Tax Director, Transfer Pricing and Tax Controversy

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Patients are at the heart of what we do at Edwards Lifesciences. Our Finance teams work hard to optimize our current and long-term success and enable our ongoing strategy of innovation, leadership, and focus. As part of the team, whether providing analysis, forecasting, or reporting financial information, your application of accurate financial business practices will play a fundamental role in how we impact the quality of life for patients all over the world.

How you’ll make an impact:

The Director of tax job involves all aspects of the international tax department’s transfer pricing duties. The Tax Director will lead on all aspects of transfer pricing, including documentation, price setting, audit defense (US and international), APAs, etc. The Tax Director will also be involved in tax planning, particularly related to IP ownership and will assist in Tax Compliance related to intercompany transactions and segmentation of entities’ financials. The position reports directly to the Senior Director, Transfer Pricing. Manage and provide support to the Senior Director, Transfer Pricing, in the following areas:

• Operational Transfer Pricing:
  • Be responsible for the annual transfer price documentation process, including US and local transfer price studies and contemporaneous documentation.
  • Manage the annual transfer price setting process for all intercompany transactions.
  • Research, analyze and manage transfer pricing developments worldwide, including latest OECD guidelines, country by country reporting, local file requirements, etc., ensuring consistency with Corporate Global transfer price policy.
  • Monitor affiliate results and propose and execute transfer pricing adjustments where needed, including analyzing and documenting FIN48 positions.
  • Manage on all advance price agreements, including compliance with Annual Reports, managing all information requests and meeting with tax authorities.
• Transfer Pricing Tax Planning:
  • Assist on planning related to Intellectual Property and on various tax planning projects.
  • Support modeling and tax research on special tax projects as required.
  • Oversee tax holiday commitment and compliance where necessary.
• Transfer Pricing Tax Controversy and Examinations:
  • Manage US and international examinations
  • Provide rigorous defense of Company’s transfer pricing positions.
• Tax Return Compliance, utilizing compliance software where possible:
  • Develop and monitor segmented financials to assist Corporate Tax forecast.
  • Critical contributor to the process of gathering data and synthesizing intercompany transactions for US income tax compliance reporting

What you'll need (Required):

Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance required, with a minimum of 12 years of experience. Or Masters Degree with 10 years of experience.

What else we look for (Preferred):

• MBA, MST, CPA, Preferred.
•  Significant Corporate income tax experience preferred.
• Knowledge of US tax laws and tax principles, including transfer pricing rules and regulations.
• Functional experience with ERP systems and reports preferred, especially JD Edwards, Oracle HFM. Some exposure to data management and analytic tools preferred.
• Excellent proficiency in Excel and proficiency in PowerPoint, Access and Word.
• Excellent written and verbal skills, including persuasion.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to form professional relationships/partnerships across business units/regions, etc. and with outside consultants.
• Strong people and exceptional project management skills.
• Customer/stakeholder focused.
• Self-starter, able to be productive through an internal sense of duty and urgency.
• Exceptional time management skills, including ability to prioritize among competing deadlines/requests.
• Highly ethical, strong integrity.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $152,000 to $216,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website. 

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.