Director, Tax Compliance

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:

• Utilize highly complex tax technical knowledge to review calculations and forms needed to support all aspects of US federal, state, and local tax compliance requirements. Ensure compliance with local, state, federal, and international tax regulations, keeping abreast of changes in tax laws and their impact on the company.​
• Oversee the preparation and review of tax-related financial statements, disclosures, and reports for internal and external stakeholders.​
• Review and make recommendations for enhanced solutions on highly complex analysis for tax returns​
• Lead the implementation of enhanced solutions on highly complex analysis for tax returns​
• Oversee ASC 740 domestic tax provision​
• Review quarterly tax account reconciliations utilizing highly complex analysis​
• Defend federal and state income tax audit examinations​
• Respond to taxing authorities with higher discretion and judgment in providing responses to information document requests, notices, inquiries, and other correspondence​
• Provide direction and guidance to project teams to execute larger tax projects, initiatives and/or programs​
• Identify and evaluate more complex tax process improvement opportunities​​​
• Manage a team of tax professionals with responsibilities for the company's federal, state and local income tax and other non-income tax returns by examining accounts and records and computing tax liabilities according to applicable laws and regulations.
• Manage subordinate team members and/or tax professionals and/or oversee the work with responsibility for assigned sections of tax compliance, tax audits, tax accounting, and tax planning
• Plan and direct multiple complex tax projects with the accountability for successful completion of all project deliverables
• Lead efforts to optimize processes and systems by assessing needs and developing, proposing and implementing solutions
• Other incidental duties

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Mathematics or Economics
• Skill levels exceeding the requirements of the Manager

What else we look for (Preferred):

• CPA
• MBA
• Big 4/Tier 2 experience
• Proven successful project management leadership skills
• Consolidation of federal income tax returns experience
• State income compliance
• Income tax process
• Demonstrated ability to manage one or more teams and provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations
• Ability to lead briefings and technical meetings for internal and external representatives

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 (CA), the base pay range for this position is $156,000 to $221,000 (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.