Financial Analyst

Arnold & Porter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Arnold & Porter is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to join our Finance team in Los Angeles. You will partner with attorneys, practice groups, firm leadership, Marketing, and Finance colleagues to develop pricing strategies and evaluate alternative fee arrangements, driving profitability and client value.

The role focuses on budgeting, FP&A, monthly reporting, and data visualization with Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of two years of experience in legal pricing, FP&A, or a related financial-analysis role.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, advanced formulas, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and dynamic modeling.
• Experience with business intelligence, report-writing, and data visualization tools preferred.
• Power BI experience, including interactive dashboard development, DAX measures, data modeling, and visualization of financial and operational data, preferred.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to attorneys, senior leaders, and other non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional judgment, professionalism, discretion, and ability to maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Partner with attorneys to develop pricing strategies and innovative fee arrangements that support client needs and firm profitability.
• Create detailed matter budgets and financial models for hourly and alternative fee arrangements, including fixed fees, capped fees, blended rates, collars, subscriptions, contingency arrangements, and portfolio pricing.
• Conduct sensitivity and scenario analyses to evaluate staffing mix, leverage, realization, margin, and profitability.
• Perform profitability and contribution-margin analyses at the matter, client, practice, and firm levels.
• Support pricing and budgeting components of RFP responses, client fee negotiations, and other business-development opportunities.
• Prepare and communicate monthly financial reports, including attorney productivity, KPI, and client, practice, office, and firmwide analyses.
• Develop ad hoc analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management, attorneys, practice groups, and other internal stakeholders.
• Use business intelligence and data visualization tools to identify trends and translate complex information into actionable recommendations.
• Train attorneys on legal pricing best practices, matter-management techniques, and available BI tools.
• Collaborate with Marketing to develop client budgets, rate structures, and alternative fee arrangements that maximize client value and firm profitability.
• Leverage generative AI tools, where appropriate, to enhance financial analysis, streamline reporting, support pricing scenarios, and improve data presentation.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Arnold & Porter is an international law firm with offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. The firm advises clients on complex regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters across a broad range of industries, including many of the world’s leading companies and organizations.

We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Financial Analyst to join our Finance team. In this role, you will partner with attorneys, practice groups, firm leadership, Marketing, and Finance colleagues to develop pricing strategies, evaluate alternative fee arrangements, assess profitability, and provide data-driven insights that support client value and firm growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with strong modeling, reporting, and communication skills to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic professional services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with attorneys to develop pricing strategies and innovative fee arrangements that support client needs and firm profitability.
• Create detailed matter budgets and financial models for hourly and alternative fee arrangements, including fixed fees, capped fees, blended rates, collars, subscriptions, contingency arrangements, and portfolio pricing.
• Conduct sensitivity and scenario analyses to evaluate staffing mix, leverage, realization, margin, and profitability.
• Perform profitability and contribution-margin analyses at the matter, client, practice, and firm levels.
• Support pricing and budgeting components of RFP responses, client fee negotiations, and other business-development opportunities.
• Prepare and communicate monthly financial reports, including attorney productivity, key performance indicators, and client, practice, office, and firmwide analyses.
• Develop ad hoc analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management, attorneys, practice groups, and other internal stakeholders.
• Use business intelligence and data visualization tools to identify trends and translate complex information into actionable recommendations.
• Train attorneys on legal pricing best practices, matter-management techniques, and available business intelligence tools.
• Collaborate with Marketing to develop client budgets, rate structures, and alternative fee arrangements that maximize client value and firm profitability.
• Leverage generative AI tools, where appropriate, to enhance financial analysis, streamline reporting, support pricing scenarios, and improve data presentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of two years of experience in legal pricing, financial planning and analysis, or a related financial-analysis role.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, advanced formulas, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and dynamic modeling.
• Experience with business intelligence, report-writing, and data visualization tools preferred.
• Power BI experience, including interactive dashboard development, DAX measures, data modeling, and visualization of financial and operational data, preferred.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and effectively to attorneys, senior leaders, and other non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional judgment, professionalism, discretion, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• A collaborative, client-service-focused approach and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility to work additional hours as needed.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $90,000 to $110,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

The firm may provide a discretionary bonus annually.