This role will be part of Stryker's Kalamazoo, Michigan-based corporate tax team.
* Prepare statutory journal entries for acquisition related integration, tax planning projects, and Tax/Treasury restructurings; collaborate with Tax Department personnel to obtain feedback to ensure accuracy of drafted journal entries
* Work with Manager, International Tax Planning to develop a center of excellence process around journal entries, establish an ongoing effective control environment, and drive continual process improvement
* Develop an understanding of the tax consequences of complex, cross-border transactions and review all project steps to ensure transactions are booked properly and are reflected properly for tax purposes.
* Collaborate with Treasury, Corporate Accounting, Legal, Shared Services and Division Finance leaders to ensure transactions are recorded properly for both statutory GAAP standards and US GAAP standards
* Review and support local statutory financial and Tax audits as necessary related to journal entries supporting integrations and tax planning projects
* Develop and foster strong working relationships with tax functional teams and key stakeholders
* Support other team members within the Tax Department as necessary on various tax related projects
Education:
* Bachelors degree in accounting or related field
* CPA, MST, and/or JD/LLM preferred
Qualifications & Experience:
* Minimum of 2 years of experience in progressively responsible positions in a corporate tax department, public accounting firm, or comparable experience.
* Experience with CorpTax and HFM software preferred
* Strong understanding of knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (USGAAP)
* Experience with US international tax law, transfer pricing principles, and M&A practices, including post-deal integration, transaction structuring and financial modeling
Kalamazoo, MI
Stryker Corporation operates as a medical technology company. The company operates through three segments: Orthopaedics, MedSurg, and Neurotechnology and Spine. The Orthopaedics segment provides implants for use in hip and knee joint replacements, and trauma and extremities surgeries. The MedSurg segment offers surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems, endoscopic and communications systems, patient handling, emergency medical equipment and intensive care disposable products, reprocessed and remanufactured medical devices, and other medical devices for use in various medical specialties.
The Neurotechnology and Spine segment provides neurotechnology products that include products used for minimally invasive endovascular techniques; products for brain and open skull based surgical procedures; orthobiologic and biosurgery products, such as synthetic bone grafts and vertebral augmentation products; and minimally invasive products for the treatment of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. It also provides spinal implant products comprising cervical, thoracolumbar, and interbody systems for use in spinal injury, deformity, and degenerative therapies.
The company sells its products to doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities through company-owned subsidiaries and branches, as well as third-party dealers and distributors in approximately 80 countries. Stryker Corporation was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan.