Senior Specialist - Tax

Job Description

This position is responsible for U.S. income tax compliance and tax accounting under ASC 740. Under the supervision of the Associate Director of Tax, the incumbent will support Federal and State income tax compliance, estimated tax payments, quarterly income tax provisions, tax account reconciliations, and Federal and State audits.

Your Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare annual and / or quarterly US provision for income taxes under GAAP for assigned legal entities and book/tax adjustments.
• Assist the Associate Director – Tax with SOX related items for all the above and help maintain key internal control processes and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with ASC740 by calculating deferred tax entries on temporary tax adjustments, completing validation of deferred tax balances, and Federal and State return to accrual reconciliations.
• Prepare the US consolidated federal income tax returns, state income and franchise tax returns (stand-alone and unitary) including disclosures, attachments, and workpapers.
• Prepare calculations and forms for quarterly estimated tax payments and annual extensions.
• Assist in preparing responses to IRS and state income tax notices and audit inquiries.
• Support the integration of newly acquired entities into existing tax compliance, provision, and reporting processes.
• Look for ways to automate and improve current processes using tools such as Corptax Office, Alteryx, or OneSource Workpapers.
• Explore and implement AI-enabled and agentic solutions that can assist with activities such as data gathering, reconciliations, workpaper preparation, tax return review, document analysis, workflow orchestration, issue identification, and management reporting.

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or Accounting.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 3 plus years of experience in U.S. tax compliance and /or tax accounting.
• Experience in preparation of Federal 1120 and associated state and local corporate tax returns.
• Experience preparing returns in Corptax compliance software.
• Experience in ASC740 related to U.S. tax matters.
• Strong research of tax technical issues.
• Sound analytical skills to perform necessary reconciliations.
• Technology and tax compliance software experience (Corptax, OneSource, Alteryx, Microsoft Suite Apps).
• Experience with AI-enabled technologies and an understanding of how generative AI and agentic AI solutions can be applied to business and tax processes.
• Motivated mindset and the ability to work independently while effectively collaborating across Tax, Finance, Technology, Treasury, Legal, and external advisory teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Technology and tax compliance software experience (HFM/FCCS, Corptax, SAP, Alteryx).
• Experience using OneSource Tax Provision, workpapers, and/or dataflow.
• Fundamental knowledge and understanding of U.S. taxation of foreign source income (GILTI & Subpart F).
• Experience with Project management.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

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The primary location for this posting is:

USA - New Jersey - Rahway

Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.

The salary range for the primary location of this role is:

$106,200.00 - $167,200.00

This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

Additional location(s): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.

Additional location(s) Compensation Information:

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

11/19/2026

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