Senior Pricing Analyst

Winston Staffing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Winston Staffing is seeking a Senior Pricing Analyst in New York to independently develop and lead financial modeling and pricing strategies for complex client and matter arrangements. This role emphasizes client and matter profitability and requires law firm experience.

The successful candidate will work closely with partners to communicate financial recommendations and mentor junior analysts. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, and the role offers significant exposure to decision-making at the partner level.

Qualifications

• Must have law firm experience.
• Ability to translate complex financial concepts.
• Experience in mentoring and guiding junior analysts.

Responsibilities

• Develops and defends financial models for pricing arrangements.
• Communicates pricing recommendations to stakeholders.
• Leads collaboration with attorneys on client budgets.
• Gathers financial data for client RFP responses.
• Mentors junior analysts and guides their analysis.
• Stays informed on pricing trends in the legal market.

Skills

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Communication skills

Risk evaluation

Legal market knowledge

Job description

The Senior Pricing Analyst will independently develop and lead financial modeling and pricing strategies for complex client and matter arrangements with a focus on client and matter profitability. This role offers significant exposure to partner-level decision-making and requires the ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear, actionable insights. MUST HAVE law firm experience.

Responsibilities

• Independently develops and defends financial models projecting the impact of proposed pricing arrangements;
• Evaluates financial exposure and risk in pricing arrangements, and suggests any potential appropriate alternative pricing structures;
• Directly communicates pricing recommendations, projected profitability, and key assumptions to partners and senior stakeholders;
• Utilizes data mining to identify and analyze matter precedent and maintains and updates a precedent database;
• Leads collaboration with attorneys to build detailed client and matter budgets including staffing assumptions, phase-level estimates, and scenario analyses;
• Develops pricing and budget templates for different types of legal matters, including guidelines and frameworks to be applied;
• Gathers financial data needed to respond to client RFPs for existing and prospective clients and assists by preparing financial aspects of responses for submissions;
• Tracks and analyzes fee and cost write-ups/downs and account receivable write-offs;
• Works closely with the Billing team to ensure that client and matter fee arrangements are implemented and tracked appropriately;
• Mentors and provides day-to-day guidance to Analysts and Junior Analysts;
• Reviews, refines, and elevates analysis performed by analysts, ensuring accuracy and consistency;
• Stays informed of current pricing and rate trends within the legal market, and applies learned concepts to help improve the Firm’s pricing capabilities;
• Manages multiple concurrent pricing and budgeting requests in a fast-paced environment with tight turnaround times; and