Conflicts Analyst: Research, Sanctions & Compliance

Morrison Foerster; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave and family benefits

Global wellness program

Community service day

Education reimbursement

Talent Development

Profit-sharing

Job summary

Morrison Foerster (MoFo) is seeking a Conflicts Analyst to join the Conflicts/New Business team in San Francisco or New York. The role focuses on producing and reviewing conflicts of interest reports and conducting sanctions screenings.

You will research client relationships, apply the firm’s workflow, and prepare reports for attorneys. Candidates need at least one year of relevant experience, and familiarity with Intapp Conflicts is a plus. Proficiency in Microsoft applications is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of conflicts or legal assistant experience.
• Intapp Conflicts experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft applications required.
• Ability to respond to requests with appropriate sense of urgency based on business needs.
• Knowledge of conflicts of interest issues, laws and procedures.
• Ability to work overtime, as required.

Responsibilities

• Produce and review conflict reports and identify potential conflicts of interest and sanctions issues using the Firm’s conflicts software.
• Conduct factual research on client and parties to Firm matters using corporate structure and government sanctions lists external databases to identify corporate relationships and government sanctions status.
• Conduct factual research relating to the identification of potential conflicts issues, including determining if relevant matters have been closed, ascertaining the nature of an entity’s role in a particular matter, retrieving any existing waivers and identifying affiliate relationships of corporate entities using external databases.
• Review new requests and return results using the Firm’s in-house developed workflow system.
• Independently analyze the report with limited guidance from Conflicts Coordinators.
• Apply the Firm’s filtering and report summary application and submit the conflicts analysis results in Word to attorneys and secretaries via the electronic workflow system.
• Request the creation of ethical walls upon request as appropriate.
• Research and update corporate family trees.
• Retrieve and send waiver letters to attorneys upon request
• Consistently promote and model the Firm's Client Service Principles in leadership.

Skills

Conflict analysis

Microsoft Office

Tools

Intapp Conflicts

Job description

Morrison Foerster (MoFo) is seeking a Conflicts Analyst to join the Conflicts/New Business team in San Francisco or New York. The role focuses on producing and reviewing conflicts of interest reports and conducting sanctions screenings.

You will research client relationships, apply the firm’s workflow, and prepare reports for attorneys. Candidates need at least one year of relevant experience, and familiarity with Intapp Conflicts is a plus. Proficiency in Microsoft applications is required.