Job Description:

CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies (NYSE:COO), is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses. The Company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly contact lenses, all featuring advanced materials and optics. CooperVision has a strong heritage of solving the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia and childhood myopia; and offers the most complete collection of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit www.coopervision.com

 

The Cooper Companies, Inc. ("Cooper") is a global medical device company publicly traded on the NYSE (NYSE:COO). Cooper operates through two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision brings a refreshing perspective on vision care with a commitment to developing a wide range of high-quality products for contact lens wearers and providing focused practitioner support. CooperSurgical is committed to advancing the health of women, babies and families with its diversified portfolio of products and services focusing on medical devices and fertility & genomics. Headquartered in Pleasanton, CA, Cooper has more than 12,000 employees with products sold in over 100 countries. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com.

 

The Cooper Companies, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Any person with a disability needing special accommodations to the application process please call Human Resources.

 

Job Summary:

Responsible for the preparation of Forms 5471, 8858 and 1118. Responsible for managing country by country reporting, and computing, maintaining and tracking earnings and profits, calculating Subpart F, GILTI inclusion, FDII and BEAT.

 

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

International Tax Compliance:

• Prepare Forms 5471s and 8858s for company’s foreign subsidiaries and branches.


• Prepare necessary merger and acquisition disclosures and related elections.


• Prepare and/or review Forms 1042 and W-8BENs.


• Prepare Form 1118 and foreign source tax limitation computation.


• Prepare the quarterly and annual tax provision related to foreign operations including review of the foreign tax credit calculations.


• Compile data for country-by-country reporting and prepare necessary forms.


• Comply with new U.S. tax reform measures and establish a process for tracking and maintaining all relevant tax attributes.


• Support the preparation and review of calculations and workpapers supporting Form 1120 and any state filings as needed.


• Coordinate with outside advisors to manage local foreign tax returns filings.


• Perform research to support positions taken in the tax returns and prepare required supporting documentation, including memoranda.


• Coordinate with the tax accounting team to ensure efficient integration of the tax accounting and international tax compliance processes.

 
Audit Defense:

• Assist with responding Information Document Requests (IDRs) issued to the company by IRS and the various state agencies and maintain a detailed log of all IDR responses, supporting documents and other communications.


• Participate in strategy discussions with tax advisors and assist with all necessary internal data gathering and analysis.


• Communicate with foreign controllers/managers to keep apprised of tax audits occurring outside the U.S. and to provide all necessary and possible support from the U.S.


• Keep an updated list of current tax audits worldwide.

 
Training:

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  • Regularly attend technical issue seminars provided by professional firms.
  
  
  • Participate in on-line courses and review technical materials to keep up to date on tax and accounting pronouncements.
  
  
  
  

Minimal Travel Requirement – 5% (Up to 3 weeks)

 
Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

• Intermediate knowledge of U.S. international and foreign tax concepts, Subpart F, global intangible low-taxed income, foreign tax credits.


• Intermediate knowledge of federal income tax concepts as they apply to international taxes.


• Recent experience with OneSource income tax software required.

 

Work Environment:

• Normal office environment


• Minimal Travel Requirement – 5% (Up to 3 weeks)

 
Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of corporate income tax experience in public accounting required and/or a multinational corporate tax department; 3 years of international tax compliance manager role required. 


• Education: CPA or Masters in Tax preferred.

 

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