Financial Planning and Analysis Director (Chicago)

Job DescriptionAt K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us. Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) provides enterprise-wide financial leadership, strategic insight, and governance over planning, forecasting, and performance management activities. This role partners closely with executive leadership to shape financial strategy, guide decision-making, and ensure alignment between financial outcomes and organizational objectives. The Director oversees complex financial models, enterprise forecasting, and performance analytics while leading and developing a high-performing FP&A function. The role plays a critical leadershipposition in advancing financial discipline, transparency, and long-term value creation.KEY RELATIONSHIPSExecutive Leadership Team, Senior Administrative Group, Global Controllers Group, Department and Practice Leaders, Finance LeadershipESSENTIAL DUTIES• Leading enterprise financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes to enable strategic and operational decision-making effectively and efficiently.• Serving as a strategic advisor to executiveleadership by delivering forward-looking financial insights and scenario analyses• Establishing and overseeing financial performance frameworks, metrics, and dashboards ensuring effective monitoring of organizational results.• Directing the development and governance ofcomplex financial models supporting growth initiatives and long-term planning• Collaborating with senior leaders to assess investments, initiatives, and decisions related to resource allocation.• Providing financial leadership for significant strategic initiatives, encompassing expansion, organizational restructuring, and transformative projects.• Ensuring consistency, accuracy, and integrity in financial forecasts, reports, and presentations used for decision-making and organizational insights.• Driving continuous enhancement of FP&A processes, systems, and analytical capabilities throughout the organization.• Ensuring alignment between FP&A tasks, accounting results, and enterprise financial controls.• Developing and mentoring FP&A leaders and team members, fostering succession planning and enhancing advanced analytical skills.• Promoting cross-functional collaboration to integrate financial discipline and accountability throughout the organization.• Ensuring compliance to financial policies, governance protocols, and mandatory reporting standards.EXPERIENCE SKILLS REQUIRED• Demonstrate expertise in enterprise financial planning, forecasting, and performance management methodologies.• Demonstrate expertise in financial governance, controls, and reporting standards.• Demonstrate expertise in Elite 3E, Oracle, and Microsoft suite applications, including proficiency with Power BI systems.• Demonstrate advanced strategic and analytical thinking to achieve outcomes with significant enterprise-level impact.• Translate complex financial data into practical insights that can drive meaningful actions and support decision-making processes effectively.• Demonstrate leadership, provide coaching, and exhibit the ability to influence and organize effectively within the organization.• Demonstrate the ability to utilize AI tools to generate, update, and improve financial reports• Demonstrate extensive experience managing financial planning and analysis functions or similar enterprise financial roles within the legal industry.• Demonstrate experience providing guidance to executive leadership on both strategic and financial topics.• Show success in handling intricate financial models and extensive forecasts effectively.• Lead and develop high-achieving teams in finance.• Track record of driving financial process improvement and systems enhancement initiatives.Compensation Salary - $170,000 - $340,000The compensation salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.ABOUT THE FIRMK&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents in more than 40 offices. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world. We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world. The industry recognition the firm has garnered emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.For more information or to view other job opportunities, please click here to go back to our careers page.Notice: We participate in E-Verify in certain Firm locations for purposes of verifying employment eligibility.Please be advised that this position requires successful completion of a background check. In accordance with the Washington State Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and applicable law qualified California and Washington State applicants with criminal history records will be considered. A criminal history will not categorically exclude a candidate from employment, and the Firm will consider relevant factors before making employment decisions based on criminal history information.It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.BENEFITSK&L Gates offers our personnel a comprehensive suite of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time personnel include:Medical/Prescription Drug Coverage (including a Health Savings Account feature)Back-up Child/Elder Care and access to a caregiving conciergeDental InsuranceWellness ProgramVision InsurancePre-tax Commuting Benefits401(k) Retirement Plan and Profit SharingBusiness Travel Accident InsuranceShort- and Long-term Disability ProtectionPet InsuranceLife Insurance (including Basic, Supplemental, Spouse, Child, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment)Health Advocacy ServicesPaid Time Off (25-30 days per year)Identity Protection/Restoration and Fraud InsuranceParental Leave (18 weeks of which 6 are paid; short-term disability may provide additional paid time off)Student loan refinancing options and access to a student loan concierge servicePaid Holidays (12)Addiction ResourcesFamily Building BenefitsBreast Milk Delivery and Lactation Support ServicesFlexible Spending AccountsEmployees also may be eligible to receive bonuses and certain expense reimbursementsEmployee Assistance ProgramProfessional Development and CLE Credit Opportunities529 DeductionsRelocationAccident InsuranceEmployee Referral ProgramCritical Illness InsuranceHybrid/Remote Work OpportunitiesHospital Indemnity InsurancePerks including: Technology, Entertainment, and Travel Discount ProgramsBereavement LeaveAll other benefits (such as leaves of absence) required by lawEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYThe Firm is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Firm that employment decisions shall be based on merit, qualifications and competence. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of a person’s race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles such as afros, braids, locks, and twists), religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, gender, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, familial status, domestic violence victim status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all aspects of employment including, without limitation, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, assignment, and dismissal. In addition, it is the Firm’s policy to provide an environment that is free of prohibited harassment of any kind including, without limitation, that which is based on sex, race, age, disability, ethnic background, or any other category protected by law (including the categories listed above). The Firm complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact View email address on apply.placed-app.com.