Strategic Legal Pricing & Financial Analyst

Agnello & Rogers; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to partner with attorneys, practice groups, and leadership to craft pricing strategies and evaluate alternative fee arrangements. You will build budgets, run models, and deliver data-driven insights to support client value and firm growth.

The role requires strong Excel modeling, Power BI proficiency, and the ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of two years of experience in legal pricing, FP&A, or a related financial-analysis role.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with pivot tables, advanced formulas, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and dynamic modeling.
• Experience with business intelligence, reporting, and data visualization tools preferred.

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, KPIs, and client, practice, office, and firmwide analyses.
• Develop ad hoc analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management and internal stakeholders.
• Use BI 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 BI tools.
• Collaborate with Marketing to develop client budgets, rate structures, and AFAs that maximize client value and profitability.
• Leverage generative AI tools, where appropriate, to enhance financial analysis and data presentation.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to partner with attorneys, practice groups, and leadership to craft pricing strategies and evaluate alternative fee arrangements. You will build budgets, run models, and deliver data-driven insights to support client value and firm growth.

The role requires strong Excel modeling, Power BI proficiency, and the ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.