Legal Pricing Financial Analyst

Summary

Fish & Richardson P.C. is a global intellectual property law firm with a fast-paced Finance Department and a remote-first group of professionals. The Legal Pricing Financial Analyst will support law firm pricing operations, financial analysis, reporting, client pricing implementation, and financial data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Master the fundamentals and intricacies of law firm pricing, and associated operations and analysis
• Prepare and analyze reports to ensure data integrity, proactively identifying and resolving issues to maintain accurate financial system data
• Implement, monitor, and support client pricing in alignment with contractual requirements and internal guidelines, ensuring accurate setup, approvals, and billing execution
• Problem-solve to address pricing-related inquiries from other departments, attorneys, senior management and outside clients
• Provide financial analysis of our legal practice groups and other aspects of the firm's operations
• Produce ad hoc and standardized monthly and quarterly management reports and presentations
• Grow your knowledge base and responsibility over time in all aspects of the firm’s financial management

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
• Ability and drive to identify and analyze issues and to work towards solutions
• Ability to learn fast and multi-task effectively while staying organized and maintaining work quality
• Ability and desire to independently manage a task, function, or project from beginning to end
• Ability and drive to identify knowledge gaps and willingness to ask questions
• Acute attention to details and work product
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MSExcel to include experience with pivot tables, vlookups, formulas; SQL and VBA knowledge and/or demonstrated ability to learn and use programming languages a plus
• This role requires the ability to travel to the Minneapolis office for training and occasionally for team meetings
• Prior work experience in a role entailing problem solving, critical thinking, analysis (including financial), reporting and detail-oriented responsibilities is preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree required, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
• Ability and drive to identify and analyze issues and to work towards solutions
• Ability to learn fast and multi-task effectively while staying organized and maintaining work quality
• Ability and desire to independently manage a task, function, or project from beginning to end
• Ability and drive to identify knowledge gaps and willingness to ask questions
• Acute attention to details and work product
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MSExcel to include experience with pivot tables, vlookups, formulas; SQL and VBA knowledge and/or demonstrated ability to learn and use programming languages a plus
• This role requires the ability to travel to the Minneapolis office for training and occasionally for team meetings

Nice to Haves

• Prior work experience in a role entailing problem solving, critical thinking, analysis (including financial), reporting and detail-oriented responsibilities is preferred

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus opportunities
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Generous paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Award-winning retirement and profit sharing plans with employer contribution
• Back-up child care
• Health and wellness initiatives
• Remote-first work arrangement with employees working primarily from home