Financial Analyst - Pricing

Latham & Watkins LLP • Los Angeles, CA

12h • $80,000 - $100,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst – Pricing is part of Latham & Watkins’ Global Finance team and provides financial, analytical, and business support to advance the firm’s goals. The role performs profitability scenario analysis and broader financial modeling to support pricing decisions and key business initiatives. It is located in the firm’s Global Services Office in Downtown Los Angeles and may be eligible for a flexible schedule with hybrid and in-office presence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or a related field.
• At least one year of analytical experience in finance or accounting.
• At least three years of cumulative experience.
• Well-developed professional interpersonal skills, including excellent written and verbal communication and the ability to interact with people at all organizational levels.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently and in a team environment with a customer-service focus.
• Organizational skills to manage time, prioritize effectively, and handle multiple deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Business Development and relationship attorneys on new engagements and client rate negotiations; develop competitive fee proposals and provide pricing advisory and analytical support.
• Research historical and existing matters to develop standardized pricing templates, budgets, and tools that help attorneys plan and price new matters.
• Conduct internal analysis and external industry research on billable rates, fee structures, and pricing trends; use data mining and databases to prepare recurring and ad hoc financial and client metric reports.
• Design, maintain, and document pricing-related infrastructure, including approval databases, reporting tools, procedures, assumptions, methodologies, and sources used in analytical tasks.
• Prepare presentation materials and deliver pricing strategy discussions and orientation sessions for firm leadership and newly hired lateral attorneys, ensuring high-quality and timely work product.
• Protect and maintain highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and proprietary information retained by Latham & Watkins.

Benefits

• Healthcare, life, and disability insurance.
• A generous 401k plan.
• At least 11 paid holidays per year.
• PTO accruing 23 days during the first year of employment and increasing with tenure.
• Well-being programs, including mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency resources, medical resources, and well-being events.
• Professional development programs.
• Employee discounts.
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff.
• Bonuses in recognition of individual and firm performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level