Associate Director, Tax Planning

Role Summary

The Associate Director Tax Planning role will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining tax planning opportunities across Regeneron’s business and supply chain. This is a highly collaborative role, interfacing with leaders and colleagues from all functional areas to optimize Regeneron’s tax positions, in alignment with Regeneron’s evolving business and expanding footprint. This role provides critical leadership and support across all aspects of tax planning including supply chain planning, domestic and international planning and governance, and business development and special projects. This role works closely with internal and external subject matter experts to identify opportunities, execute strategies and document positions.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and implement tax planning opportunities in support of Regeneron’s expanding business and supply chain, including modeling financial impact, leading cross-functional assessment and execution, and identifying risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead tax aspects of supply chain planning, including optimization of clinical and commercial supply chains, external manufacturing arrangements and distribution models, in alignment with business needs and taking into account domestic and foreign income taxes and indirect taxes.
• Research, review and / or draft documentation involving complex tax issues and strategies as may be required in an expanding business, including but not limited to tax technical memoranda, operating manuals, governance policies and reports, and intercompany and third-party agreements.
• Support tax efficient international operations and expansion, including optimization of local tax planning and tax incentives, collaborating cross-functional subject matter experts to ensure that finance and business goals are met and reporting is accurate.
• Provide end-to-end tax support to Business Development on third-party deals (licenses, collaborations, acquisitions and divestitures and other agreements) including leading diligence to identify risks and opportunities, development of optimal deal structures, review and negotiation of legal documents, and implementation.
• Collaborate closely, both internally and externally, with advisors and subject matter experts to ensure tax strategies and implementation contemplate cross-functional impact and are properly documented (including transfer pricing and tax operations).
• Monitor U.S. and foreign tax proposals, including OECD BEPS/Pillar Two, working with tax subject matter experts to determine the financial and operational impacts of proposed changes on Regeneron’s tax positions.
• Establish strong relationships, demonstrate organizational and interpersonal skills to build a collaborative environment, foster open communication, and educate the business on tax considerations.
• Foster a culture of excellence, integrity, and accountability for a growing team.
• Interface and interact effectively with personnel at all levels of Regeneron’s organization, including senior leadership, finance leaders, collaborators, external advisors and members of the tax department.

Qualifications

• Required: Mastery of US tax rules, in particular US international tax rules, mergers and acquisitions.
• Preferred: Exposure to international supply chain structures, global complexity and foreign tax rules including OECD BEPS and other proposals.
• Required: Ability to research and interpret complex US and non-US tax rules.
• Required: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills required, with the ability to plan and execute at strategic and tactical levels.
• Required: Strong communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively relate tax issues to non-tax personnel and upper management.
• Required: Strong creative and analytical thought processes, with ability to work in a fast-paced environment with excellent prioritization and organizational skills.
• Required: Confident and personable individual, able to work collaboratively inside and outside the tax department and build bridges at all levels of the enterprise.
• Required: A superior work ethic, positive attitude, and willingness to jump into projects and assist the team in all areas of tax as may be required at a growing company.
• Required: Dedication to the highest work quality and job excellence.
• Preferred: Proficiency with MS Office, in particular, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Required: Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in tax planning and strategy, including experience in a corporate environment in addition to law firm and/or accounting firm experience. A J.D., CPA or equivalent required, MBA, LLM or Master’s degree in finance a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in tax planning and strategy; professional designation or advanced degree as noted above is preferred.

Additional Requirements

• This role will require 4 days per week onsite at our HQ Campus in Sleepy Hollow, NY. This is not available as a fully remote / hybrid work.