Partnership Employment Hiring for Conflicts Analyst at Los Angeles, CA Full Time

The Conflicts Analyst will work as part of the Risk and Compliance team. The Conflicts Analyst will work on managing the Firm’s Risk regarding new business intake, including initiating and analyzing conflicts checks for new matters and advising relevant fee earners on new client acceptance, anti-money laundering (AML) and reputational risk issues in order to secure the necessary resolutions and approvals.

Responsibilities:

• Review conflict check forms and new client inception forms to obtain clarity on parties, positions, and scope of work
• Perform conflict checks that originate from various offices and jurisdictions around the world; monitor and follow up on requests
• Assist Head of Risk and Compliance with necessary research and due diligence to aid in conflict decisions and resolutions
• Process sanctions-database searches and analyze data in connection with the firm’s processes, policies and procedures
• Perform due diligence regarding lateral attorney, paralegal, and consultant hires
• Timely escalate conflicts and other risk issues to US Head of Risk and Compliance
• Communicate with Risk and Compliance team members and other firm stakeholders with a brief, concise statement of potential conflicts situations recognized in the conflicts reports and supply possible evidence to support
• Perform quality control in Thomson Reuters 3E Financial Management to ensure that all clients and matters created via the NBI workflow process and any amendments to them are processed correctly and, where necessary, liaise with the Finance and/or Risk & Compliance teams in other offices.
• Establish and perform maintenance on confidential and ethical screens; coordinate notifications and acknowledgments
• Document all communication; obtain waivers, acknowledgment to open and close client/ matters
• Propose improvements for methods and standards for analysis of conflicts of interest and other Risk related processes
• Assist in the testing, review and implementation of new software systems
• Capture institutional knowledge discovered during conflict resolution; assist US Head of Risk and Compliance in developing and driving risk policies

Required Skills And Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required, JD preferred
• Familiarity with, and conversant in, conflicts rules of various jurisdictions and the ability to take initiative in matters relating to applicable US Rules of Professional Conduct and related case law and ethics opinions
• Two years of experience in processing business intake and conflicts of interest, including compliance and regulatory monitoring in a law firm
• Strong MS Office skills and administration skills

Preferred Skills And Qualifications

• Understanding of conflicts under ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and applicable state rules
• Experience with FileSite/DeskSite/iManage
• Proficiency with Thomson Reuters 3E Financial Management, Intapp Open, and Wallbuilder

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 – $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Los Angeles, CA 90067: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Los Angeles, CA 90067