Manager, Transfer Pricing

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McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years.

Joining McDonald’s means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.

At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

Seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join a fast paced and growing transfer pricing team. The Transfer Pricing Manager is a key player who is part of a team that is creative and focused on solutions. The team is part of a very collaborative global tax team where we encourage debate and welcome ideas from all team members. The Transfer Pricing Manager is responsible for managing the transfer pricing life cycle, including policy implementation, executing strategic tax projects, operational transfer pricing process optimization and supporting compliance documentation.

The Transfer Pricing Manager will oversee some external tax advisor service delivery and work with members of various business functions to prepare elements of global transfer pricing documentation. The Transfer Pricing Manager will analyze global tax legislation, including relevant US/OECD developments, participate in cross‑functional efforts to comply with global tax rules, contribute to tax and transfer pricing model optimization, participate in audit defense and dispute resolution, and participate in strategic global transfer pricing initiatives, including the integration of acquisitions into compliance and documentation processes.

The Transfer Pricing Manager works closely with global and market leaders across finance, and other business functions to drive policy implementation, monitor intercompany transactions, and maintain compliance with global tax rules. You will have an opportunity to learn, to challenge yourself and grow in a fun collegial atmosphere.

• Help to prepare transfer pricing documentation for the US and key international markets, including assessing the arm's length nature of intercompany royalties and other transactions.
• Analyze and document tax planning projects involving transfer pricing, including intercompany pricing reviews, especially focused on intellectual property, intercompany financing, and intercompany services.
• Create and optimize complex economic models.
• Participate or lead functional interviews, learning about how and why McDonald’s is so successful and applying that knowledge in a variety of reports and analyses.
• Gather and analyze intercompany financial data, prepare and review presentations and documentation reports, and coordinate requests from McDonald’s markets around the world and with external service providers.
• Assist with the responses to global tax audits that involve transfer pricing, including collecting necessary data and responding to information requests from tax authorities.
• Prepare calculations and documentation related to transfer pricing in support of tax accounting requirements.
• Partner with and build positive relationships across the business, the finance organization and the different functional teams within the Tax Dept.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or Accounting.
• 6+ years of relevant Transfer Pricing experience in either a public accounting or corporate setting.
• Complex analytical, strong problem‑solving…