Senior Strategic Advisory and Financial Analyst

About the role

The Senior Strategic Advisory and Financial Analyst – Financial Insights & Consulting (FIC) is an integral part of Latham’s Financial Analysis team. This role will be responsible for providing financial and analytical support for the firm by monitoring and addressing requests sent to FIC and responding to other ad hoc requests from partners and management.

Our team is dedicated to analyzing the economic performance and financial health of clients, matters, and legal teams globally to inform strategic decisions. We collaborate with senior leaders, partners, associates, and various legal support departments to identify growth opportunities, enhance client retention, optimize attorney collaboration, and improve the firm’s financial health.

A key aspect of our role is developing and maintaining revenue metrics to achieve these goals. We foster a collaborative and innovative environment, valuing diverse perspectives and encouraging professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Utilizing analytical skills, expert knowledge of business economics, finance, and accounting, as well as financial systems and business intelligence tools to obtain data, organize the information, and build reports to facilitate effective analysis
• Accurately interpreting requests for analysis and reporting to produce appropriate and correct final work product
• Effectively communicating work product to colleagues across the firm through e-mail, phone, video conference, and in-person presentations, as well as answering questions that may arise regarding the data and/or analytical methods and assumptions used to build the work product
• Making recommendations to streamline workflow and process within the organization and utilizing new technologies to automate tasks and reporting
• Maintaining detailed records documenting procedures, methodologies, and sources of information employed while performing analytical tasks
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Qualifications

• Display excellent leadership skills in organizing, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making
• Demonstrate the ability to lead large, long-term, and complex projects from inception to completion
• Demonstrate the ability to develop alternative solutions to meet goals
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or a related field
• A minimum of five (5) years of related analytical experience in finance or accounting
• Experience at a professional services organization, preferably
• Experience working on ad hoc requests and projects in a fast-paced environment, preferably