Conflicts Manager jobs in New Jersey

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma
  
• 4 years of direct experience in conflicts or new business intake department within a law firm or three years of paralegal or similar experience 
  
• Must have experience writing and communicating in a business environment in order to present information in a concise and meaningful end product
  
• Excellent verbal and written business communication skills, with demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment and make sound decisions, while maintaining a customer service-oriented manner
  
• Ability to apply critical thinking in evaluating different conflicts scenarios or outcomes, and be adaptable to changes in the procedures or direction
  
• Meticulous attention to detail and a proven ability to prioritize and multitask, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high level work product
  
• Ability to identify data integrity issues and subsequently resolve them appropriately
  
• Must be willing to work 9:30 am – 5:00 PM PT or 11:30 – 7:00 PM ET 

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or paralegal certificate
  
• Experience with intake and conflicts software

What will your day look like?
As a Conflicts Analyst, you will review, interpret, and summarize conflict report results. You will analyze and resolve potential legal and business conflicts. You will implement information barriers and ensure proper notification to affected personnel. You will also draft formal email waivers and conflict waiver letters to ensure proper documentation of legal or business conflicts relating to new business.

Additionally, you will maintain conflict information in the financial database, including related party information and client/matter narratives relating to conflicts resolution notes. You will also review new business intake forms and identify conflicts in order to ensure accuracy, including verifying information, conducting corporate research, and communicating with all levels of personnel of the firm in order to ensure accurate conflict clearance. You will maintain internal conflicts database and ensure proper and accurate documentation of legal and business conflicts. You will also perform corporate research on all parties involved in new business requests in order to confirm relationships to existing firm clients.

To learn more about DLA Piper, please visit our website.

We offer exceptional career opportunities in an environment that is challenging, rewarding, and, we believe, truly different from our competitors. Our employees enjoy a competitive benefits package and a dynamic and diverse environment in which they can build a long and fruitful career and reap the rewards of their success.

General & Essential Job Expectations 
While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties;
  
• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner;
  
• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product;
  
• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required;
  
• Foster positive work relationships;
  
• Comply with all firm policies and practices;
  
• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed;
  
• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.

Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.

Physical Demands, Work Environment, and Other Requirements 
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. 

Application Process:
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Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email.  

Agency applications will not be considered.