Strategic Pricing & Financial Analytics Analyst

Arnold & Porter; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arnold & Porter is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to join our Finance team in San Francisco. You will partner with attorneys, practice groups, firm leadership, Marketing, and Finance colleagues to develop pricing strategies, evaluate alternative fee arrangements, assess profitability, and provide data-driven insights that support client value and firm growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with strong modeling, reporting, and communication skills to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of two years of experience in legal pricing, FP&A, or related financial-analysis role.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, advanced formulas, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and dynamic modeling.
• Experience with business intelligence, report-writing, and data visualization tools preferred.
• Power BI experience, including interactive dashboard development, DAX, data modeling, and visualization of financial and operational data, 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 and blended rates.
• 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, key performance indicators, and client, practice, office, and firmwide analyses.
• Develop ad hoc analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management and internal stakeholders.
• Use business intelligence and data visualization tools to identify trends and translate complex information into actionable recommendations.
• Train attorneys on legal pricing best practices and matter-management techniques.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Arnold & Porter is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to join our Finance team in San Francisco. You will partner with attorneys, practice groups, firm leadership, Marketing, and Finance colleagues to develop pricing strategies, evaluate alternative fee arrangements, assess profitability, and provide data-driven insights that support client value and firm growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with strong modeling, reporting, and communication skills to