Sr Strategic Financial Analyst, Market Analytics

DLA Piper; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 98,990 - 131,164; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

DLA Piper's Strategic Finance team seeks a Strategic Senior Financial Analyst focused on market analytics to shape long-range planning and executive decision support. You'll work at the intersection of FP&A, market intelligence, benchmarking, and financial modeling to turn industry data into actionable insights for global leaders.

Hybrid role in Reston or Short Hills, offering exposure to senior leadership, cross-functional partnerships, and opportunities to drive AI-enabled finance

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in Financial analysis, market analysis, benchmarking, or a related analytical role.
• Experience in a professional services, legal, or consulting environment.
• Familiarity with analytics and automation platforms such as Power BI, SQL, Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on global and domestic law firm performance drivers and macroeconomic trends.
• Lead end‑to‑end lifecycle of peer survey and benchmarking data submissions.
• Partner with finance, strategy and practice groups to prepare data for submissions and analysis.
• Incorporate market indicators into results, forecast, and planning stories.
• Support executive leadership with forward‑looking market intelligence and benchmarking insights.
• Build and maintain scalable reporting processes and a single source of truth library for survey data.
• Drive continuous improvement by automating reporting and improving data governance.
• Contribute to finance transformation with AI‑enabled solutions.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and executive materials for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic finance analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Business Administration, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.

Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Business Administration, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Claude

Job description

DLA Piper is, at its core, bold, exceptional, collaborative and supportive. Our people are the backbone, heart and soul of our firm. Wherever you are in your professional journey, DLA Piper is a place you can engage in meaningful work and grow your career. Let’s see what we can achieve. Together.

Summary

Join a growing, high-impact Strategic Finance team where Market Analytics, AI, FP&A, and Finance Transformation come together to deliver insights for executive decision-making. This is an exceptional opportunity for a finance professional who wants to do more than produce reports. As a Strategic Senior Financial Analyst focused on market analytics, you will help shape long-range planning, market intelligence, competitive benchmarking analysis, and executive decision support for a global firm. You will work at the intersection of FP&A, strategic finance, market analytics, financial modeling, forecasting, benchmarking, data analytics, and business performance insights—turning complex peer and industry information into clear recommendations that influence leaders and drive growth. You will join an established and expanding team that is investing in its future and in the development of its people. This role offers meaningful exposure to executive leadership, operational business owners, and cross-functional finance partners, along with the opportunity to contribute to global transformation efforts that are modernizing how finance insights are generated and delivered. For candidates who are energized by strategic problem‑solving, professional growth, mentorship, and the chance to build a visible career path within a high‑performing organization, this role offers both immediate impact and long‑term advancement potential. This is more than a traditional analyst position. It is a career‑building opportunity to join a growing Strategic Finance function with strong momentum, targeted mentorship, and intentional professional development. You will have the chance to partner with senior leaders, build relationships across the business, contribute to finance modernization and AI-enabled transformation initiatives, and expand your experience in a role designed to create visibility, progression, and long‑term opportunity.

Location

This position can sit in our Reston or Short Hills office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on global and domestic law firm performance drivers, macroeconomic trends, and industry dynamics, translating external developments into clear financial implications and actionable business insights that support strategic planning, forecasting, profitability analysis, and long‑range decision‑making.
• Lead the end‑to‑end lifecycle of peer survey and benchmarking data submissions, including stakeholder coordination, deadline management, data acquisition, validation, analysis, and executive‑ready reporting.
• Partner with finance, strategy and practice group stakeholders to compile data for timely submissions and then develop analyses and reporting that improve visibility into business performance, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Incorporate market‑based lagging and leading indicators into results, forecast, and planning stories with the broader FP&A team.
• Support executive leadership with forward‑looking market intelligence, scenario analysis, and benchmarking insights that inform growth strategy and resource allocation.
• Help build and maintain scalable reporting processes, documentation, and a single source of truth library for survey and benchmark information.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, automate reporting, strengthen data governance, and enhance analytical tools.
• Contribute to finance transformation efforts, including the design and adoption of AI‑enabled and automation‑based solutions that improve speed, consistency, and insight generation.
• Serve as a trusted resource on benchmarking methodology, assumptions, data quality, and interpretation for cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Deliver ad hoc financial analysis, business cases, and executive materials that synthesize findings into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Desired Skills

Experience working with external market surveys, benchmark datasets, or complex performance data to support strategic or financial decision‑making. Background in a professional services, legal, consulting, or similarly complex business environment. Familiarity with tools such as Power BI, SQL, Python, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Claude, or similar analytics and automation platforms is a plus.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Business Administration, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.

Preferred Education

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Business Administration, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.

Certificates

• CFA is a plus.

Minimum Years Of Experience

• 5 years’ experience in Financial analysis, market analysis, benchmarking, or a related analytical role.

Essential Job Expectations

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.
• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner.
• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.
• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required.
• Foster positive work relationships.
• Comply with all firm policies and practices.
• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as working at a computer for extended periods of time, participating in digital/virtual conference calls, and attending meetings as needed.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast‑paced environment.
• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.

Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Work Environment

The individual selected for this position may have the opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement comprised of remote and in‑office work, the requirement for which will be determined in coordination with the hiring manager or supervisor and may be modified in the firm’s discretion in the future.

Compensation and Benefits

The firm’s expected hiring range for this position is $98,990 - $131,164 per year depending on the candidate’s geographic market location. The compensation offered for employment will also be dependent on other factors including the candidate’s experience, skills, educational and professional background, and overall qualifications. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance, and 401(k). Applicants who are not based in the jurisdiction in which this position is posted and who apply for this role are doing so voluntarily and are not eligible for relocation assistance. Any relocation benefits, if any, are provided only where a relocation is required at the firm’s direction and in accordance with applicable policy and law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.