Business Engagement Coordinator; STL

Summary

The Business Engagement Coordinator is responsible for producing a variety of work product under the umbrella of Information Governance. Work product includes, but is not limited to, the production of conflicts reports associated with new business, attorney and staff recruiting, and data governance of the related parties' database. The Coordinator must be able to work effectively with a variety of law firm members, including numerous lawyers, paralegals, and staff members.

In all situations, it is expected that the Coordinator will maintain the highest levels of respect, confidentiality, and professionalism in the execution of the responsibilities.

This position reports to the Business Engagement Supervisor / Manager.

Please submit your application by no later than 45 days following the posted date. Applications received after this date may not be considered.

• College Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 3‑4 years law firm or conflicts management experience.
• Strong computer skills required.

• Law Firm experience preferred.

• Conflicts Management (80%)
  • Collaborates with firm attorneys, legal administrative assistants, conflicts counsel and administrative support personnel to define the scope of new business requests. Including new and existing clients, supplemental, re‑opening, board membership, marketing and preliminary conflict search requests.
  • Analyze information within requests from attorneys and administrative support personnel to identify what data needs a conflicts search and determine how to extract information from the related parties' database to produce the most accurate result set based on knowledge of data.
  • Analyzes final conflicts reports by making key decisions as to what parties may be producing false positives to assist the conflicts attorneys in conflicts clearance. Clears the false positives to provide accurate reporting.
• Business Intake and Engagement (15%)
  • Responsible for confirming engagement letters attached to business accurately reflect the client as defined by the original conflicts search. Coordinates with attorneys and LAAs to gain appropriate documentation before opening new business.
  • Communicates with attorneys, legal administrative assistants and administrative support personnel when presented with questions regarding conflicts, business intake procedures and engagement.
  • Responsible for handling a variety of requests received through ticketing queue.
• General and Administrative (5%)
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Self‑motivated with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Highly professional with a strong customer service orientation, commitment to meeting deadlines, and ability to multitask in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong professional, independent thinking skills with strength in problem solving and the ability to offer constructive opinions and creative solutions.
• A team player who motivates and educates other team members.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the position.

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

No travel is expected for this position.

This job operates in a professional office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. These work environment characteristics are representative of the conditions the person in this position will encounter. The employee will work in a fast‑paced office environment that may require additional hours to complete work.

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. The employee may be required to talk and hear, sit and use hands and fingers, handle or feel, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds.

Vision abilities required…