Senior Director, Tax Counsel - Orthopedics

Finance

Tax

People Leader

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

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 to24 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.

• 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

• 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…