Manager, International Tax

at Abbott in Abbott Park, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can have a rewarding career, you can grow and learn, care for yourself and your family and have a healthy work life balance. You’ll have access to:

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll have access to:

+ Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

+ Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

+ An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

+ Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit – an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

+ A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

+ A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

+ Reporting to the Senior Manager, International Tax , this position is responsible for managing Abbott’s compliance process related to newly enacted OECD Pillar 2 laws in various jurisdictions, in addition to ensuring Abbott’s compliance with those laws.

+ This position requires knowledge of the OECD Pillar 2 model rules, newly enacted legislation in various jurisdictions, and tax accounting standards in order to fully execute responsibilities.

+ Interacts with personnel and management in all functional areas, ranging from business/divisional functions to corporate support functions, including for example finance, treasury, legal, as well as Senior Management.

What You’ll Work On:

+ Oversee Abbott’s tax compliance process related to newly enacted OECD Pillar 2 legislation in various jurisdictions.

+ Management of tax filing, compliance, and reporting obligations, ensuring adherence to international tax reporting.

+ Keep an up-to-date tax calendar for all tax compliance responsibilities.

+ Work with local Finance Directors to ensure all local compliance obligations are met in relation to OECD Pillar 2.

+ Assist with the preparation of the quarterly Pillar 2 model.

+ Monitor tax laws worldwide for newly enacted legislation related to OECD Pillar 2 and analyze impact to Abbott.

+ Work with other Abbott divisions, including Accounting and Treasury , in order to ensure appropriate data is available and is able to be collected efficiently for the purposes of complying with OECD Pillar 2.

+ Provide technical expertise to the tax compliance teams.

+ Manage and direct outside advisors for US, Europe, South America, Asia including local tax attorneys, big four accounting firms and economists.

+ Provide technical advice along with mentoring and development to other members of the tax group on new OECD Pillar 2 tax legislation.

Required Skills and Education:

Education

+ Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required; CPA, MST, and/or JD with LLM in taxation preferred.

Required skills:

+ Minimum 5-8 years of tax experience with a multinational company or tax consulting company (Big4 accounting firm or law firm).

+ Strong income tax and income tax accounting expertise is preferred.

+ Broad knowledge of international tax principles that apply globally.

+ Strong presentation skills required,

+ Ability to apply tax rules and consider impacts of new tax legislation globally.

+ Results and goal oriented.

+ Hands-on and self-starter mentality.

+ Able to manage responsibilities, internal project teams, and external advisers independently.

+ Strong communication and negotiation skills required, especially the ability to explain complication tax rules to non-tax senior leadership.

Supr. / Mgmt. Responsibility

+ No Direct reports

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• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal

The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com