Tax Manager - Transfer Pricing Audit

Transfer Pricing Grade:
Manager

Job Title:

Transfer Pricing Manager specialising in Transfer Pricing Audit Recognised in the marketplace for our technical excellence, Transfer Pricing at KPMG is an integral part of the firm’s global community. Our firm is also renowned for its technical excellence in Audit, delivering high‑quality, rigorous audit work underpinned by strong analytical capability and professional scepticism. KPMG’s specialist Transfer Pricing Audit team sits within the firm’s national transfer pricing team and audits the transfer pricing arrangements of a range of businesses to identify transfer pricing risks.

Our team works on a broad range of audits from FTSE
100 Group reporting engagements to UK statutory audits. The KPMG specialist audit team have high levels of technical expertise and team members below partner and director work closely with the partners and directors in the team. There is extensive on the job coaching as well as more regular technical training sessions. The nature of the work provides an ideal environment for team members to rapidly increase their technical skills seeing a wide variety of audits.

The team is a virtual team and there is the ability to work from any location.

The Responsibilities/Job Description This role involves working on a range of audits to test whether the tax on the transfer pricing arrangements materially complies with the arm’s length principle as set out in the UK Transfer Pricing legislation.

Day to day, the work involves:

Managing various transfer pricing audits and leading the day-to-day transfer pricing audit processes

Coordinating with KPMG's Audit and Tax Audit teams on a range of audits

Acting as the main point of contact for audit entity management teams

Speaking to Audit Entities to obtain the facts

Coaching and developing junior team members which will also include delivering training sessions and providing on-the-job coaching on a regular basis

Ensuring timely reporting to senior management

Actively contributing to sharing transfer pricing audit knowledge to the transfer pricing advisory team

The Person We are looking for candidates with the following skills/experience:

Either a CTA, CA, ACA, ACCA or attained a Bachelors or Masters degree in economics, finance, law, accounting or equivalent qualification

Transfer pricing experience: preferably including experience of transfer pricing audits, policy setting, tax authority enquiries/Advance Pricing Agreements, operational transfer pricing, financing transfer pricing, project management and managing junior team members; or significant audit experience  Sound judgement and an enquiring mind, including the ability to objectively assess and challenge management’s assumptions and exercise professional scepticism

Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude

Keen ability and willingness to keep up to date technically and develop the technical ability of the team below you Ability to work autonomously and to take initiative as appropriate

Highly organised with excellent communication and project management skills