Governance & Conflicts Analyst II

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Job summary

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco seeks a Governance Analyst II (Weekdays & Weekends) to support the firm’s governance program. You will handle conflicts checks, new matter intake, ethical walls, and records management in collaboration with partners, clients, and operations.

The role requires weekend availability and a proactive mindset to ensure compliance with firm policies and outside counsel guidelines while delivering accurate, timely analyses across multiple systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; advanced degree a plus.
• 3+ years law firm conflicts, governance, or records experience.
• Excellent attention to detail, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work proactively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment, interacting professionally with others.
• Dedicated to excellent customer service.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise to the governance program, including conflicts checks, new matter intake, ethical walls, records management, outside counsel guidelines, and audit letters.
• Conduct conflicts checks for new client/matters, pitches, prospective attorneys, and professionals.
• Prepare and analyze conflicts reports to identify potential conflicts issues.
• Communicate potential conflicts issues to attorneys and other interested parties; assist with conflicts resolution.
• Document and maintain matter lifecycle data in Intapp, 3E, and other systems.
• Complete new business intake forms and provide administrative support for the intake review process.
• Draft, analyze, and review engagement letters; evaluate the need for ethical walls.
• Set up ethical walls in billing and document management systems; draft and circulate ethical screening memoranda Firmwide.
• Monitor and maintain ethical screens (e.g., add additional screened employees to ethical wall; disable ethical wall, etc.).
• Process administrative records requests (e.g., file retrieval, transfers, etc.) from clients and other departments.
• Drive both the outside counsel guideline review process and the audit letter review process (e.g., drafting responses, tracking deadlines, liaising with partners for review and approval).
• Advise attorneys and professionals on the Firm’s governance-related policies and procedures (e.g., conflicts, new matter intake, and records retention).
• Collect, analyze, and prepare reports required for senior management, auditors, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in risk and compliance initiatives and other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Proactive attitude

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Advanced degree a plus

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Intapp

3E

Aderant

Legal Key

FileTrail

Varonis

Kiteworks

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

SharePoint

Teams

OneDrive

Job description

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco seeks a Governance Analyst II (Weekdays & Weekends) to support the firm’s governance program. You will handle conflicts checks, new matter intake, ethical walls, and records management in collaboration with partners, clients, and operations.

The role requires weekend availability and a proactive mindset to ensure compliance with firm policies and outside counsel guidelines while delivering accurate, timely analyses across multiple systems.