Senior Pricing Analyst

allens; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Allens is seeking a Senior Pricing Analyst to join its Pricing and Value team in a role that blends operational pricing tasks with strategic commercial initiatives. You will support pricing managers, perform Excel-based modelling, and collaborate with Partners, Finance and other stakeholders to drive client value through pricing insights.

The role emphasizes data quality, documentation, and process discipline, with opportunities to influence client and matter pricing across the firm.

Qualifications

• Experience in business partnering with key stakeholders
• Strong understanding of pricing, rates, billing or finance processes
• Advanced Excel and data modelling skills

Responsibilities

• Support Pricing Managers on firm-wide pricing projects and day-to-day pricing requests
• Contribute to profitability analysis, pricing reviews and commercial initiatives
• Coordinate and maintain pricing and rates operations processes
• Document pricing terms and ensure records are accurate and accessible
• Prepare data for annual rate reviews and support timely updates
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing operations through automation

Skills

Pricing analytics

Excel modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Operational discipline

Job description

Your role

At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges.

You'll be a part of our Pricing and Value team supporting the Heads of Pricing and the Pricing Manager group. You'll work closely with many parts of the firm, consulting with Partners, Lawyers, Practice Executives, Finance and other stakeholders on the implementation of the firm's pricing strategy to deliver value to our clients. You will also play an important role in supporting commercial pricing decisions, helping the firm win, retain and grow client relationships through effective pricing, financial analysis and pricing insights.

This role combines responsibility for the firm's pricing and rates operations with opportunities to support strategic pricing initiatives and commercial projects led by the Pricing Managers. It is well suited to someone who enjoys combining operational excellence with commercial and analytical problem solving.

As a Senior Pricing Analyst in our team, you will be:

• Supporting Pricing Managers on firm-wide pricing projects, day-to-day pricing requests and commercial analysis, including Excel-based modelling, scenario analysis and clear outputs. This may include supporting pricing strategy development, business case preparation and commercial decision-making for client opportunities and existing client relationships.
• Supporting Pricing Managers with profitability analysis, pricing reviews, alternative fee arrangement assessments and other commercial initiatives that help inform client and matter pricing decisions.
• Coordinating and maintaining the firm's pricing and rates operations processes, including accurate records of client pricing arrangements, agreed rates, discounts, fee structures and implementation requirements.
• Documenting pricing agreement terms in a structured and consistent way so that details, instructions and supporting records are centrally maintained and available to Billing, eBilling, Finance and other relevant teams.
• Coordinating the implementation of new client pricing agreements by preparing clear instructions to the Billing and eBilling teams and working with them to support accurate entry and ongoing compliance with agreed terms.
• Supporting the annual client rate review process, including preparing data, tracking required updates, identifying exceptions and helping ensure agreed annual rate changes are implemented accurately and on time.
• Monitoring multi-year pricing agreements to identify scheduled rate changes, review dates, step-ups, promotional adjustments and other pricing actions required during the term of the agreement.
• Preparing analysis and modelling for upcoming agreement renewals, expiries or pricing reviews, and escalating key issues, risks or opportunities to Pricing Managers for consideration.
• Maintaining, identifying and improving rates and pricing data quality, process documentation, templates and reporting to support consistent, efficient and reliable pricing operations.
• Identifying opportunities to improve pricing operations through automation, process improvement, reporting enhancements and technology-enabled solutions, including the use of data analytics and emerging AI capabilities where appropriate.
• Supporting training and guidance for Practice Executives and relevant business teams on rates processes, agreement implementation and pricing data requirements.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. At Allens we have a hybrid working structure, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home. We would be happy to discuss any other flexible working arrangements that best support you.

About you

This role will suit someone who combines strong analytical capability with operational discipline, attention to detail and the confidence to work with a range of stakeholders. If you are looking for a role where you can deliver your work directly to the business and make a tangible difference, we'd love to speak to you!

You will have:

• Experience in business partnering and the ability to influence and persuade key stakeholders
• Strong understanding of pricing, rates, billing or finance processes, with the ability to work confidently with client and matter pricing arrangements, agreed rates, discounts and implementation requirements.
• Advanced Excel capability and strong analytical skills, including the ability to work with financial data, prepare modelling and scenario analysis, and translate analysis into clear, practical outputs.
• Strong attention to detail, precision and process discipline, with a focus on data quality, accurate record keeping and consistent documentation.
• Ability to identify issues, exceptions, risks and opportunities in pricing or rates data, and to esc