Commercial Finance Analyst
Location: Belfast (Hybrid working)
*closing date* 1st September 2025
About Axiom:
Axiom is where legal teams go to find the right talent for everything from routine in-house tasks to complex outside counsel work. Too many legal departments are stuck having to choose between paying the high fees of their law firm, hiring full-time employees they don’t need, or turning to a low-cost agency that can’t meet their quality standards. At the same time, top lawyers want to work on challenging legal matters, but they want more control over how, when, and where they practice. Both are forced compromises that no one should have to make. Axiom shares and meets the higher standards of its clients and lawyers, with our “work smarter, adapt faster, go further” approach – connecting growing mid-market and Fortune 500 companies with the world’s deepest bench of experienced, specialized legal talent.
About the role:
We are looking for someone with a passion for detail, who is the ultimate team player, and is best-in-class for analyzing data and observing unexpected variances, leveraging tools, business acumen and technology to do so.
This position is part of the Commercial FP&A team. reporting to the VP, FP&A. The Commercial Finance Analyst will be responsible for ensuring that Axiom’s expected and actual revenue and gross profit are properly represented and that all exceptional items are recorded and rectified as needed. This will require analyzing detailed data, sorting the information and building new reports to inform the different stakeholders, leading to extra billing and talent time entry. This will involve strong collaboration and cross-functional work with Sales, Axiom’s Talent, and our internal finance teams to understand variances and ensure errors in Axiom’s billing process and talent time entry are resolved quickly. Additionally, this person will support our commercial FP&A team on cadenced reporting and analytics activities and support the pricing deal desk to help with timezone coverage for Axiom’s Europe and APAC sales teams. The qualified candidate is motivated, forward-thinking, and has a keen eye for detail.
The Commercial Finance Analyst is expected to perform all job responsibilities with a commitment to providing excellent service to clients, internal teams and finance colleagues while producing a timely and accurate work product.
Responsibilities:
- Partner cross-functionally to build Tableau reporting that properly identifies variances and inaccuracies in Axiom’s revenue and gross profit performance by engagement
- Highlight said variances and inaccuracies and help improve revenue accuracy in future reporting periods
- Utilizes firm standard software to identify and prioritize accounts for follow up and monitoring
- Support Commercial FP&A team on cadenced reporting and analytics
- Support sales team on specific question at the account or matter level pertaining to financial performance
- Lead on deal desk coverage for Europe and APAC sales teams
About you:
Successful candidates
Successful candidates must be a fit for Axiom’s unique operating environment and culture: high-growth, innovative, lean, and values-driven. As such, successful candidates must be highly capable in each of the following dimensions (among others): adaptability, curiosity, resourcefulness, analytical thinking/problem solving, proactivity, collaboration, technological savvy, and operating with/through a lean team.
Requirements:
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including high interest in and understanding of advanced reporting and modeling techniques in Excel
- Strong organizational skills, maintenance of detailed records, attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in both verbal and written settings
- Ability and willingness to assess procedures and proactively recommend improvements to existing processes
- Ability and willingness to prioritize and meet strict deadlines
- Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction while adapting to changing priorities and work demands
- Ability to maintain a professional demeanor, strong judgment and grace under pressure
- Strong executive presence with ability to communicate at multiple levels of an organization
