Corporate Tax Counsel - Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Counsel

Anticipated End Date:

2025-07-02

Position Title:

Corporate Tax Counsel - Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Counsel

Job Description:

Corporate Tax Counsel - Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Counsel

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered.

The Corporate Tax Counsel - Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Counsel is responsible for providing specialized legal and strategic tax advice in support of the company’s business transactions and corporate initiatives, with a focus on insurance and healthcare industry matters. This role involves complex tax planning related to federal, state, and international tax law, and supports high-value, high-impact projects. The position works closely with business, tax, and legal leadership to deliver tax-optimized outcomes aligned with enterprise objectives, operating with a high degree of independence and strategic insight.

How you will make an impact:

• Applies knowledge of corporate tax, healthcare, and insurance tax law, with emphasis on aligning tax planning with business and compliance goals.
• Evaluates the tax implications of acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and investments involving health plans, PBMs, and related healthcare service organizations.
• Performs tax due diligence or coordinates efforts of outside advisors in the conduct of tax due diligence.  Assists Tax Integration team with post-merger integration efforts.
• Contributes to the tax strategy and risk management posture of the organization, including providing tax technical support for tax controversy matters and tax impacts of product design.
• Supports strategic structuring efforts to ensure tax efficiency within the context of healthcare contract requirements, state-specific regulations, and PBM pricing models.
• Brings deep technical experience in areas such as insurance company taxation, IRC Subchapter C, partnership tax, and state/local healthcare tax regimes, as well as broader M&A tax knowledge.
• Consults, teaches, and mentors tax team members professionals and communicates complex tax issues and strategies to senior legal, financial, and operational leaders.
• Acts as a trusted internal advisor on tax matters.
• Identifies and communicates tax risk and compliance concerns related to insurance and healthcare entities, recommending mitigation strategies tailored to industry-specific issues.

Minimum Requirements:

 Requires a JD, current license to practice law, and a minimum of 9 years of specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Experience managing outside counsel or outside tax advisors strongly preferred.
• CPA or MBA preferred.

 

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below location(s), the salary* range for this specific position is $187,616 to $281,424.

Locations: Chicago, IL; Las Vegas, NV

  

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company.  The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Job Level:

Director Equivalent

Workshift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family:

LEG > Attorneys

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.