TLS - Legal and Tax Compliance Consultant

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Summary

The Legal and Tax Compliance Consultant delivers comprehensive assistance in legal and tax matters, ensuring compliance with corporate legal standards and tax regulations throughout all business operations. This role plays an active part in the design and enhancement of business strategies, offering support in documentation, implementation, contracts, research, and client-focused deliverables. The Legal and Tax Compliance Consultant will provide general legal and operational assistance for all company clients, including implementation, contract preparation, documentation support, and corporate structuring. Additionally, this position will assist the Legal Director and the legal team with various legal matters, including, but not limited to, labor, litigation, corporate, and compliance affairs.

Duties and Responsibilities

As the Legal and Tax Compliance Consultant, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Support the company's Legal Director in all legal matters, including, but not limited to, labor, corporate, compliance, and litigation.
• Aid in sourcing and coordinating external resources to support legal or litigation needs.
• Provide direct assistance to the company’s Legal Director in overseeing and supporting the company's outside counsel in any litigation processes.
• Independently examine and interpret legal documents related to ongoing litigations and assist in complex HR matters.
• Investigate, research, and analyze a wide spectrum of legal issues and business challenges to support informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with the company’s departments to ensure legal compliance in all company client structures and strategies.
• Ensure all the company clients meet ongoing economic substance requirements.
• Guide managers with grants, rules, and regulations.
• Maintain corporate records and documents. Create and/or document policies, procedures, and programs.
• Track and manage deadlines and key steps in any service or legal issues.
• Develop and draft contracts and legal documents, including but not limited to Independent Contractor Agreements, PRS Services Agreements, Buy-Sell Agreements, Membership Certificates, Redemptions and Resolutions, and Suspense and Termination Agreements.
• Structure, draft, review, and analyze reports and other legal documents, as needed.
• Lead the development of strategic roadmaps, recommendations, structuring, implementation, and strategies for clients.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to clients on business strategies and organizational structures.
• Respond to client questions and concerns.
• Collect, verify, and process client information and needs to complete all required transactions.
• Interface with the client and their personnel to obtain information and deliver projects.
• Monitor and document client progress.
• Assist with the client’s tax compliance needs and update the tax reports as needed.
• Apply tax and legal technical knowledge to specific client situations.
• Clearly communicate work plan and project objectives to clients and cross-functional teams.
• Participate as part of a cross-functional team.
• Perform other projects as assigned by Management.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor with preferred experience in business law, tax law, and finance. Minimum 5 years of experience in a law firm, in-house, or corporate/accounting professional setting.
• High level of interpersonal skills with an ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation.
• Be highly driven to succeed, creative, hard-working, and adaptable to a fast-paced, high-intensity work environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to articulate complex information.
• Ability to simultaneously work on several projects and effectively manage deadlines.
• Knowledge of Puerto Rico corporate and tax law.
• Highly detail-oriented with a critical degree of accuracy regarding data entry and analysis.
• Good problem-solving, interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Ability to multitask and work on complex projects simultaneously and see them to completion with limited supervision.
• Ability to take responsibility, to work well as a team member, as well as work independently.
• Possesses a high level of confidentiality.

Salary range posted based on candidates with a Juris Doctor and 5 to 8 years of experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $54,400.00 - $64,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment drug screening as part of the hiring process?

Education:

• Doctorate (Required)

Experience:

• Corporate Law: 5 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in San Juan, PR 00918