Tax Assistant Manager - Transfer Pricing, Corporates, London
Date: Jan 21, 2021
Location: London, United Kingdom
Company: KPMG UK
We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Manager to join our Corporates transfer pricing team.
Background to KPMG’s corporate transfer pricing team
KPMG's transfer pricing practice is a dynamic and growing area within our tax business. A constantly changing and increasingly significant field, the transfer pricing team helps clients establish and document market-based pricing terms in the context of transactions between parts of multinational businesses. Market pricing is required by Government legislation to ensure profits/ losses are appropriately allocated to tax jurisdictions, and our work often involves complex analyses.
We are part of a London based team of over 40 transfer pricing specialists including 4 Partners focussed on serving the largest Corporate clients in the UK. We have a good mix of tax professionals, accountants and economists with backgrounds from industry, practice and HMRC. We are supported by a transfer pricing managed service team to prepare and manage documentation and compliance, as well as a separate team to prepare and review comparable search activities. This diverse team and structure will give you the opportunity work primarily advising clients, with a team who are experts in their field and help you to build a diverse skillset.
Roles and responsibilities
The work you will do as a transfer pricing Assistant Manager includes:
• Interviewing clients to understand activities and value drivers for our clients’ businesses
• Determining key industry features across varied industries that influence the pricing of transactions
• Benchmarking market prices across industries and transaction types
• Documenting transfer pricing policies
• Supporting clients with tax authority enquiries and Advance Pricing Agreements
• Involvement in global documentation projects where we prepare transfer pricing reports for clients across multiple jurisdictions
• Assisting with the team’s business development and marketing initiatives
Skills and requirements
We are looking for highly motivated individuals with relevant, quality TP experience with:
• Drive and enthusiasm
• Strong people skills for engaging with our clients and team members
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal required, with attention to detail
• Ability to project manage multiple projects, with good escalation and management skills
• Good general tax knowledge, able to identify potential issues across a range of tax specialisms
• Good commercial awareness and a desire to develop a technical specialism
• Degree or Masters in Economics/ACA/CA/CTA qualification or part qualification is preferred
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