About this role
Job title: PBA Analyst - Litigation
About the Role Analyze, monitor, and report on financial data for internal and external stakeholders in the litigation practice. Create practice-specific budget templates, analyze data, and develop standardized task pricing for civil and criminal matters, including client pricing and annual rate renewals. Under the direction of a PBA Manager or the Director of PBA, prepare profitability statistics, modeling, and analyses to support firm leadership.
What You'll Do
- Develop hourly budgets or Alternative Fee Arrangements for legal matters in collaboration with Partners/matter teams to meet client requests, with budgets based on matter scope, staffing assumptions, and engagement phases, and provide quality assurance in the budget process.
- Provide pricing support to WilmerHale attorneys in the form of annual rate renewals, budget estimates, and alternative fee proposals.
- Leverage warehoused financial data to provide financial support to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Incorporate Outside Counsel Guidelines; notify Partners of deadlines and update budgets to meet client requirements.
- Monitor actuals against budgeted fees and update budgets in light of actual work performed; submit reports to Partners.