Senior Financial Analyst

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The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for independently performing financial and business analysis, recurring and ad hoc reporting, budgeting and forecasting support, financial modeling, and process improvement. The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible to take ownership of assigned analyses, processes, and deliverables; independently organize and advance work toward completion; identify issues, risks, opportunities, and next steps; and engage Finance leadership for direction and review when appropriate.

The Senior Financial Analyst will move beyond reporting financial results to interpret those results, identify underlying business drivers, and communicate clear, decision-ready insights and recommendations. The Senior Financial Analyst will also contribute to the continued improvement of the Finance function through process standardization, automation, business intelligence, and responsible adoption of approved analytical and AI-enabled technologies.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities Perform detailed financial and business analyses that link financial performance to underlying business drivers at the firm, office, practice group, client, and matter levels. Prepare monthly and quarterly variance analyses versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key revenue and expense drivers, risks, opportunities, and potential actions. Synthesize complex financial and operational information into clear, concise, decision-ready insights for Finance and firm leadership.

Prepare executive summaries, dashboards, presentations, trend analyses, and other materials for discussions with senior leadership. Develop conclusions and recommendations from analysis rather than simply presenting data or reporting results. Adapt analytical presentations and the level of detail to the needs of financial and non-financial audiences. Respond to recurring and ad hoc analytical requests from the Finance Manager, Director of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and other internal stakeholders.

Support annual budgeting, periodic reforecasting, and multi-period outlook processes for the firm, offices, practice groups, and administrative departments. Develop and maintain financial and statistical models supporting revenue and expense forecasting, headcount and compensation planning, productivity, utilization, and other performance metrics. Analyze key performance indicators, including realization, utilization, leverage, productivity, cost efficiency, and other measures relevant to law firm financial performance.

Perform detailed analyses of practice group and office profitability, matter-level economics, staffing mix, leverage, and other cost and revenue drivers affecting financial performance. Conduct rate and realization analyses focused on performance trends and operational drivers rather than pricing decisions. Support working capital analysis, including WIP and accounts receivable trends, aging, collections, and other factors affecting cash flow. Assist in preparing financial analysis and responses for external industry publications, benchmarking studies, and surveys as needed.

Take ownership of assigned recurring processes, analyses, reports, and projects and independently advance work toward completion within established deadlines. Develop work plans, identify dependencies, resolve routine issues independently, and proactively communicate significant risks, decisions, or obstacles requiring management input. Maintain high standards for accuracy, consistency, documentation, and data integrity in all analytical work. Evaluate existing reports and analytical processes and recommend opportunities to simplify, standardize, or eliminate unnecessary work.

Document recurring processes, analytical methodologies, assumptions, data sources, and validation procedures to promote consistency and knowledge transfer. Collaborate across Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, and other administrative departments to obtain information, resolve data issues, and complete analytical work. Effectively manage multiple priorities and adjust work as business needs and leadership priorities change. Identify opportunities to improve the…