Law Firm FP&A Manager: Strategy & Profitability

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis to lead strategic budgeting, forecasting, and profitability initiatives for a professional services firm.

The role focuses on partnering with leadership to translate financial data into actionable insights and drive firm performance. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in FP&A within a law firm or professional services, with deep knowledge of metrics such as utilization, realization, and leverage, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or related field.
• MBA or master's in finance preferred.
• Progressive FP&A experience, with 3+ years within a law firm.
• Deep understanding of legal accounting standards and capital structures.
• Experience with profitability analysis and practice group metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual firmwide operating budget, revenue projections, and capital expenditure plan.
• Maintain revenue and cash flow forecasts, considering headcount, rate changes, and billing efficiency.
• Support CFO with financial modeling, partner profit distributions, capital calls, and year-end compensation formulas.
• Analyze profitability by partner, practice group, client, office, and matter to identify margin drivers.
• Monitor metrics: Utilization, Realization, Collections, Billable Hours, DSO, Leveraged Ratios.
• Collaborate with practice leaders to evaluate rate structures and annual increases; assess AFAs.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly reporting packages for Executives and Practice Leaders.
• Develop models for initiatives: lateral hires, office expansions, mergers, technology investments.
• Oversee FP&A analysts; improve systems and automate reporting.
• Ensure data integrity across accounting, billing, and IT systems.

Skills

Strategic financial planning

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

MBA or Master's in Finance preferred

Tools

Thomson Reuters Elite 3E

Aderant Expert

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Tableau

Adaptive Insights

Anaplan

Job description

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis to lead strategic budgeting, forecasting, and profitability initiatives for a professional services firm.

The role focuses on partnering with leadership to translate financial data into actionable insights and drive firm performance. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in FP&A within a law firm or professional services, with deep knowledge of metrics such as utilization, realization, and leverage, and