Jobs at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

The Payroll Manager leads multi-state payroll operations, compliance, audits, reporting, system administration, controls, and process improvements. The role manages payroll staff, oversees ADP and Workday integrations, prepares payroll and finance analyses, supports budgeting and audits, and partners with HR, Finance, Benefits, and vendors. Responsibilities include payroll taxation, reconciliations, timekeeping, benefits deductions, system implementations, documentation, risk management, and employee service.

Manages candidate engagement and Keep in Touch programs throughout the legal recruiting lifecycle. Coordinates campaigns, events, milestones, communications, and follow-up activities while maintaining candidate data in recruiting systems. Owns engagement workflows, data quality, reporting, documentation, and user support. Converts engagement strategy into project plans, coordinates cross-functional recruiting partners, analyzes trends, and recommends process improvements. Supports emerging talent initiatives, including summer associate, judicial clerkship, and law-school recruiting programs.

The Human Resources Business Partner advises leaders on employee relations, performance management, talent development, workforce planning, investigations, and employment practices. The role leads annual HR processes, succession planning, workforce assessments, and manager coaching while collaborating with HR Operations, Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, and Talent Acquisition. It also manages HR projects, analyzes metrics, supports organizational effectiveness, and ensures consistent, legally compliant workplace practices.

Leads visual strategy, design, production, and on-site support for complex trials, arbitrations, hearings, and other legal proceedings. Translates complex legal, technical, financial, scientific, and medical information into persuasive graphics, presentations, animations, and data visualizations. Advises attorneys and clients, manages graphics plans, vendors, budgets, workflows, and quality control, and provides functional direction and training to designers. Also supports firmwide communications, marketing, recruiting, events, and visual standards.

Manages configuration, maintenance, deployment, testing, lifecycle planning, and escalated support for the firm’s enterprise applications and hybrid infrastructure. Administers Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, iManage, SQL, Azure, Windows systems, patching, and security updates. Leads firm-wide technology projects, evaluates solutions, manages vendors, develops documentation and training, performs quality control, and mentors teammates. Provides after-hours escalation support and may travel to remote locations.

Provides first- and second-level internal IT support for computers, mobile devices, communications systems, software, and collaboration tools. Maintains help desk tickets, troubleshoots hardware and software issues, prepares equipment, supports conference room technology, and assists with patching and inventory. Provides on-site and after-hours trial support, including equipment transport and setup, rotating on-call coverage, user training, and smart-hands assistance. Mentors junior analysts and may travel to remote locations with little notice.

Provides administrative, operational, and logistical support for legal recruiting, including law school outreach, interview scheduling, candidate communications, recruiting events, Summer Associate Program coordination, engagement activities, records maintenance, expense processing, and reporting. The role manages calendars, deadlines, candidate data, materials, reimbursements, and event logistics while collaborating with attorneys, candidates, law schools, vendors, and recruiting staff.

Supports the firm’s governance program through conflicts checks, new matter intake, ethical wall administration, records management, outside counsel guideline reviews, audit letters, and compliance reporting. The role maintains matter lifecycle data, advises attorneys and professionals on governance policies, coordinates reviews and deadlines, processes records requests, and partners with legal support, operations, and technology teams.

Supports the firm’s governance program by conducting conflicts checks, managing new matter intake, maintaining ethical walls and matter data, reviewing engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines, processing records requests, and preparing audit and management reports. The role advises attorneys and staff on governance policies, coordinates compliance processes, tracks deadlines, and works across legal support, operations, and technology teams.

Designs, configures, integrates, and optimizes enterprise business systems using Dynamics 365, Power Platform, databases, APIs, and automation. Translates business requirements into secure, scalable solutions; develops applications, workflows, dashboards, integrations, and data flows; troubleshoots complex issues; supports testing, deployments, governance, security, documentation, training, and continuous improvement across the firm’s technology environment.