Associate Director, Tax

at AbbVie in North Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Company Description

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Purpose:

The Associate Director, Tax is a key leadership role and is responsible for the preparation, review and filing of the federal tax return. Additionally, the Associate Director, Tax has responsibility for the preparation and review of the domestic tax provision and responsibility for responding to IRS requests. The Associate Director, Tax will be a key contact with the business units in responding to and providing guidance relative to federal income tax matters, and lead various cross-collaboration projects.

Responsibilities:

+ Responsible for the preparation, review, and filing of federal income tax returns

+ Responsible for the preparation and review of the domestic quarterly and annual tax provision, including ability to interact with external auditors

+ Responsible for the preparation and review of responses to IRS inquiries, and ability to interact with the IRS

+ Proactively research complex tax issues and provide interpretation and application of tax law to specific transactions and factual situations

+ Ability to analyze legislative changes and determine impact to AbbVie

+ Provide effective leadership and development of fellow team members

+ Ability to interface with tax leadership, external tax advisors, and lead projects to enhance department efficiency and work well with business unit leaders

+ Apply highly advanced tax knowledge to support business needs. Considered an expert in the field and acts as an advisor to management.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance required

+ 5+ years of tax experience in National Big Four Accounting Firm or a Fortune 100 company

+ 10+ years related tax experience beyond Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

+ Public Accounting or Fortune 500 Corporate Tax experience preferred

+ CPA and/or MST a plus

Experience in a corporate tax department is desirable

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ?

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+ The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.?

+ We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.?

+ This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ?

+ This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs?

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ?

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. US & Puerto Rico only – to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html