Senior Practice Management Strategist

Plona Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Plona Partners is seeking a Senior Practice Management Specialist to support the strategic, financial and operational management of several sophisticated transactional practices. This role is not administrative support and will partner with Practice Group Leaders, Department Heads and senior leadership on the business of the practice.

The role focuses on budgeting, performance reporting, attorney utilization, business planning and strategic initiatives, with cross-functional collaboration across

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Practice Management or professional-services operations experience.
• Law firm experience strongly preferred.
• Strong financial and operational analytical capabilities.
• Advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP.
• Experience analyzing budgets, utilization and performance metrics.
• Confidence communicating with partners and senior firm leadership.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail.
• Strong judgment, discretion and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to independently manage multiple high-priority projects.

Responsibilities

• Driving strategic and operational initiatives across transactional Practice Groups.
• Leading and coordinating annual Practice Group budgeting.
• Preparing financial reports, variance analyses and spend summaries for leadership.
• Monitoring attorney allocations, Practice Group budgets and business development spend.
• Analyzing utilization, expenses and other operational performance metrics.
• Supporting Practice Group and individual attorney business planning.
• Building and improving reporting tools used by Practice Group leadership.
• Supporting lateral attorney onboarding and Practice Group integration.
• Coordinating attorney departure and transition processes.
• Preparing leadership meetings, financial updates and strategic follow-up.
• Working cross-functionally with Finance, Recruiting, HR, Marketing & Development, Pricing, Innovation, IT and Knowledge Services.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes, reporting and operational efficiency.

Skills

Practice management

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Excel

PivotTables

VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP

Job description

Plona Partners is seeking a Senior Practice Management Specialist to support the strategic, financial and operational management of several sophisticated transactional practices. This role is not administrative support and will partner with Practice Group Leaders, Department Heads and senior leadership on the business of the practice.

The role focuses on budgeting, performance reporting, attorney utilization, business planning and strategic initiatives, with cross-functional collaboration across