Senior Financial Analyst

Our client, an international, DC based law firm is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the firm's finance team in the DC headquarters.

This role partners closely with attorneys and firm leadership to design strategic pricing solutions, develop innovative fee arrangements, and deliver data-driven insights that support growth, profitability, and client value.

The Senior Financial Analyst plays a central role in shaping legal pricing strategy, evaluating financial performance, and enhancing business intelligence across practices and offices.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Pricing & Fee Design

• Collaborate with attorneys to develop effective pricing strategies and fee arrangements that support sector and practice growth.
• Build detailed matter budgets and financial models for hourly and alternative fee arrangements, including fixed, capped, blended, collar, subscription, contingency, and portfolio structures.
• Conduct sensitivity and scenario analyses to evaluate staffing models, leverage, realization, and margin impact.
• Advise attorneys on pricing best practices, risk assessment for alternative fee arrangements, and effective client value communication.

Profitability & Financial Modeling

• Analyze new business opportunities and proposals to assess financial viability and contribution margin.
• Develop creative, practical pricing solutions aligned with firm profitability goals.
• Perform matter-, client-, and practice-level profitability analysis to inform strategic decision-making.

Practice & Performance Analytics

• Prepare and present monthly financial reports, including productivity, KPI, client, and attorney performance metrics.
• Partner with attorneys and management to strengthen business planning through actionable financial insights.

Business Development Support

• Assist with budgeting and pricing components of RFP responses and client negotiations.
• Collaborate with Marketing to structure client budgets, rate models, and alternative fee arrangements that balance value and profitability.

Firmwide Support

• Provide ad hoc financial analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management, practice groups, and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Minimum of three years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Experience with business intelligence or reporting tools preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and Windows-based systems.
• Experience with Power BI, including dashboard development, DAX measures, data modeling, and visualization of complex datasets preferred.
• Experience leveraging generative AI tools to enhance financial analysis, automate reporting workflows, and support pricing scenario development.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights.
• Effective communicator with strong presentation skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate across departments and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strategic thinker with sound judgment and high professional integrity.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated leadership capability and ability to drive consensus.
• Commitment to exceptional internal and external client service.
• Discretion and ability to handle confidential information.
• Flexibility to work additional hours as needed.

This firm comes with a top benefits package for all full time employees including a generous 401k match, profit sharing, an in house fitness center, wellness plan, generous PTO and other perks.

The firm follows and exceeds all EEOC laws and regulations and is an equal opportunity employer.

For immediate consideration please email your MS Word version of your resume to: jay.zanone@cbh.com

*Only those candidates deemed qualified will be contacted*