Sr Financial Analyst, Strategic Finance

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Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst, Strategic Finance, working in collaboration with and in support of the firm’s strategic initiatives, will serve as a key resource on the Strategic Finance FP&A team and will play an integral role in developing and enhancing profitability analysis, including revenue and margin budgets and forecasts. The individual will translate complex financial, operational, and staffing data into clear insights that help leadership understand performance drivers, evaluate trade-offs, and make informed decisions. This role will lead recurring analysis, strengthen financial models and planning tools, and help ensure projections are accurate, timely, and action oriented.

In addition, this position will serve as a mentor and technical resource to financial analysts across the Strategic Finance FP&A team, helping to improve the quality, consistency, and scalability of the team’s work product. This individual is an experienced financial analyst looking to grow into a manager or people leader role.

Primary focus: profitability, revenue / margin forecasts and annual budget cycle, financial modeling, capacity planning, and analyst mentorship.
Location

This position can sit in our New York, Short Hills, or Reston office and offers a hybrid work schedule.
Responsibilities        

• Lead revenue and margin profitability analysis at the total firm level and across vertical, practice group, office, client, matter, and timekeeper views, with a focus on identifying margin improvement opportunities.

• Build, maintain, and enhance scalable financial models that integrate key revenue and expense drivers, support dynamic scenario planning, and enable detailed margin analysis.

• Lead the monthly revenue forecast process, including driver-based forecast modeling, risks and opportunities analysis, variance analysis, and run-rate trend assessment.

• Lead modeling for the annual budget process, partnering with FP&A, practice management directors, and other business stakeholders to create budget templates, gather inputs, validate assumptions, and develop integrated models by originating and working timekeepers.

• Develop capacity models that help leadership assess staffing levels, timekeeper productivity, lateral growth, practice demand, and resource allocation decisions.

• Prepare executive-ready materials and recurring reporting that synthesize complex financial trends into concise narratives, key takeaways, and decision points for senior finance and business leaders.

• Contribute to finance transformation efforts, including the design and adoption of AI-enabled and automation-based solutions that improve speed, consistency, and insight generation.

• Identify and implement modeling enhancements, process improvements, automation opportunities, and documentation standards that improve forecast accuracy, repeatability, transparency, and speed.

• Support lateral investment analyses, market analytics, and other strategic finance workstreams through in-depth analysis as needed.

• Perform other ad hoc financial modeling and analysis, business case development, project support, and direct executive support as assigned.

Desired Skills   

Advanced financial modeling skills, including the ability to build, improve, audit, and explain complex models with clear assumptions, outputs, and controls. Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex data into concise business insights and recommendations. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including forecasting, dashboarding, data visualization, and/or planning tools. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create executive-ready materials and tailor messaging to finance, business, and leadership audiences. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, meet deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment. Collaborative, growth-oriented mindset with the judgment, patience, and credibility to mentor analysts and build trusted working relationships across finance and business teams.

Experience in the following is preferred: Experience in professional services, legal, consulting, or similarly complex business environment. Experience mentoring, coaching, or serving as a technical resource to other financial analysts. Experience with investment analysis, profitability modeling, private equity, venture capital, or business case development. Experience with ROI, profitability analysis, pricing economics, or partner/timekeeper productivity. Experience developing capacity, staffing, leverage, or demand models to support resource planning and operational decision-making. Ability to create and update Power BI dashboards.

Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and build credibility across finance, strategy, operations, and business teams. Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage recurring deliverables and high-priority ad hoc work simultaneously. Sound professional judgment and discretion in handling sensitive financial, market, personnel, and business information. Familiarity with tools such as SQL, Python, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Claude, or similar analytics and automation platforms is a plus.

Up to 10% travel, depending on location and business needs. The Sr Financial Analyst may be expected to travel to the Reston, VA, Short Hills, NJ, and New York City offices for business meetings.

Minimum Education                        

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Business Administration, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.

Preferred Education

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance or related field.

Certificates

• CFA preferred.

Minimum Years of Experience  

• 5 years’ experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, financial analysis, or business analytics, ideally with experience in revenue, margin, profitability, capacity, or driver-based forecasting.

Essential Job Expectations

While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.

• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner.

• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.

• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required.

• Foster positive work relationships.

• Comply with all firm policies and practices.

• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed.

• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.

Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.
Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.    

Work Environment    

The individual selected for this position may have the opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement comprised of remote and in-office work, the requirement for which will be determined in coordination with the hiring manager or supervisor and may be modified in the firm’s discretion in the future. 
Disclaimer    

The purpose of this job description is to provide a concise statement of the work elements and to organize and present the information in a standardized way. It is not intended to describe all the elements of the work that may be performed by every individual in this classification, nor should it serve as the sole criteria for personnel decisions and actions. The job duties, requirements, and expectations for this position may be modified at the Firm’s discretion at any time. This job description does not change the at-will nature of employment. 

Application Process     

Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email. 

Accommodation    

Reasonable accommodations may be made upon request to permit individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions and responsibilities of the position or to participate in the job selection process. If you have a request for an accommodation during the application process, please contact careers@us.dlapiper.com. 

Agency applications will not be considered.     

No immigration sponsorship is available for this position.    
The firm’s expected hiring range for this position is $98,990 - $137,126 per year depending on the candidate’s geographic market location.

The compensation offered for employment will also be dependent on other factors including the candidate’s experience, skills, educational and professional background, and overall qualifications. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

Applicants who are not based in the jurisdiction in which this position is posted and who apply for this role are doing so voluntarily and are not eligible for relocation assistance. Any relocation benefits, if any, are provided only where a relocation is required at the firm’s direction and in accordance with applicable policy and law.

DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Job applicant poster viewing center.