Do you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for dissecting financial data to drive strategic decision-making? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our client's team as a Financial Analyst. Our client is seeking a talented individual who can bring their analytical prowess to the forefront of their financial operation.

Title: Financial Analyst
Location: Hybrid - Washington, DC
Hourly Rate: $30.00 - $38.00/hour
Job Type: Contract (6 months)

Job Summary
The Financial Analyst assists in developing, managing, and achieving the firm’s financial goals. The position interacts with administrative and firm-wide management to assist in preparing annual plans and to provide reports and analysis of monthly financial results.
 
Job Responsibilities

• Analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to ensure financial information has been recorded accurately and directs appropriate action steps if errors are uncovered.
• Manages triaging of necessary information for all month end reporting functions.
• Assists in monthly variance process and updates to rolling twelve month forecast.
• Manages sub-processes, specifically practice group and committee spending, as part of the firm annual budget preparation at designated departmental and office levels.
• Participates in compilation and analysis of financial information for all offices as well as competitive benchmarking within the law firm industry leveraging the analyst’s current market knowledge base.
• Develops integrated revenue and expense analyses, reports, annual projections and develops presentations to aid in strategic decision making.
• Prepares monthly financial review summary reports for senior management providing recommendations for areas of performance improvement.
• Assists in responding to quarterly and yearly external surveys.
• Performs ad hoc analysis and reporting, as needed.

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of MS suite of products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.  Knowledge of IBM Cognos TM1, Big Square or SQL is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing with attorneys and staff.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and maintain a productive and committed work effort, meeting deadlines and managing workload.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work in a dynamic and complex environment to meet deadlines and daily requirements.
• Flexibility to work overtime hours on occasion due to project time sensitivity.

Education
The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other Business-related field.
 
Experience
The position requires a minimum of two (2) years of directly related experience during which knowledge, skills and abilities relevant to the position were attained.