Senior Pricing Analyst

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Title :

Senior Pricing Analyst

Location :

Orange County

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 any of our US offices, the Senior Pricing Analyst will be a key contributor in global activities related to billing rate and alternative fee arrangement administration as well as profitability analyses on legal matters.

This role reports to the Pricing Manager.

 

Responsibilities include:

  • Modeling matter profitability and providing scenario analysis to support pricing decisions for firm management.
  • Providing project management support to attorneys for pricing and scoping engagements. This includes defining project scope, goals, and deliverables and in collaboration with global and local management, identifying resources needed to achieve project objectives that support business goals.
  • Researching and identifying existing/historical firm matters that may provide a baseline for billing attorneys in developing budgets for new matters.
  • Designing templates to assist attorneys with establishing budgets. Monitoring engagements on a regular basis and provides reports to management.
  • Overseeing maintenance of the Firm’s rates and special fee arrangements database
  • Creating analysis and designing reports/presentations to display pricing trends.
  • Liaising with other departments to ensure that the correct data is being captured and that the appropriate tools are available to provide accurate pricing analytics.
  • Staying abreast of current and new technologies and market trends providing benefit to the firm. Working with and making recommendations to senior management regarding all functions of the financial modeling platform and current projects.
  • Working with senior management to refine current work processes, develop new tools, and implement new ideas.
  • Analyzing client performance data to identify client opportunities.
  • Performing ad hoc analyses using the firm’s various data stores and tools.
  • Completing special projects on various issues as needed

Qualifications

  • General understanding of the fundamental elements of pricing.
  • Must be a proactive, self-starter who understands the details and can integrate them into a much larger strategic context.
  • Must be flexible in order to respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities.
  • Must have a strong customer focus, be responsive, work well under pressure and continually strive for efficiency and excellence.
  • Exceptional critical thinking and problem solving ability are required.
  • Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
  • Able to work with large volumes of data and possess advanced proficiency in Excel (i.e., formulas, macros, pivots, data manipulation).
  • Must be able to maintain strict confidentiality of the firm’s internal and personnel affairs and client information.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills are required to build and maintain effective relationships with senior management, attorneys and staff.

Experience

  • University degree. Preferred fields of study include business, economics, law, finance, accounting, or project management.
  • Minimum 4 years of financial and/or pricing experience; large law firm or corporate legal department experience 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 $90-115k. 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.

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