Financial Analyst, FP&A
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro: "Build your big career with the firm that does Big Law, Better. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,700+ lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work. At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office. With Us, You’ll Find A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity — we encourage you to be yourself! Enthusiasm for all perspectives: We’re smarter and stronger when everyone has a voice and a seat at the table. We welcome unique viewpoints and ideas, and we make opportunities for you and your career to thrive. Support to feel your best and do your best: Wellness is integral to building a successful career and a rich life. That’s why our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance. Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence."
That's about the firm, could be "About the role" or maybe "About the firm". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
We have "Job Description Position Summary: The Financial Analyst, FP&A prepares standard and ad-hoc financial reports for the Firm’s practice group leaders and senior managing partners to help understand results and guide business decisions. The Financial Analyst, FP&A works under general supervision and relies on limited experience and direction to perform duties."
That's a position summary.
Then "Essential Functions And Responsibilities" list bullet points (though they are sentences separated by semicolons). We need to turn into - .
List:
- Prepare standard and ad hoc financial reports summarizing key performance indicators and profitability at the practice group, office, and attorney level
- Support the financial managers in design and preparation of the monthly financial reporting package; participate in monthly review calls with senior management and address follow-ups
- Configure specifications to accurately and efficiently extract data from the Firm’s financial reporting software
- Troubleshoot, investigate and resolve inquiries related to financial matters; collaborate with other analysts within team and cross-functionally to resolve issues
- Perform ongoing audits of financial system data to ensure data accuracy and compliance with financial reporting standard operating procedures
- Assist with the annual budgeting process and the analysis of lateral hires
- Support the maintenance of the Firm’s financial software and reporting tools
- Assist with quarterly and annual bank surveys
Then "Job Specifications" list:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1-3 years of finance, accounting or consulting experience
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word)
- Familiarity with financial reporting software
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize responsibilities
- Ability to handle and maintain confidential information
- Ability to learn new concepts and skills quickly
- Ability to work collaboratively on a team
Then "Successful candidates will be provided with outstanding career opportunities and will receive a competitive total rewards package with the opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses."
Then "Target Hiring Range $83,000 - $115,000 Please note that quoted salary ranges are not guarantees of what final salary offers may be. Base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. Base pay is only one part of the Total Rewards that MWS provides to compensate and recognize our staff professionals for their work. Full time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package."
Then "Physical Demands And Work Environment" etc. That's not required headings; we can ignore or maybe include under something else? The instruction says only include sections when posting has real specific content for it. Physical Demands could be omitted because not in list of allowed headings. We can drop it.
Also "Disclaimer" etc drop.
Now we need to decide sections:
- About the role: could include the firm description and position summary? Usually About the role includes overview of role and firm. We'll put the introductory paragraph about firm and position summary.
- Responsibilities: the list of essential functions.
- Requirements: maybe education and experience? Could be "Requirements" for Bachelor's degree and years experience.
- Qualifications: maybe similar to Requirements? But we need to avoid duplication. Could split: Requirements = education & experience; Qualifications = skills and abilities? Or Skills = specific skills. The instruction says we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where.
We have:
- Bachelor’s degree, 1-3 years experience -> could be Requirements.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Familiarity with financial reporting software, Strong written and verbal communication skills, Strong organizational skills, Strong mathematical and analytical skills, Ability to work under tight deadlines..., Ability to handle confidential..., Ability to learn new concepts..., Ability to work collaboratively -> these could be Skills.
- Qualifications maybe could be left empty or we could combine with Requirements? But we must not create a section with filler. So if we don't have distinct content for Qualifications, we should omit it.
- Benefits: we have description of benefits program: wellness, physical, emotional, mental, financial health, work-life balance, generous compensation packages, discretionary bonus, comprehensive benefits package. Also "competitive total rewards package". So we can put Benefits.
- Pay: we have Target Hiring Range $83,000 - $115,000 and note about base pay, discretionary bonus. So we can put Pay.
- Schedule: not mentioned; we should not create Schedule section.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Good.
Now format: Use
for each section heading. Then content: use
for prose,
- for lists.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not drop any details.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the intro about firm and position summary.
Intro: "Build your big career with the firm that does Big Law, Better. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,700+ lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work. At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office. With Us, You’ll Find A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity — we encourage you to be yourself! Enthusiasm for all perspectives: We’re smarter and stronger when everyone has a voice and a seat at the table. We welcome unique viewpoints and ideas, and we make opportunities for you and your career to thrive. Support to feel your best and do your best: Wellness is integral to building a successful career and a rich life. That’s why our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance. Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence."
Then position summary: "The Financial Analyst, FP&A prepares standard and ad-hoc financial reports for the Firm’s practice group leaders and senior managing partners to help understand results and guide business decisions. The Financial Analyst, FP&A works under general supervision and relies on limited experience and direction to perform duties."
We could combine into one or two paragraphs. Keep as prose.
Now Responsibilities: list as above.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, 1-3 years of finance, accounting or consulting experience.
