Developer

Practice Group / Department:

IT Regional - Project & Program Management - London

Job Description

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. We provide the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service.

With over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide, our culture is the thread that connects us, as well as our values of unity, quality and integrity. Our strategy and culture are connected – defined by shared ambition, global collaboration and a one-team mindset. We believe pioneering work happens when people are empowered to think beyond boundaries, explore new opportunities and grow through diverse experiences. Alongside the right skills and experience, we look for people who are innovative, commercially minded, and motivated by the impact of the work they do – ready to share in our ambition and help shape what comes next.

Because while individuals can do well, together we achieve something extraordinary.

The Role

The Finance Systems Team is responsible for supporting the core EMEA finance system (Aderant Sierra), including time, billing, expenses, vendors, tax and reporting. We are seeking a Developer, ideally with Aderant and Finance Operations experience and/or knowledge, to join our EMEA team.

This role translates user needs into functional solutions by designing, developing and implementing Aderant customisations of Classic and Framework forms, inquiries, rules and workflows, and integrations with related practice management systems, troubleshooting technical issues and making updates to enhance application performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering and Collaboration: collaborate with business partners to translate business needs into functional and system requirements to support application changes and business processes.
• Designing and Coding: plan, design, customise, test, and deploy financial system changes, including integration with third-party applications and interfaces.
• Develop and modify forms, inquiries, rules, data structures, workflows and integrations using the DocuDraft and DesignStudio toolkits.
• Data Extraction and Provision: develop and optimise SQL queries, stored procedures, and data endpoints to enhance financial data processing, business intelligence, and integration with web and financial applications.
• Design and implement scalable data solutions for finance applications, including optimised data models and ETL (extract, transform, load) pipelines to ensure efficient data processing, storage, and reporting.