Manager – US International Tax at Elanco in greenfield, Indiana

Job Description:

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Manager – US International Tax

Work Location: Global Elanco Headquarters - Greenfield, IN - Hybrid Work Environment  

Elanco has an exciting opportunity to join our growing innovative and collaborative tax team as we execute our vision to become a high performing tech-forward tax department, taking command over our data and enabling increased analytics through use of data wrangling, automation and visualization tools. Our commitment to this vision is demonstrated by our commitment of resources, including a newly created Tax Technology group, training plans and technology license budgets to meet our needs and collaboration with an external service firm to develop a tax technology platform and process roadmap aligned to Elanco’s unique needs as a highly acquisitive and growing global #2 company in animal health.

The Manager, US International Tax, reports to the Director, US International Tax and plays an integral role in the global tax department, primarily responsible for assisting the Director as follows:

• US international tax planning and compliance




• Preparation and review of US international income tax compliance and provision reporting, including calculations and modeling of Subpart F and GILTI inclusions, E&P, BEAT, FDII and foreign tax credit




• Identifies business transactions that have US International tax ramifications and ensures complete and accurate file documentation to support Elanco’s tax positions




• Implements sustainable processes to continuously improve accuracy and efficiency




• Works collaboratively with tax team members




• Supports Director on various tax planning initiatives, drafts and reviews technical memos and collaborates with tax and other functional team members to support strategic initiatives

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Keeps up to date on tax law changes, cases, and regulations, such as Pillar 2 which provides for a global minimum tax on the earnings of large multinational businesses




• Develops and trains le tax less-experienced professionals




• Works with peers to maintain a collaborative and positive team culture




• Researches complex tax issues, and is proficient in interpreting and applying the tax law, regulations, and cases to specific transactions and factual situations




• Contributes to the development of a strategy to administer the US international tax compliance process using automation to gain efficiencies and ensure completeness and accuracy of the filings




• Works with transfer pricing and provision tax teams to gather the information required to complete the US international tax filing and compliance process. This would include information required to calculate FBCSI and provision information to calculate 901(m) haircut




• Preparation and review of US International tax filing and compliance process, including but not limited to Forms 5471s, 8858, 8865, 8975, 8990, 8991, 8992, 8993 and 1118




• Preparation and review of disclosure statements and elections related to international acquisitions, restructurings and tax planning




• Maintains updated E&P, tax basis and PTEP computations of the company’s foreign affiliates.  Also maintain overall domestic loss, overall foreign loss accounts, and foreign tax credits calculations.  Including the review of the foreign inclusions and foreign tax credit calculations




• Collaborates internally with multiple stakeholders to advance tax strategies and ensure compliance with tax laws.  Assists in the identification and management of key risks emanating from international tax operations, compliance, and reporting




• Develops IRS responses on complex topics and analyzes technical positions in IRS audit examinations




• Oversees modeling of the US tax impacts of various tax strategies via the Deloitte international inclusion tool (IITR)

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance




• CPA or equivalent




• 10+ years of progressive US International tax experience in public accounting or industry




• Strong technical skills in: FTC; subpart F; TCJA 2017, including GILTI, BEAT and FDII and all international reporting and compliance matters




• Well-developed alternative scenario modeling skills




• Demonstrated strength in project management philosophy, tools and processes




• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously, with strong history of delivery




• Experience using CorpTax, MS Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint and Bloomberg/BNA research tools




• Excellent leadership and teamwork skills

Additional Preferences

• MST and/or JD/LLM




• Prefer complex public multi-national company experience




• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, MS Power platform and data analytics tools (e.g. Alteryx, Tableau)




• Communicates: Strong upward and downward communication and expectation management




• Drives Results: Pursues everything with energy and resourcefulness to achieve desired outcome




• Collaborates: Works with a variety of colleagues, seeks win-win solutions, builds strong relationships




• Analytical: Superior problem-solving skills required; plan and execute at strategic and tactical levels




• Problem solver: Exceptional problem-solving and strategic skills, combined with business acumen




• Adaptable: Ability to pivot against high priority initiatives and navigate ambiguity




• Work Ethic: A superior work ethic and dedication to the highest work quality and job excellence.




• Has fun: A good sense of humor and doesn’t take oneself too seriously

Elanco Benefits and Perks: 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include: 

• Multiple relocation packages 




• Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO) 




• 8-week parental leave 




• 9 Employee Resource Groups 




• Annual bonus offering 




• Flexible work arrangements 




• Up to 6% 401K matching 

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status