Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Governance Specialist to join our Finance - Pricing & Commercial team, based in A&O Shearman’s Belfast Office.

Finance - Pricing & Commercial team – Belfast

The Group Pricing & Commercial team is a high‑profile, Partner‑ and client‑facing advisory function that sets direction for pricing and realisation across the firm’s most material client relationships and panel agreements. We drive client‑level results and lead firmwide initiatives — from pricing strategy and commercial governance to data, tooling and AI‑enabled analytics — to deliver sustainable margin improvement.

What you will do

This role plays a central part in coordinating and supporting two of the Firm’s key commercial governance forums: the Secondment Investment Group and the Global Commercial Committee. It helps ensure that commercial and investment decisions are managed consistently, governed effectively and tracked against clear outcomes. The role also supports sector programme activity, helping to bring together commercial, financial and strategic insight. Across all aspects of the role, there is regular opportunity for cross functional working and to engage with Partners and other senior stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity, offering broad exposure, high visibility and genuine scope to make a personal impact.

Secondment governance

Process management: Manage the end-to-end operation of the Secondment Investment Group (SIG) process, including coordinating submissions, carrying out first review of business cases and financial input submissions, and ensuring materials are complete and ready for Partner review.
Cross-functional coordination: Act as a link across Pricing & Commercial, Marketing, Business Development, HR, Risk and Sector teams to bring together inputs and support aligned decision-making.
Stakeholder support: Support Partners and colleagues from other Business support teams to navigate the process, acting as a point for guidance and process advice that enables smoother collaboration and faster project completion
Reporting and tracking: Track spend, decisions, outcomes and return on investment, maintaining clear records and producing structured reporting/ dashboarding that supports visibility, accountability and follow-through.
Governance and improvement: Support the ongoing development of a consistent, transparent and well-run process, including workflow management, turnaround times and governance documentation.

Commercial Committee support

Committee coordination: Provide administrative and analytical support to the Global Commercial Committee, including agenda management, meeting papers, briefing materials and action tracking.
Pipeline management: Manage the flow of items requiring committee review, helping ensure appropriate prioritisation, escalation and timely progression.
Decision support: Help ensure investment and contractual matters are presented clearly for review by consolidating inputs, preparing analysis and supporting timely follow-up on decisions and actions.
Stakeholder coordination: Work with teams across the business to gather inputs, align priorities and ensure committee matters are progressed efficiently.

Sector programme support

Insight and alignment: Support sector programme activity by bringing together commercial, financial and strategic insight to inform decision-making and strengthen alignment with wider firm priorities.
Reporting and analysis: Contribute to sector reporting and insight, helping identify trends, summarise relevant data and support a clearer view of performance and opportunities.

What you will have

Analytical and numerate; confident working with data and financial information, with the ability to draw clear insights and spot themes or issues
Strong organisational skills; able to manage a varied, evolving and sometimes unpredictable workload, while balancing competing priorities and maintaining momentum
Detail-oriented and disciplined; committed to accuracy, consistency and strong data integrity across governance, reporting and decision-support processes
Highly collaborative and relationship-led; able to work effectively with cross functional teams and build credibility with a wide range of stakeholders, including Partners and senior colleagues
Flexible and adaptable; comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities can shift quickly
Confident communicator; able to interact with and advise senior stakeholders and Partners in a clear, credible and professional way
Change-minded and improvement-focused; willing to challenge the status quo, identify opportunities to improve processes and support more effective ways of working
Experience in a commercial, finance, governance or professional services environment; beneficial but not essential

What we can offer you

We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, online discounts and lifestyle management services.

We recognise the value of flexible working and embrace hybrid working, allowing our people to work from home up to 40% of their working time. We do, however, remain committed to working together in person for the remaining 60% of time so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.

Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.

We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE - A&O Shearman does not accept unsolicited CVs. For further information, please see our UK Recruitment Agency Policy and our commitment to direct sourcing

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