Conflicts Analyst

Job Description

Conflicts Analyst | Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a firm with approximately 1,000 lawyers across 17 offices. At Seyfarth, great people are central to their success, and they are committed to investing in the professional development of their employees. This position is vital to the firm’s operations, focusing on ethical compliance by generating crucial reports on prior client engagements, ensuring the firm can continue to deliver a unique client experience. Joining Seyfarth offers the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future and where everyone participates in a commitment to excellence.

The TL;DR
• Role: Mid-level
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote
• Pay: $70000–$83000 yearly
• Team: Works with firm leadership, partners, and business colleagues.
• Mission: Generate accurate reports on the firm’s prior involvement with parties involved in potential new business to ensure ethical compliance and proper client engagement.
• Tech Stack: Intapp Open, Dun & Bradstreet, Capital IQ, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PDF software

What You’ll Actually Do
• Report Generation: Generate new business conflicts of interest reports according to departmental procedures, using specialized software and online research tools.
• Procedural Adherence: Maintain a working knowledge of all department standard operating procedures and understand the workflow for conflicts requests.
• Principle Application: Apply basic conflicts of interest principles as instructed by the National Conflicts Manager and Conflicts Attorneys to daily tasks.
• Assignment Management: Demonstrate sound judgment in organizing and prioritizing assignments in relation to both firm and departmental priorities.
• Data Analysis: Interpret, analyze, compile, review, filter, synthesize, and determine logical conclusions or recommendations based on varied data and information for conflicts search results.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A Bachelor’s degree is highly preferred, coupled with familiarity with legal terminology used for common business structures.
• Experience: At least three years of experience in conflicts within a law firm setting, including proficiency with relational conflicts databases such as Intapp Open or LegalKey.
• Skills: Proficiency in online corporate research databases like Dun & Bradstreet and Capital IQ, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft programs including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Bonus: Experience working with PDF software.