Manager, Financial Reporting & Analysis

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working around the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world's key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It's not just about our global network of offices; it's the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It's one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

We are currently looking for an associate with 2+ years of Commercial Litigation experience to join our Houston office. Associates with federal clerkship experience are encouraged to apply.

We are seeking an associate who is experienced with discovery, brief-writing, and supervising junior associates on legal research and document review; who is willing to be challenged in a positive work environment where senior associates and partners take their roles as mentors seriously. Key attributes are a proactive spirit, a collaborative mindset, responsiveness, communication skills, excellent judgement and a desire to continuing expanding skills.We are seeking an associate who is experienced with discovery, brief-writing, and supervising junior associates on legal research and document review. We seek an associate who is willing to be challenged in a positive work environment where senior associates and partners take their roles as mentors seriously. Key attributes are a proactive spirit, a collaborative mindset, responsiveness, communication skills, excellent judgment and a desire to continuing expanding skills.

As well as excellent academic credentials, you should possess the analytical rigor to grasp the legal intricacies of complex, cross-border disputes, and the competitive spirit needed to thrive in the adversarial context of commercial litigation. Given our practice's focus on oral and written advocacy, you should demonstrate excellent communication skills, a flair for legal drafting, and an enthusiasm for the linguistic and technical challenges of constructing legal arguments.

The Manager, Financial Reporting & Analysis will be responsible for handling the annual billing rate setting, assistance with expense and revenue budgets, firm forecasting & analysis, and financial modeling. The role will also assist in supporting ad-hoc requests related to financial reporting & analysis, which are often time sensitive.

The role will interact directly with major stakeholders such as the CFO, GCOO, RSHs, OEPs and members of the EC and business services teams. In addition, the role will requirethe ability to anticipate issues with ad-hoc requests and recommend resolutions as well as the ability to multi-task in a high paced environment.

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Support the annual global budget process, working with the functional chiefs to develop expense budgets and with Regional Section Heads (RSH) and Regional Finance Directors (RFD) to develop sectional revenue budgets

• Support the production of annual forecasts and projection scenarios for the firm

• Assist in the expense analysis process globally, working with local finance managers to ensure costs are allocated correctly

• Collaborate with the global accounting / operations team to ensure all finance managers are aware of the processes and policies that affect financial reporting

• Support the lateral modelling process globally, ensuring consistent models used along with detailed analysis

• Support in the annual rate-setting process and liaise with the pricing team to ensure the correct production of office rate cards

• Manage the client and matter profitability process globally, ensuring costs are loaded into the multiple tools for profitability analysis

Financial Reporting

• Collaborate with the BI Group to ensure the reporting is supporting senior management and develop new reports for the BI Group to either produce as a report or create a dashboard

• Assist with the preparation of financial updates for partners and firm management

• Support RFDs and RCOOs and CFO, in projects and analysis

Business Partner Support

• Build strong and positive relationships with budget holders and senior managers (notably RSHs and Functional chiefs), providing the necessary assistance and professional advice to assist them with the financial aspects of their duties

• Ensure regional sections and functions have the appropriate finance support so that managers across the firm understand and 'own' their numbers and receive analysis that informs and supports effective decision-making

Systems / Processes / Controls

• For the budget, forecast and financial management reporting processes, identifying and implementing efficiency and value improvements with a creative focus and showing initiative on simplification, automation and visualization to improve communication to stakeholders

• Work with the BI Group to implement improvements in 'self-service' reporting and simple queries

• Work with the Financial Accounting team, to ensure the integrity of the financial data supplied by the Finance team to other areas of the firm and to external stakeholders

• Ensure the accuracy of reporting and compliance, working alongside the financial operations team

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm's policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

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Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction. Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the Americas Lateral Recruitment team.

White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.