Senior Business Data Analyst

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working around the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

• Query, manipulate, and explore large Business Intelligence (Bl) datasets using data modelling concepts.
• Work alongside Business Analysts to investigate and define BI problems, as well as identify data points to illustrate insight-driven analyses across the firm through the use of effective data storytelling.
• Handle the preparation of value-added ad-hoc analyses and related commentary, as well as support ad-hoc analysis team to troubleshoot issues and improve analysis outputs.
• Improve BI and analysis tools to better respond to the firm’s analytics needs.
• Own a broad portfolio of deliverables across multiple projects that support a wide range of technical requirements.
• Act as a key point of contact within team to support the delivery of value-added reports, dashboards, and analysis.
• Translate complex and nuanced messages into intuitive and simple-to-understand analyses, as well as oral and written commentary.
• Analyze the firm’s business model and organization to become a trusted analyst for reporting and BI issues.
• Learn key data structures and data definitions that are available to deliver critical BI analysis.
• Identify and document data pain-points and communicate them effectively within BI group qualifications.
• Develop and enforce data consolidation and validation procedures, conducting in-depth diagnostics to identify and resolve data inconsistencies, ensuring high data integrity and accuracy.
• Design and implement SQL scripts for ETL processes, optimizing data preparation for machine learning models and streamlining data pipeline workflows.
• Conduct exploratory analysis using Power BI on client portfolios, establishing baseline characteristics for major clients and delivering actionable insights that informed business development strategies.
• Integrate external data sources, including S&P and Pitchbook, to enhance client analysis, enriching insights and providing a comprehensive understanding of market trends and dynamics.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to communicate quantitative and qualitative findings, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Design profitability waterfall model and develop dynamic dashboards tailored to stakeholders’ needs, enabling near real-time monitoring of performance metrics, performance comparison and identification of key factors impacting profitability.
• Develop new performance metrics and score standards to evaluate client and project profitability, enabling leadership to identify strengths, pinpoint areas for improvements, and make informed strategic decisions.
• Provide meaningful, specific verbal real-time feedback to juniors and seniors at the end of each client matter.
• Effectively delegate and manage tasks of junior associates and provide real-time feedback on progress of matter in line with deadlines.
• Lead communications with clients and opposing counsel on substantive legal issues in the course of international arbitrations.
• Communicate with international arbitrators and arbitral institutions regarding ongoing disputes and procedural matters.
• Salary: $139,506 - $143,000 per year.