Strategic Pricing & Profitability Analyst

Arnold & Porter Llp; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Arnold & Porter LLP is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to join our Finance team in Boston. You will partner with attorneys, practice groups, leadership, Marketing, and Finance to develop pricing strategies and evaluate alternative fee arrangements, driving profitability and client value.

The role emphasizes detailed budgeting, financial modeling, monthly reporting, and data-driven insights using BI tools. A base salary range is provided with potential discretionary bonus.

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, 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 measures, data modeling, and visualization of financial and operational data, preferred.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to attorneys, senior leaders, and other non-financial stakeholders.

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, key performance indicators, and client, practice, office, and firmwide analyses.
• Develop ad hoc analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management, attorneys, practice groups, and other 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, matter-management techniques, and available business intelligence tools.
• Collaborate with Marketing to develop client budgets, rate structures, and alternative fee arrangements that maximize client value and firm profitability.
• Leverage generative AI tools, where appropriate, to enhance financial analysis, streamline reporting, support pricing scenarios, and improve data presentation.

Skills

Financial modeling

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data visualization

Communication

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Power BI

Excel

DAX

Pivot tables

XLOOKUP

Job description

Arnold & Porter LLP is seeking a highly analytical Financial Analyst to join our Finance team in Boston. You will partner with attorneys, practice groups, leadership, Marketing, and Finance to develop pricing strategies and evaluate alternative fee arrangements, driving profitability and client value.

The role emphasizes detailed budgeting, financial modeling, monthly reporting, and data-driven insights using BI tools. A base salary range is provided with potential discretionary bonus.