Financial Analyst- 3526614

Job Title: Financial Analyst

Location: New York NY 10036

Salary/Payrate: $85K-$100K annually, discretionary bonus and
AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: Hybrid (3 days WFH Wednesday is in-office day)

Term: Permanent / Fulltime

Bachelor’s degree required: YES

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets
hired

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Financial Analyst will provide actionable, accurate, and
professionally presented information to their own department and
other internal decision makers in support of the Firm’s
initiatives, including the monitoring of financial / operational
performance, trend analyses, and business development. This role
will involve producing routine (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and
annual) PowerPoint presentations and excel files depicting
consolidated financial / statistical performance and
profitability, as well as department, client, and timekeeper
views of the same. Additionally, the role will require ad hoc
reporting, analyses, and miscellaneous data pulls as
requested. This position will also interact with our larger
Accounting team and contribute to the completion of periodic peer
/ bank surveys.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Compile and provide senior leadership with weekly, monthly,
quarterly, and annual financial review presentations and other ad
hoc analyses
* Extract data from 3e, Master Data Hub (data warehouse), or
other repositories for data queries or ad hoc analyses requested
by your manager, other team members, attorneys (including
Partners)
* Be first point of contact to provide data or analyses requests
posted to a central request help distribution list
* Validate Power BI dashboard content and send notification email
to constituents notifying them of recent updates and availability
* Work with other Business Services departments in compiling or
analyzing data
* Work with the Accounting and Pricing teams to answer audit
inquiries and complete benchmark surveys
* Create and modify SSRS reports / data threshold alerts as
requested by attorneys and Business Service leadership
* Review SSRS reporting library and streamline contents to
standardize reports / alerts and eliminate unused reports
* Assist with the input, collection, and reporting of budget data
in our matter budgeting software
* Assist with the data validation between different repositories
to ensure consistency and accuracy
* Iterate with Legal department leads on the completion of their
annual business plans by providing and collecting supporting KPIs
* Assist the Professional Development and Accounting departments
with metrics and reporting related to performance evaluations
* Work with attorneys by answering questions related to financial
dashboards
* Assist partners by providing information and insights related
to client/matter performance
* Serve as a thought-partner with others inside and outside the
department by providing insight to data findings
* Assist with consolidating Firmwide budgeted components for
Senior Leadership review, iterating with Department Leads, and
preparing formal budget presentations for our Management
Committee

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

* Bachelor’s Degree required
* Minimum 2 to 4 years experience required
* Proficiency with Excel required, advanced skill-level preferred
* Proficiency with SQL required, advanced skill-level preferred
* Experience with SSRS preferred
* Experience with organizing, navigating, manipulating, and
maintaining large data sets and extracts required
* Experience gathering information from multiple data sources and
combining into organized, logical, and methodical data sources
that provide source information in formal presentations,
preferred
* Experience with financial analytics and scenario modelling
preferred
* Experience with PowerPoint preferred, intermediate to advanced
skill-level preferred
* Familiarity with Elite 3e preferred
* Experience with professional services operational model
preferred
* Demonstrate data sources cross-check to source data for
validation, and are easily understood by others within the
department
* Possess excellent organization skills with keen attention to
detail
* Demonstrate excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
* Possess curiosity to investigate anomalies or unusual trends
* Demonstrate flexibility and initiative with respect to problem
solving
* Operate well in a fast-paced and multi-constituent framework
* Interact professionally and collegially with all levels with
the Firm
* Work well independently, with teams, and, at times, minimal
supervision
* Manage time and priorities well; keep manager apprised of
deliverables
* Consider upcoming deadlines and prepare accordingly so as not
to have last-minute activities
* Take pride in their work product and produce polished
professional reports for direct distribution to constituents