Financial Analyst

---

Job description

Overview:
Foley & Lardner LLP is a great place to work because of what we do and how we do it. Here, your unique perspectives, experiences, and abilities will be embraced and developed, so you can excel. Being a part of Foley means having the opportunities and resources necessary to gain experience, advance professional goals, and forge meaningful connections. It's a place where you can build your career and enjoy professionally satisfying work. We have over 2,300 people who are , and we think you will be too.

The Financial Analyst is a member of the Practice & Pricing Analytics team within the firm's Accounting & Finance department. The Financial Analyst must possess superior written and verbal communication skills as this role will be working with attorneys at all levels as well firm leadership. As such, the role requires this person to be intellectually curious by having excellent judgment, decision making and problem-solving skills, as well as by being a creative and innovative thinker.

Responsibilities:
Review the intake of new matters and clients to ensure financial requirements are documented, applied, and communicated accurately and escalate matters where necessary

Support attorneys and accounting personnel through recording and maintaining client budgets in legal project management system

Monitor, respond and escalate pricing team inquiries

Assist in the annual rate setting process by supporting analysts on the Practice & Pricing Analytics team

Generate reports used for analysis by the team both monthly and quarterly

Calculate cost factors on a routine basis, analyze variances and reconcile

Responsible for filing and maintaining monthly reports from various departments

Responsible for managing content on company intranet

Support team members in ad-hoc pricing requests

Assist attorneys with client-facing fee monitoring requests

Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required

Prior accounting or finance internship and/or related work experience required

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel required

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written, with ability to communicate with all members of the firm, including Partners and Management

Strong analytical skills and high level of attention to detail required

Knowledge of professional services, financial metrics, or billing practices preferred

<!– job description page –>