Finance & Strategy Analytics Director

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer events

Wellness programming

Job summary

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Chicago, along with other major offices, seeks a Director of Financial & Strategic Analysis to lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial performance management. Reporting to the CFO, this role partners with firm leadership to deliver data-driven insights, improve profitability, and advance strategic objectives.

You will build and lead a modern analytics function, deploy BI tools, create executive dashboards, and translate complex data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field required; MBA/CPA preferred.
• 10+ years of FP&A or strategic finance experience in a large law firm or legal services.
• Deep knowledge of law firm economics, profitability drivers, and matter economics.
• Experience supporting executive leadership with financial analysis and strategic decision support.
• Experience leading high-performing teams and implementing analytics solutions.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• 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 actionable recommendations.
• 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 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.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Presentation skills

Diplomacy

Team leadership

Problem solving

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Chicago, along with other major offices, seeks a Director of Financial & Strategic Analysis to lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial performance management. Reporting to the CFO, this role partners with firm leadership to deliver data-driven insights, improve profitability, and advance strategic objectives.

You will build and lead a modern analytics function, deploy BI tools, create executive dashboards, and translate complex data