What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst II position at King & Spalding?
King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape.
We are seeking a Financial Analyst to play a pivotal role in supporting the firm’s business goals through reporting, modeling, and analyzing financial data. This work includes developing and interpreting practice group performance metrics and designing reporting processes and tools to provide timely and actionable data to practice group leaders and other members of senior leadership. This role involves de-aggregating metrics and providing recommendations for improvement, assessing performance against key industry benchmarks, and assessing the impact of various performance improvement efforts.
Key Responsibilities
King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.
We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.
We are seeking a Financial Analyst to play a pivotal role in supporting the firm’s business goals through reporting, modeling, and analyzing financial data. This work includes developing and interpreting practice group performance metrics and designing reporting processes and tools to provide timely and actionable data to practice group leaders and other members of senior leadership. This role involves de-aggregating metrics and providing recommendations for improvement, assessing performance against key industry benchmarks, and assessing the impact of various performance improvement efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with designing reporting packages and analyses to assess and understand practice group performance
- Identify and investigate trends, anomalies, and opportunities.
- Design and maintain reporting processes, and regularly assess delivery methods and identify improvement opportunities.
- Work with the Financial Systems and IT teams on the development and enhancement of reporting tools, including dashboards and other dynamic reporting tools.
- Generate ad hoc financial models and data analysis
- Prepare, or assist in the preparation, of recurring and special management reports.
- Prepare queries across multiple sources to generate data.
- Manipulate data in Excel spreadsheets or other tools in order to summarize financial reports requested.
- Work closely with other Finance functions, including Pricing, Billing, and Rate Management, on reporting needs and ad hoc requests for financial information and analysis.
- Provide support to other Business Operations teams, including Business Development, Lawyer Talent, and Recruiting, as requested.
- Bachelor’s degree required, with a concentration in Finance or Accounting preferred.
- A minimum of 2 years of job-related experience, preferably in a law firm or professional services firm.
- Proven ability to synthesize metrics into practical insights and communicate those insights confidently.
- High level of proficiency with Excel and consideration will be given to experience with SQL, PowerBI, and legal financial systems (Aderant or Elite).
King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.
We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.