Senior Director, Tax Counsel - Orthopedics

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•New Brunswick, NJ

1d•$178,000 - $307,050

About The Position

The DePuy Synthes Global Tax Group is recruiting a Senior Tax Counsel to lead the Tax Counsel group. The position is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and reports to the Global Head of Tax. The role is part of the Tax team’s leadership group and includes oversight of one paralegal. Johnson & Johnson plans to separate its Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone company operating as DePuy Synthes. The separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, consultation processes, regulatory approvals, and other customary conditions. Following the transaction, the successful candidate is anticipated to become a DePuy Synthes employee, subject to its employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. DePuy Synthes is a global Orthopaedics company with solutions in joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine, and related surgical technologies. As it separates from Johnson & Johnson, the organization is establishing its own corporate identity, voice, culture, and reputation while continuing to serve patients, customers, and healthcare systems worldwide. The Senior Tax Counsel sets strategy and provides oversight for global cross-border and domestic transactions and tax planning. The role leads deal modeling guidance, transaction structuring and execution, legal entity rationalization and restructuring, acquisition integration, and technical tax training. It also advises management on worldwide employee compensation and benefit plans, supports repatriation planning and supply-chain planning, and provides technical advice on external efforts to influence U.S. international tax policy. The position represents DePuy Synthes in industry groups and participates in global enterprise tax leadership, succession-planning, and calibration activities.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree required.
Current bar membership required.
At least 12 years of tax-function experience in a law firm or an organization operating in multiple countries, including foreign subsidiaries and operations.
Strong technical knowledge of international taxation, including Subpart F and the international provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; mergers and acquisitions; restructuring transactions; and partnership taxation.
Exposure to compensation and benefits tax issues.
Exceptional business-partnering, negotiation, and written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain highly technical matters to business partners with more general knowledge.
Strong influencing and collaboration skills, including partnering with enterprise stakeholders and external partners and working with a global network of legal advisers.
Ability to develop talent and lead teams across the enterprise.
Ability to develop innovative solutions to meet business needs.
Ability to manage risk in a quickly changing external environment.

Nice To Haves

LLM in Taxation preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as a member of the Tax team leadership group, participate in global enterprise tax meetings, and contribute to enterprise-level succession planning and calibration meetings.
Oversee one paralegal.
Set strategies and oversee cross-border and domestic acquisitions, dispositions, licensing deals, repatriation, and internal tax planning globally.
Lead the Tax Counsel Group in setting deal-modeling guidance and in structuring and executing deals, legal entity rationalization, and restructuring projects.
Deliver training on mergers and acquisitions and technical tax topics to tax department groups and relevant business partners.
Provide high-level technical tax and legal advice to management on the administration of worldwide employee compensation and benefit plans.
Lead efforts to confirm compliance with laws and regulations applicable to employee compensation and benefits.
Lead repatriation planning in partnership with DePuy Synthes Treasury and provide technical advice on supply-chain planning across the Tax Planning team.
Advise on DePuy Synthes’s external efforts to influence U.S. international tax policy, including potential U.S. tax reform and regulatory policy, and represent DePuy Synthes through active participation in industry groups.
Develop strategy and lead acquisition integration.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus, subject to the terms of the applicable plan and company discretion.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Business accident insurance.
Group legal insurance.
Consolidated retirement plan (pension).
401(k) savings plan.
Long-term incentive program.
Vacation: 120 hours per calendar year.
Sick time: 40 hours per calendar year, with different amounts for employees residing in Colorado or Washington.
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 a child’s birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
Bereavement leave: up to 240 hours for an immediate family member and 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.
Caregiver leave: 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period.
Volunteer leave: 32 hours per calendar year.
Military spouse time off: 80 hours per calendar year.