Legal Pricing & Analytics Analyst

Arnold & Porter; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arnold & Porter is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to join the Finance team in Boston. You will partner with attorneys, practice groups, leadership, Marketing, and Finance to develop pricing strategies, evaluate fee arrangements, and provide data-driven insights that support client value and firm growth.

This role requires strong modeling, reporting, and communication skills to drive profitability, budgeting, and strategic decision-making in a dynamic professional services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of two years of experience in legal pricing, FP&A, or 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.

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.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Power BI

Excel

DAX measures

Data modeling

Job description

Arnold & Porter is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to join the Finance team in Boston. You will partner with attorneys, practice groups, leadership, Marketing, and Finance to develop pricing strategies, evaluate fee arrangements, and provide data-driven insights that support client value and firm growth.

This role requires strong modeling, reporting, and communication skills to drive profitability, budgeting, and strategic decision-making in a dynamic professional services