Senior Financial Analyst (Attorney Compensation)

Kirkland & Ellis; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago seeks a Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A to drive financial planning, reporting, and business partnership efforts, while advancing automation and a modern Power BI-based reporting environment.

You will support financial reporting for practice areas and business functions, helping leadership access real-time insights and scalable solutions. A strong Power BI background and collaboration with non-finance stakeholders are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or business intelligence.
• Strong proficiency in Power BI and data skills; experience with automation tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a finance partner – Translate financial performance and key drivers for business and practice leaders.
• Own compensation modeling – Prepare attorney year-end compensation estimates and bonus components based on a complex matrix.
• Deliver executive-ready reporting – Create and enhance recurring management reports and dashboards for senior leadership.
• Advance reporting modernization – Translate manual reports into automated Power BI dashboards to improve accuracy and visibility.
• Drive process automation – Streamline FP&A workflows using Power Query, Power Automate, and similar tools.
• Enhance data integrity – Improve efficiency and reflect changing business elements in reporting.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnership

Ownership initiative

Communication

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

DAX

Power Automate

Alteryx

Excel

Job description

About Kirkland & Ellis

At Kirkland & Ellis, we don’t just meet the standard for legal excellence — we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 24 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers’ commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.

About Kirkland & Ellis

At Kirkland & Ellis, we don’t just meet the standard for legal excellence — we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 24 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers’ commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.

What You’ll Do

Are you a finance professional who excels at delivering clear, actionable insights while also helping to evolve how financial information is delivered across an organization? As a Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A, you will play a key role in driving financial planning, reporting, and business partnership efforts—while also contributing meaningfully to the modernization and automation of the firm’s financial reporting environment. In this role, you’ll support financial reporting, and operational insights for practice areas and business functions. At the same time, you’ll help advance our transition to a more automated, Power BI–driven ecosystem by streamlining manual processes, improving data flow, and enabling consistent, real-time insights for firm leadership.

• Serve as a finance partner – Build strong relationships with business and practice leaders, helping them interpret financial performance and understand key drivers.
• Own compensation modeling – Prepare attorney year-end compensation estimates and detailed bonus components, which are based on a complex matrix calculation of hours, ratings, class year, special circumstances etc.
• Deliver executive-ready reporting – Prepare and enhance recurring management reports and dashboards for senior leadership.
• Advance reporting modernization – Translate manual reports into automated Power BI dashboards that improve accuracy, consistency, and visibility. Actively participate in/contribute to system and process re‑engineering efforts; recognize/assess the downstream impacts of process changes.
• Drive process automation – Identify opportunities to streamline recurring FP&A workflows, leveraging tools such as Power Query, Power Automate, and other automation capabilities to reduce manual effort and accelerate reporting cycles.
• Enhance data integrity – Enhance process efficiency, support new initiatives, and/or more accurately reflect changing business elements.
• Improve operational efficiency – Recommend and implement process enhancements that simplify data preparation, reduce cycle times, and improve the scalability of our reporting environment.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field; with 3 to 5 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or business intelligence, ideally within a professional services or corporate environment.
• Ownership and initiative – A proactive approach to managing deliverables, improving processes, and elevating reporting clarity.
• Business partnership capability – Ability to communicate financial insights clearly and influence non‑finance stakeholders.
• Power BI & data skills – Strong proficiency in Power BI (data modeling, DAX, Power Query) and experience with automation tools such as Power Automate or Alteryx is a plus.
• Analytical depth – Advanced Excel skills with experience preparing forecasts, models, and business insights.
• Process improvement mindset – Experience identifying inefficiencies and automating recurring reporting or analytical workflows.
• Detail orientation – Commitment to data accuracy, quality, and reliability.
• Modernization orientation – Interest in enhancing how financial data is delivered and consumed through automation and streamlined reporting.

If you’re excited to contribute as a trusted FP&A partner while helping drive meaningful automation and modernization across the firm’s financial reporting processes, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation

The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Chicago. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.

Compensation Range

Chicago: $115,000 - $135,000

Equal Employment Opportunity

All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.