpreting Business Intelligence data, building data literacy.
• Work closely with the Delhi Commercial Analysis team to transition reporting for ongoing delivery of routine reporting and act as a point of escalation for all client and ad-hoc reporting queries.

Qualifications

• Skills: Exhibit advanced Excel capabilities alongside strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Proficiency in data visualization.
• Ability to analyse complex datasets and deliver clear insights through dynamic reporting solutions.
• Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distil complex financial and analytical concepts into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Confidently present insights to diverse audiences, including non-finance stakeholders, and effectively engage, influence, and lead discussions with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong team collaboration skills, working within cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and high-quality reporting.
• Proactive, client-focused approach, anticipating needs and delivering high-quality insights.
• Experience: Ideally 10+ years of analytical experience in a data-rich commercial environment, preferably within a professional services organization.
• People leadership experience.
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools is essential; AI experience is desirable.
• Qualifications: Preferred accountancy qualification.

Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance
• Industries: Legal Services

Hybrid Working

This role follows our balanced hybrid working approach and, as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum of 50% of your time.

What we offer

When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family-friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK, please visit our What We Offer page on our career site.

Equal Opportunities

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment. We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement. Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.