Paralegal - Tax Planning

Position Overview

• Employment Type: Full Time
• Location Type: [Not specified]
• Salary: [Not specified]

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Paralegal to join the Tax Planning group. This role provides crucial support to a team of tax and corporate attorneys, assisting in the management and completion of various tax and corporate projects. The position offers a challenging and meaningful opportunity to contribute to the company’s success while fostering a dynamic and diverse work environment. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of work-life balance and offers a wide range of benefits and programs to support employee growth and well-being. (More details available at careers.bms.com/working-with-us)

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required (preferred in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field)
• Experience: Minimum 3 to 5 years paralegal experience, either in a law firm or in a legal department of a large, multinational company.
• Preferred: Paralegal certificate

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Managing and overseeing tax projects from initiation to completion, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
• Project Planning: Developing full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Identifying Dependencies: Identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path.
• Document Drafting & Review: Assisting in drafting, reviewing, checking, and organizing legal documents based off templates, such as corporate documents (board meetings, resolutions, etc.), contracts, and intercompany agreements.
• Collaboration: Conducting initial reviews and red-lining legal documents in collaboration with tax and corporate teams as well as outside counsel.
• Document Organization: Organizing and archiving documents related to completed and ongoing matters, including legal document database.
• Corporate Chart Maintenance: Maintaining corporate organizational chart, including identification of entity functions.
• Compliance Form Completion: Completing standard corporate and tax compliance forms and filings based off templates, including application for treaty benefits, entity classification forms, know your customer questionnaire, etc.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Liaising with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.

Application Instructions

• [Not specified - Refer to careers.bms.com/working-with-us for application details]

Company Information

• Company: Bristol Myers Squibb
• Focus: Transforming the lives of patients through innovative research and development.
• Culture: Challenging, Meaningful, Life-changing. Offers opportunities for growth and career advancement alongside high-achieving, diverse teams.
• Benefits: Wide variety of competitive benefits, services, and programs to support employee goals. (More details available at careers.bms.com/working-with-us)