Compliance jobs in United States

About the team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic, tech savvy leader to join our South African editorial operations team. As a people leader you will head up digital content expansion within the Practical Guidance (PG) and the Regulatory Compliance team by driving thecontent expansion of our compliance offerings. You will also work closely with global content leads to apply best practices to grow the PG offering in South Africa.

Responsibilities

• Designing, owning, and executing content upkeep process
• Driving operational effectiveness through AI and other automation efforts.
• Supporting cross-functional initiatives by partnering with global leaders
• Performing legal research and editorial tasks, drafting and revising legal content and overseeing projects
• Monitoring current awareness and staying abreast of changes in law
• Managing outside author and contractor relationships and submissions
• Identifying and electronic linking of product sets and online sources
• Creating document for training and testing quality assurance

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) or equivalent
• Be an admitted attorney/advocate with at least three years of PQE experience preferred.
• Have Business/commercial acumen; quantitative and analytical skills.
• Must be process driven and able to evaluate existing processes, drive continuous process improvements, and document best practices, etc.
• Have strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; ability to synthesize relevant information for Global Editorial Operations and commercial leaders.
• Have collaborative management style with ability to lead cross-functional, team-based, deadline-intensive strategic initiatives and delivery.
• Possess excellent organization/project planning, time management, change management across multiple functional groups and departments, and delegation and prioritization skills.
• Able to solve problems including identifying, researching, and coordinating resources necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex issues.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

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:
- Medical Aid
- Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
- Study Leave

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis and Nexis services.

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