Johnson & Johnson · 1 week ago
Associate Compensation & Benefits Tax Counsel
New Brunswick, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$173K/yr - $300K/yr
10+ years expJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, seeking an experienced Associate Compensation & Benefits Tax Counsel. This role involves providing high-level tax and legal advice on employee compensation and benefits, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Provide high level technical tax and legal advice to management in the administration of the company’s worldwide employee compensation and benefit plans
Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations applicable to employee compensation and benefits
Advise management regarding tax and legal requirements in areas including qualified retirement plans, stock based compensation, employee welfare benefit plans, employee fringe benefits, mergers, acquisitions & divestitures, plan asset investments, and executive compensation matters
Advise on payroll withholding and reporting matters and other global employee compensation and benefits matters
Qualification
Required
A Juris doctor degree from an accredited law school is required
A minimum of one active state (or District of Columbia) bar admission is required
A minimum of 10 years of experience at a law firm, accounting firm and/or major corporation advising clients or management on a wide variety of employee compensation & benefits tax and legal matters is required
Working knowledge of the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the taxation of employee compensation and benefits and of the Employee Retirement and Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is required
Experience advising on compensation and benefits matters in mergers, acquisition, and divestiture transactions is required
Experience advising on plan asset investment matters is required
Incumbent will also require excellent business partnering and communication skills - specifically the ability to communicate highly technical matters to management whose knowledge may be more general
Preferred
Exposure to and general knowledge of the laws of some major non-U.S. jurisdictions with respect to employee compensation and benefit matters, reporting and withholding, and employee location compliance are preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Short and long-term disability
Business accident insurance
Group legal insurance
Consolidated retirement plan (pension)
Savings plan (401(k))
Long-term incentive program
Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period 10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Company
Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Johnson & Johnson has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (48)
2024 (56)
2023 (58)
2022 (59)
2021 (44)
2020 (27)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Alex Gorsky
Former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Joaquin Duato
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
2025-10-07
2025-10-07
Company data provided by crunchbase