Job Description
Overview McGuireWoods has an opportunity for a detail-oriented analyst to join its Finance team as a Senior Financial Analyst in our Richmond office. This role will support multiple legal departments by developing comprehensive financial reporting and analytical frameworks to drive strategic decision-making across the firm. The Senior Financial Analyst serves as the primary financial resource to provide interpretive guidance on key metrics, variance analyses, and profitability insights to Department Chairs, partners, and lawyers, while collaborating across departmental and geographic lines to deliver client/matter pricing models, engagement analyses, and revenue optimization presentations that support the firm's growth objectives. McGuireWoods, one of the world’s leading law firms, has provided legal solutions to corporate, individual and nonprofit clients since 1834. Along with excellent benefits, McGuireWoods offers most employees a hybrid remote option allowing flexibility and work-life balance. Our Applicant Disclosures describe your rights. Our Privacy Statement describes how we will process and safeguard your personal data. Responsibilities Acts as the primary source of consultative financial analyses for the Department Chairs. Provide comprehensive analysis with identification of trends, root causes, linkage to broader business context and recommendations for possible course corrections. Prepare Department Chairs to present their department’s quarterly financial performance to senior firm management; the Senior Financial Analyst participates in the quarterly financial performance meetings. Prepare client/matter pricing analyses. This includes consulting with lawyers on ways to improve the financial performance of current and proposed arrangements. Help develop Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs) and monitor progress against project budgets and profitability targets. Perform lateral hiring analys