Hybrid Senior Analyst, BI & Analytics

DLA Piper; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Piper in Chicago seeks a Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence & Analytics, to empower data-driven decisions across the firm. You will design dashboards, data models, and KPI frameworks that blend financials with market insights to support strategic initiatives.

Partnering with Revenue, Strategic Finance, Business Development, Pricing, Technology, and stakeholders, you’ll translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations and enable self-service reporting across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a data-related field required.
• 4+ years in BI, analytics, or financial analytics.
• Experience turning financial, market, benchmarking data into insights for business decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to tell a clear data story.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support and reporting for strategic planning initiatives for Vertical leads and leadership teams.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align analytics products with business priorities.
• Collaborate with the Manager, Strategic Finance & Market Analytics to align recommendations with business priorities.
• Conduct profitability analysis across clients, sectors, segmentation, matters, and practices.
• Analyze growth opportunities and margin risks using financial, market, and benchmarking data.
• Translate analytical requirements and outputs for strategic business questions.
• Develop reusable data models connecting financial, operational, revenue, pricing, and market sources.
• Support KPI definitions, calculation logic, ownership, and governance standards.
• Automate recurring reporting to improve timeliness, consistency, and efficiency.
• Support self-service reporting through dashboards, documentation, and user guidance.
• Maintain reporting quality, metric consistency, and stakeholder confidence in results.

Skills

Power BI

Excel

Data modeling

SQL

Reporting automation

Data quality management

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Analytics, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science, Business, or related field

Master's Degree

Job description

DLA Piper in Chicago seeks a Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence & Analytics, to empower data-driven decisions across the firm. You will design dashboards, data models, and KPI frameworks that blend financials with market insights to support strategic initiatives.

Partnering with Revenue, Strategic Finance, Business Development, Pricing, Technology, and stakeholders, you’ll translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations and enable self-service reporting across the organization.