Skills: list the rest.
Benefits: talk about wellness program, benefits program supports physical, emotional, mental, financial health, work-life balance, generous compensation packages, discretionary bonus, comprehensive benefits package, competitive total rewards package.
Pay: Target Hiring Range $83,000 - $115,000, note about base pay not guarantee, varies, base pay part of total rewards, full time eligible for discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits package.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". We have specifics.
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, disclaimer, physical demands, etc.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Let's write:
About the role
Build your big career with the firm that does Big Law, Better. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,700+ lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work. At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office. With Us, You’ll Find A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity — we encourage you to be yourself! Enthusiasm for all perspectives: We’re smarter and stronger when everyone has a voice and a seat at the table. We welcome unique viewpoints and ideas, and we make opportunities for you and your career to thrive. Support to feel your best and do your best: Wellness is integral to building a successful career and a rich life. That’s why our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance. Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence.
The Financial Analyst, FP&A prepares standard and ad-hoc financial reports for the Firm’s practice group leaders and senior managing partners to help understand results and guide business decisions. The Financial Analyst, FP&A works under general supervision and relies on limited experience and direction to perform duties.
Responsibilities
- Prepare standard and ad hoc financial reports summarizing key performance indicators and profitability at the practice group, office, and attorney level
- Support the financial managers in design and preparation of the monthly financial reporting package; participate in monthly review calls with senior management and address follow-ups
- Configure specifications to accurately and efficiently extract data from the Firm’s financial reporting software
- Troubleshoot, investigate and resolve inquiries related to financial matters; collaborate with other analysts within team and cross-functionally to resolve issues
- Perform ongoing audits of financial system data to ensure data accuracy and compliance with financial reporting standard operating procedures
- Assist with the annual budgeting process and the analysis of lateral hires
- Support the maintenance of the Firm’s financial software and reporting tools
- Assist with quarterly and annual bank surveys
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1-3 years of finance, accounting or consulting experience
for each section heading. Then content: use
for prose,
- for lists.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not drop any details.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine the intro about firm and position summary.
Intro: "Build your big career with the firm that does Big Law, Better. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,700+ lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work. At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office. With Us, You’ll Find A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity — we encourage you to be yourself! Enthusiasm for all perspectives: We’re smarter and stronger when everyone has a voice and a seat at the table. We welcome unique viewpoints and ideas, and we make opportunities for you and your career to thrive. Support to feel your best and do your best: Wellness is integral to building a successful career and a rich life. That’s why our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance. Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence."
Then position summary: "The Financial Analyst, FP&A prepares standard and ad-hoc financial reports for the Firm’s practice group leaders and senior managing partners to help understand results and guide business decisions. The Financial Analyst, FP&A works under general supervision and relies on limited experience and direction to perform duties."
We could combine into one or two paragraphs. Keep as prose.
Now Responsibilities: list as above.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, 1-3 years of finance, accounting or consulting experience.
Skills: list the rest.
Benefits: talk about wellness program, benefits program supports physical, emotional, mental, financial health, work-life balance, generous compensation packages, discretionary bonus, comprehensive benefits package, competitive total rewards package.
Pay: Target Hiring Range $83,000 - $115,000, note about base pay not guarantee, varies, base pay part of total rewards, full time eligible for discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits package.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". We have specifics.
Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, disclaimer, physical demands, etc.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Let's write:
About the role
Build your big career with the firm that does Big Law, Better. McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading global law firm that brings together more than 1,700+ lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work. At McDermott, we don’t just invest in your future, we accelerate your career – wherever it may lead. That includes supporting you both in and outside of the office. With Us, You’ll Find A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity — we encourage you to be yourself! Enthusiasm for all perspectives: We’re smarter and stronger when everyone has a voice and a seat at the table. We welcome unique viewpoints and ideas, and we make opportunities for you and your career to thrive. Support to feel your best and do your best: Wellness is integral to building a successful career and a rich life. That’s why our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance. Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence.
The Financial Analyst, FP&A prepares standard and ad-hoc financial reports for the Firm’s practice group leaders and senior managing partners to help understand results and guide business decisions. The Financial Analyst, FP&A works under general supervision and relies on limited experience and direction to perform duties.
Responsibilities
- Prepare standard and ad hoc financial reports summarizing key performance indicators and profitability at the practice group, office, and attorney level
- Support the financial managers in design and preparation of the monthly financial reporting package; participate in monthly review calls with senior management and address follow-ups
- Configure specifications to accurately and efficiently extract data from the Firm’s financial reporting software
- Troubleshoot, investigate and resolve inquiries related to financial matters; collaborate with other analysts within team and cross-functionally to resolve issues
- Perform ongoing audits of financial system data to ensure data accuracy and compliance with financial reporting standard operating procedures
- Assist with the annual budgeting process and the analysis of lateral hires
- Support the maintenance of the Firm’s financial software and reporting tools
- Assist with quarterly and annual bank surveys
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1-3 years of finance, accounting or consulting experience