Strategic Tax Credits & Incentives Lead

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a Lead Senior Tax Analyst – Credits & Incentives to identify, analyze, and manage federal, state, and local tax credit opportunities. The role partners cross-functionally to drive value creation through tax savings while ensuring program compliance.

The ideal candidate blends strong technical tax knowledge with analytical skills and the ability to translate business activity into actionable tax strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience with public accounting, corporate tax and/or accounting at a firm, State department of revenue or company.
• At least 2 years of experience with technical tax laws, regulations and interpreting tax laws.
• At least 2 years of experience analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Responsibilities

• Identifies, communicates tax savings opportunities to management and key stakeholders through presentations and periodic reporting.
• Provides advanced knowledge of new and existing tax methodologies by researching new law and attending conferences and seminars in the tax industry.
• Participates in divisional and company-wide projects and programs to develop engagement for division-wide and company-wide initiatives.
• Participates in projects and process improvements for the department.
• Collaborates with other tax functions to implement optimal tax solutions.
• Develops relationships with business units to serve as a partner in the business unit’s processes for value creation activities.
• May coach and mentor more junior analysts. Leads and trains staff members on new and existing tax processes and value creation projects.

Skills

Technical tax knowledge

Analytical skills

Data analysis

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Walgreens is seeking a Lead Senior Tax Analyst – Credits & Incentives to identify, analyze, and manage federal, state, and local tax credit opportunities. The role partners cross-functionally to drive value creation through tax savings while ensuring program compliance.

The ideal candidate blends strong technical tax knowledge with analytical skills and the ability to translate business activity into actionable tax strategies.