King & Spalding

Senior Financial Analyst

King & Spalding • $120K — $150K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BA or BS in Finance or related field required; advanced degree or professional designation preferred.
  • 5-7 years of progressive experience in financial analysis and reporting.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel (pivot tables, formulas, macros).
  • Experience with Business Intelligence tools and financial modeling necessary.
  • Knowledge of Elite 3E Accounting Software and AI applications desirable.
  • SQL proficiency is a plus.
  • Strong analytical skills and detail-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

  • Perform balance sheet and cash account reporting and analyses.
  • Review month-end reports for accuracy and completeness.
  • Prepare and coordinate monthly and yearly closing entries.
  • Manage debt instrument commitments and liaise with banks to optimize cash flow.
  • Monitor multi-currency bank accounts and reconcile wire receipts.
  • Lead financial audits, acting as point-of-contact for auditors.
  • Compile and distribute monthly reports to senior management.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule (minimum of 3 days in-office).
  • Opportunity to work closely with senior management and various departments.
  • Access to advanced financial software and tools for skill enhancement.
  • Engagement with international offices for fund transfers and finance operations.
Full Job Description
Position Summary:
  • Financial Analysis, Planning & Reporting and Internal Controls
  • Reporting Structure: Reports to Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial Analysis, Planning & Reporting:
  • Balance sheet - cash accounts reporting and analyses
  • Review month - end reports - for accuracy & completeness
  • Prepare and review month - end and year-end entries & closing
  • Debt Instruments - commitment fees on credit facilities & letter of credit payments
  • Liaise with banks with regards to the firm's banking operations and optimize interest earned on the firm's excess cash
  • Monitor bank accounts: third party activities in multi-currency accounts & wire receipts reconciliations (from bank to book)
  • Organize financial month-end meetings and compile scrub package
  • Lead and coordinate the firm's financial audit: serve as point-of-contact for auditors & monitor and handle all requests in designated portal for planning, interim, and year-end audits
  • Review & prepare general journal entries
  • Update monthly Firm statistics
  • Coordinate with Paris office on transferring funds to NY while keeping enough funds in Paris to cover operational expenses
  • GL accounts analyses and reconciliations
  • Prepare expense allocation schedule quarterly for professional liability insurance, employee pension expenses
  • Review trial balance reports to ensure net balance to zero
  • Ad hoc & special projects as requested by senior management
  • Prepare and distribute monthly reports to senior management, and managers
  • Prepare annual expense budget: work with department heads and other offices to finalize individual budgets & review and adjust with CFO and COO prior to presenting to partnership
  • Rent and subleases: enter monthly rent invoices for payment, review for accuracy & prepare monthly sublease invoices for firm's subtenants and confirm receipt of payment
  • Iridium - work with third-party reporting group to implement fields and calculations to Excel cubes and BI reports as needed
  • Contribute to firm's insurance renewals - provide requested financial data and coordinate payment of certain insurance invoices
  • Quarterly and annual bank, government, and law publication surveys
  • Reviewing appropriateness of AP expense/banking details for payment
  • SAM.gov registration and LEI renewals

Internal Controls:
  • Review and approve bank reconciliations for all offices, including outstanding checks and cleared checks
  • Oversee escrow transactions, monthly reconciliations and adjustments
  • Review bank statement to cash report

Position Specific Skills and Requirements:
  • Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills required
  • Excel proficiency (pivot tables, formulas, macros) required
  • Business Intelligence knowledge required
  • Financial Modeling experience required
  • Elite 3E Accounting Software knowledge desirable
  • AI knowledge (Co-Pilot, August) desirable
  • SQL proficiency desirable

Education and General Requirements:
  • BA or BS in Finance or related field, required; advanced degree and/or professional designation desirable.
  • 5-7 years of progressive experience.
  • General knowledge of Modified Cash Basis.
  • Strong analytic skills.
  • Detail-oriented and a self-starter; strong organizational skills and ability to problem solve.
  • Strong work ethic and ability to work as a team player.
  • Ability to collect and summarize data to prepare clear and concise reports.
  • Strong oral and written communications skills.
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize duties.
  • Hybrid schedule (minimum of 3 days per week in-person in the NY Office).
  • Target salary range: $120,000-$150,000.

Salary Range

$120,000-$150,000 USD

About King & Spalding

Celebrating more than 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 800 lawyers in 17 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm also represents hundreds of clients with new ventures and mid-sized companies in emerging industries.

King & Spalding Careers

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