Remote Director of Finance
$120,000–$240,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Build and own the firm's annual budget, operating plan, and broader financial strategy while preparing monthly partner profit calculations and financial presentations. Advise the partnership on pricing strategy, investments, and growth initiatives by analyzing matter-level revenue, profitability, and financial performance. Oversee expense planning, forecasting, and revenue management to develop the financial infrastructure needed to support scaling from approximately 45 attorneys toward 200+. Proactively identify financial risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to serve as a strategic thought partner to the founding partners.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of finance or accounting experience
- Experience within a law firm or another billable-hour professional-services business
- Strong background in budgeting, forecasting and operating-plan development
- Experience with pricing strategy, profitability analysis and investment decisions
- Exposure to partner compensation or partner-profit calculations
- Ability to translate financial information into clear recommendations for senior leadership
- Executive presence and comfort working directly with partners
- Degree in finance, accounting or a related discipline
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship
Desired Qualifications
- Experience helping a professional-services firm scale from approximately 30–50 professionals to 100+
- Finance leadership experience within a corporate, venture or technology-focused law firm
- Previous experience in a Big Four professional-services or advisory practice
- CPA, MBA or comparable professional credential
- Experience building or modernizing a finance function rather than inheriting a fully established organization
- The strongest candidates will be strategic and proactive—someone who can independently determine what the firm should be doing financially and drive those initiatives forward
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