Senior Financial Analyst

Job Summary

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes. The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.

Based in California, New York or Washington D.C., the Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for analyzing and visualizing business data to support decision-making across various departments of the firm.

This role reports to the Business Intelligence Manager.

Responsibilities include:

• Analyzing and interpreting complex data sets to generate actionable insights.
• Developing and delivering regular and ad-hoc reports and analysis on key performance metrics (KPIs).
• Utilizing resources across the BI and Finance teams to efficiently prepare data and manage competing requests.
• Presenting data findings in a clear and understandable way to non-technical stakeholders, such as partners, department heads, and executives.
• Creating visually appealing PowerPoint presentations that effectively communicate financial data and analysis.
• Working cross-functionally with different teams (e.g., legal, finance, marketing, HR) to understand data needs.
• Conceptualizing interactive dashboards and visualizations using BI tools (e.g., Tableau).

Qualifications

• Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving ability are required.
• Should have the ability to view business issues in perspective, follow-up on projects/assignments and be able to prioritize and participate in multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills are required to build and maintain effective relationships with senior management, attorneys and staff.
• Ability to have a strong customer focus, be responsive, work well under pressure and continually strive for efficiency and excellence.
• Must be self-motivated, detail-oriented and well-organized.

Experience

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field is required.
• 4+ years of related work experience is required; law firm experience is preferred.
• Must be able to work with large volumes of data and possess advanced proficiency in Excel (i.e., formulas, macros, pivots, data manipulation).
• Advance proficiency in PowerPoint is required.

Gibson Dunn will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of local law.

Compensation & Benefits:

The annual compensation range for this position is $95-110k. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.

Benefits offered for this position include health care; retirement benefits; paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time; parental leave; basic life insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses.

Locations:

Los Angeles, Century City, Orange County, San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, Washington, D.C.

EEO Statement

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all partners, employees and applicants and, in accordance with the applicable federal and state laws, does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, color, religion, matriculation or political affiliation, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, age, marital status or partnership status, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, personal appearance, genetic information, predisposing genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and sex offenses, arrest or conviction record, or on any other basis prohibited by law.