Senior Director, Tax Counsel - Orthopedics

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Job Function:

Finance

Job Sub Function:

Tax

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Pennsylvania (Any City), Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

The Depuy Synthes Global Tax Group is recruiting for a Senior Tax Counsel to lead the Tax Counsel group. This position is based in New Brunswick, NJ and will report to the Global Head of Tax.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

About DePuy Synthes

DePuy Synthes is a global leader in Orthopaedics, advancing patient care through innovative solutions across joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine, and related surgical technologies. As DePuy Synthes separates from Johnson & Johnson to become the world’s largest, most comprehensive Orthopaedics-focused company, the organization is entering a defining chapter—establishing its own corporate identity, voice, culture, and reputation while continuing to serve patients, customers, and healthcare systems around the world.

Additional responsibilities include:

Leadership Team member for the Tax team, including participating in global enterprise tax meetings, as well as succession planning and calibration meetings at the global enterprise level

Oversight of 1 paralegal

Set strategies and provide oversight of all aspects of cross-border and domestic acquisitions, dispositions, licensing deals, repatriation, and internal tax planning for all sectors globally

Lead the Tax Counsel Group in the setting deal modeling guidance, structuring and execution of deals, legal entity rationalization and restructuring projects

Deliver training on M&A and technical tax topics to other groups in the tax department and relevant business partners

Responsible for providing high level technical tax and legal advice to management in the administration of the company’s worldwide employee compensation and benefit plans

Lead on confirming compliance with laws and regulations applicable to employee compensation and benefits

Lead on repatriation planning in partnership with DS Treasury and provide technical advice on Supply Chain planning across the Tax Planning team

Technical advisor on DS’s external efforts to influence the US international tax policy, including potential US tax reform and regulatory policy. Represent DS with active participation in industry groups

Develop strategy and lead on acquisition integration

Qualifications:

JD required, LLM in Taxation preferred

Current Bar membership required

At least 12 years of tax function experience in a law firm or organization that operates in multiple countries including foreign subsidiaries and operations required

Strong technical knowledge of international taxation (including subpart F and the international provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), mergers & acquisitions, restructuring transactions and partnership taxation required

Exposure to compensation and benefits tax issues required

Exceptional business partnering, negotiation, and written and verbal communications skills - specifically the ability to communicate highly technical matters to business partners around the world whose knowledge will be much more general required

Strong influencing and collaboration skills, partnering with multiple stakeholders across the enterprise and external partners, including a network of legal advisors across the globe required

Ability to develop talent and lead teams across the enterprise required

Ability to drive innovative solutions to meet business needs required

Ability to manage risk in a quickly changing external environment required

– The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. ▪ Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

▪ This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

▪ Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

– Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year

– Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year

–Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year

– Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

–Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

– Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

– Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period 10 days

– Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

– Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

Additional information can be found through the link below.

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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