Project Performance Analyst

The role

The Project Performance Analyst will join the Client Value team to support global project performance management initiatives. They will work with attorneys and internal stakeholders to support budget monitoring, reporting, and fee arrangement tracking.

What you will do

• Maintain and track alternative fee arrangement matters
• Work with the billing department to ensure proper treatment of matters
• Setup large-scale budget monitoring and address budget variances
• Generate reporting and analysis to identify at-risk matters
• Support large client portfolio analysis and tracking
• Support implementation and development of PPM best practices, tools, and techniques
• Support firmwide practice areas with portfolio analysis and reporting
• Support custom reporting and fee arrangement renewals
• Manage multiple projects concurrently

Required qualifications

• Excellent project management and organization skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of personnel
• Highly professional with a strong customer service orientation
• Commitment to meeting deadlines
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented
• Comfortable working with large data exports
• Interest in law firm finance, pricing, or legal operations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• 0 to 2 years of experience
• Strong Excel skills (lookups, pivots, etc.) and experience researching, collecting, manipulating, and analyzing data

Nice to have

• Prior analyst role in-house or in a related professional services industry
• Prior law firm experience
• Experience with law firm billing systems (Aderant)

Benefits

• health care
• retirement benefits
• paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
• parental leave
• basic life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• discretionary, performance-based bonuses

About the company

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes.