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RELX INC Tax Paralegal in South Africa
Join us in shaping a more just world.
About Us
LexisNexis, a part of RELX, is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information. We help customers increase productivity and improve decision-making and outcomes. Our 10,500 experts and innovative tools help us shape a better world for our customers and communities.
About the Role
This is a full-time permanent paralegal role working within the Hub to help deliver paralegal support primarily to the Lexis+ Tax Practical Guidance team.
This role works according to UK working hours and will be based onsite at our offices.
Responsibilities:
There are three main components of the LexisNexis offering which this role will contribute to:
current awareness service— we provide legal updates and analysis to our core online product, Lexis+. We coordinate our tax current awareness service with another LexisNexis brand, Tolley, and this role would also therefore see close interaction with tax specialists in the Tolley business.
core content in Lexis+— Lexis+ provides legal practical guidance which a busy front-line practitioner can read and digest quickly and easily.
LexisAsk service— Lexis+ customers can submit queries in relation to any of the practice areas we cover.
Current awareness
Helping to deliver our current awareness offering by:
monitoring several sources to ensure that customers of Lexis+ Tax and Tolley are kept up-to-date with developments in tax-related litigation, such as tribunal decisions and court hearing dates
analysing and summarising changes made by HMRC to its numerous Manuals
curating daily news alerts to ensure that they provide high-level updates to customers
working with the PSLs to commission and publish externally authored news analysis items on relevant tax developments
converting case summaries provided by other parts of the wider LexisNexis business for publication on the Lexis+ product
applying taxonomy to news items consistently and accurately
Core content
Maintaining and updating the Lexis+ Tax team’s key trackers, which seek to provide customers with the status of tax-related cases, consultations, Bills, HMRC Manuals and other developments
Working closely with the Lexis+ Tax team and the Content Acquisition team to commission and draft practical guidance.
Having input into the development of technical solutions with our product teams, to ensure that we are delivering guidance, current awareness and LexisAsk in the most efficient way possible
LexisAsk
Helping to respond to LexisAsk queries by:
conducting legal research and liaising with subject matter experts within the Lexis+ Tax team
drafting replies to queries from customers within a specified response time
Compiling a bank of ‘Q&A’ style documents for publication in the Lexis+ Tax content, adhering to the defined style guidelines.
Requirements:
Admitted attorney with excellent academic qualifications, legal research and writing skills
Exposure to business tax law, in particular domestic or international tax implications for corporates and partnerships, tax issues on transactional arrangements and/or tax litigation
Tax certifications highly advantageous
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees
Working with Us
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Together, we are building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Working for you
We believe in a healthy work/life balance. We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:- Comprehensive, multi-carrier health plan benefits- Disability insurance- Life and accident insurance- Retirement benefits- Study leave
About our Team
LexisNexis is a data and analytics company with 10,500 colleagues serving customers in more than 150 countries. We’re one of the largest information and analytics companies on the planet. We design solutions that help our customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and be more successful.
LexisNexis, a division of RELX Group, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
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RELX is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
We help scientists make new discoveries, lawyers win cases, doctors save lives and insurance companies offer customers lower prices. We save taxpayers and consumers money by preventing fraud and help executives forge commercial relationships with their clients.
In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.