Financial Analyst

Job description:

A global professional services firm seeks a Financial Analyst to join their dynamic team. This role will be an integral part of the firm’s Financial Analysis team. The Financial Analyst will be responsible for driving success towards the firm’s goals and objectives by applying financial, analytical, and business support, while preparing recurring and ad-hoc financial analyses and reports related to client statistics and firm financial metrics. This role will be located in their Global Services Office in Downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities

• Performing profitability scenario analysis to support pricing decisions for firm management
• Collaborating on new engagement opportunities by creating competitive and innovative fee proposals that meet strategic and financial goals
• Maintaining the litigation investment database by inputting key approval information, creating analyses, and designing reports/presentations to display pricing trends
• Making recommendations and working with management to develop procedures, processes, and workflows to ensure maximum efficiency in the litigation investment portfolio
• Developing recurring reports related to client fee monitoring
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Qualifications

• Exhibit well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a team environment, with a customer-service focus
• Possess the ability to work independently to research, analyze, and develop financial information
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or a related field
• A minimum of one (1) year of related analytical experience in finance or accounting
• Experience responding to ad-hoc requests, performing analyses, and producing reports, preferably

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