Director of Financial & Strategic Analysis

Faegre Drinker is a firm designed for clients and designed for you. We understand that our people are critical to our success and we are committed to investing in our paraprofessional, administrative and operations professionals. We are always looking for talented, service-focused individuals to join our flexible and high-performing culture. With technology tools and resources that support our hybrid work environment, our colleagues enjoy a culture of learning, support for work and personal goals, opportunities to give back to our communities, and competitive benefits and rewards programs.

At Faegre Drinker, you will have the opportunity to share your expertise within and across teams and contribute to our success.

Faegre Drinker, a leading Am Law 100 law firm, has an opportunity for a Director of Financial & Strategic Analysis to work within our Finance department in our Chicago, downtown Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, or Washington D.C. office. This role will lead the evolution of the firm's financial planning, reporting, and analytics capabilities. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this leader will serve as a strategic partner to firm leadership, delivering data-driven insights that support decision making, improve financial performance, and advance the firm's strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will build and lead a modern analysis function that combines financial expertise with advanced analytics, business intelligence, and technology enablement. This role will be instrumental in deploying new data analytics tools, enhancing executive reporting, identifying opportunities for financial improvement, and supporting a more analytical, insight-driven approach to managing the business.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial performance management processes.
• Partner with leadership to identify improvement opportunities within revenue, profitability, productivity, and overall financial performance.
• Develop financial models and analyses supporting strategic initiatives, investments, and resource allocation decisions.
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations to support management decision making.

• Lead implementation and adoption of new data analytics and business intelligence tools.
• Develop and enhance executive dashboards, KPIs, and reporting for senior leadership.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear and easy to follow recommendations, providing data-driven supporting information.
• Advance predictive, trend, and profitability analysis to improve financial performance.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to financial and leadership teams across the firm.
• Provide financial support and strategic guidance to functions involved in the revenue-to-cash cycle, including pricing, billing, and collections.
• Identify and collaborate with other firm leaders to implement opportunities to improve practice group and client profitability, capital, cash flow, and financial performance.
• Support firmwide compensation processes.
• Support lateral partner hiring through financial and strategic analysis.
• Manage participation in industry surveys, coordinating data collection and submission processes to support benchmarking, market analysis, and strategic decision making.
• Partner with Finance, IT, and operational stakeholders to improve data quality and reporting capabilities.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of financial and business analysts.
• Promote a culture of data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Drive automation and process improvements increase efficiency and analytical effectiveness.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and diplomacy skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in a virtual environment (e.g., via phone, web/video conference).
• Ability to concentrate on tasks, make decisions and work calmly and effectively in a high-pressure, deadline-oriented environment.
• Demonstrated ability to use good judgment in taking initiative while asking for direction or clarification and consulting others, as appropriate.
• Willingness to be flexible with time and adjust to a changing work environment.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, both…