Financial Analyst

About Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on Law.com's UK A-List twice in the past three years - rankings that honor the "best of the best" law firms. The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring. Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.

Overview

The Financial Analyst will be a crucial member of the planning, operations, and performance management team, which owns the firm’s budgeting and expense management, annual planning process, monthly reforecast, and a comprehensive range of reporting and analytics. The team advises senior leaders on both short- and long-term decision making, touching all aspects of financial planning and analysis and collaborating with other teams across finance and firm functions. This role offers exposure to a broad spectrum of financial activities and is integral to driving the firm’s financial strategy and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning support for various groups throughout the firm, working with functional departments and legal practice groups to build annual expense and staffing plans. • Responsible for the execution and maintenance of a suite of performance-oriented reports, including monthly expense reporting and commentary. These high-profile deliverables require accuracy, speed, and thoughtful analysis.• Participate in planning and variance analysis, learning the entire planning process. Contribute to producing and enhancing the monthly forecasting capabilities.• Respond to requests for ad hoc financial analysis, supporting senior leadership and other stakeholders with timely, insightful analysis to address business questions, evaluate new initiatives, or solve operational challenges.• Build expertise in budgeting, planning, and business intelligence tools by developing visuals, reports, and dashboards. Help drive team initiatives to enhance analytical capabilities and provide actionable insights into firm performance.• Contribute ideas to support the team’s growth and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Essential capabilities:

• High level of initiative and intellectual curiosity.• Acute attention to detail.• Interest in analyzing data and communicating trends.• Resourceful and able to collaborate with peers where necessary.• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education, experience and skills needed:• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in finance, business management, accounting, or related field.• Must have 2+ years experience within FP&A, accounting, or other finance department.• Prior experience with budget support, financial analysis, and financial modeling.• Experience in professional services (legal, consulting, etc.) support role will be valued.• General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles• Strong Excel and PowerPoint capabilities and ability to learn multiple reporting systems.• The ability to manage multiple priorities and complete tasks with minimum supervision is required.

Compensation and Total Rewards Package

Ropes & Gray is proud to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to our business support team members. The firm also offers comprehensive health and well-being benefits, personal and professional development, career growth opportunities and a collegial and supportive culture. The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below and represents our good faith and reasonable estimate of the starting salary range at the time of posting. In addition, this role is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance. The actual offered rate for this position will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors, including qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data and consideration of internal equity.

• Boston: $77,000 - $117,450

Working Conditions

This position requires hybrid on-site presence as an essential function of the role. Consistent and predictable on-site presence is required for ongoing business continuity, professional development and effective collaboration with colleagues and management.