Senior Financial Analyst - Legal Business Insights

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, visualizing, and presenting business data to support decision-making across various departments of the firm. This role places a strong emphasis on visual storytelling, presentation aesthetics, and data clarity to ensure insights resonate with senior leadership. 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. Translating financial data into compelling visual narratives through clear, impactful charts, dashboards, and graphics. Creating visually polished PowerPoint presentations that communicate complex financial concepts with precision and clarity. Ensuring all deliverables maintain a high standard of aesthetics, consistency, and professionalism, in line with firm branding. Presenting findings in a clear and understandable way to non-technical stakeholders, such as partners, department heads, and executives. Working cross-functionally with different teams (e.g., legal, finance, marketing, HR) to understand data needs. Conceptualizing and building interactive dashboards and advanced visualizations using BI tools (e.g., Tableau). Qualifications Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving ability. Ability to view business issues in perspective, follow up on projects/assignments, and prioritize across multiple initiatives simultaneously. Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills to build and maintain effective relationships with senior management, attorneys, and staff. Strong customer focus, responsiveness, and ability to work well under pressure while continually striving for efficiency and excellence. Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and highly 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 (formulas, macros, pivots, data manipulation). Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint with a demonstrated ability to create visually engaging presentations is required. Experience with data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) strongly preferred. 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. Gibson Dunn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities. We strive to ensure an inclusive and accessible hiring experience. The Firm will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the application and recruitment process, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise take part in the recruitment process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr Gibson Dunn