[Hiring] Conflicts Analyst @Smith Anderson

Role Description

The Conflict Analyst is responsible for conducting comprehensive conflict-of-interest searches and analyses for new clients, new matters, lateral hires, and other business intake requests. This position plays a critical role in supporting the Firm's ethical obligations and risk management objectives by identifying, analyzing, and communicating potential conflicts under applicable rules of professional conduct.

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, proactive, and thrive in a setting that demands accuracy, efficiency, and strong communication skills.

This position is eligible for remote work in the following states: Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, or Virginia.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform conflict-of-interest searches for new clients, new matters, lateral hires, vendors, and other business intake requests.
• Analyze conflict reports to identify potential legal, business, positional, and commercial conflicts.
• Review and evaluate corporate relationships, parent/subsidiary structures, mergers, acquisitions, affiliates, trade names, and related entities.
• Research entities using internal databases and external resources to accurately identify parties and their relationships.
• Prepare detailed conflict analyses and recommendations for attorneys, firm leadership, and General Counsel personnel.
• Identify conflicts requiring waivers, ethical screens, informed consent, or further review.
• Communicate conflict issues and resolution requirements clearly and professionally to attorneys and business services personnel.
• Maintain accurate records of conflict reviews, resolutions, waivers, and approvals.
• Assist with the intake and matter-opening process to ensure compliance with firm policies and ethical obligations.
• Support lateral attorney onboarding by conducting conflict and client relationship reviews.
• Monitor and maintain conflicts database integrity, including client and matter data quality.
• Collaborate with attorneys, accounting personnel, records management, and risk management teams regarding conflict-related issues.
• Recommend process improvements and participate in ongoing enhancement of conflicts and intake procedures.
• Assist with testing, implementation, upgrades, and optimization of conflicts and intake systems when required.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment in handling sensitive client and firm information.
• Perform special projects and additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of law firm conflicts, new business intake, or risk management experience.
• Advanced experience conducting conflict searches and analyzing conflict reports in a law firm environment.
• Significant experience working with Intapp Conflicts, Intapp Intake, Elite 3E, Elite Enterprise, or comparable law firm conflicts platforms.
• Strong understanding of conflicts-of-interest principles and applicable Rules of Professional Conduct.
• Experience reviewing corporate structures, ownership relationships, affiliates, and related business entities.
• Exceptional research, analytical, organizational, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy.
• Experience supporting Am Law 200, regional, or multi-office law firms preferred.
• Experience with lateral conflicts review and onboarding preferred.
• Knowledge of ethical screen procedures and conflicts waiver processes preferred.
• Experience participating in system conversions, upgrades, or implementation projects involving Intapp or Elite products preferred.
• Familiarity with corporate research resources and business entity databases preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion when working with confidential and sensitive information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Outlook, Word, and Teams.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree minimum or equivalent related work experience.

Company Description

Smith Anderson is a well-established and dynamic mid-size law firm, providing top-tier legal services to clients across a range of industries. We value a collaborative, innovative, and an inclusive culture.

Smith Anderson is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work force. It is the policy of this Firm to recruit, hire, train, develop, promote, and compensate employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, genetic information, disability or covered veteran status.