Line of Service
TaxIndustry/Sector
Not ApplicableSpecialism
Transfer PricingManagement Level
Senior AssociateJob Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.In transfer pricing at PwC, you will focus on providing guidance and support to clients on transfer pricing matters. In this field, you will help businesses establish and maintain appropriate pricing for transactions between related entities, maintaining compliance with tax regulations and minimising the risk of disputes.
As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Demonstrate an understanding of complex TP concepts and effectively apply economic/financial knowledge to client situations.
Proactively managing a portfolio of clients and projects including all aspects of financial and risk management.
Working with clients and helping them to manage their transfer pricing risk.
Analyze information. Prepare quality, practical approaches to the client's economic situation and arrive at logical conclusions.
Develop and deliver quality transfer pricing and economic ideas with timely and responsive services / work products.
Prepare documentation, participate in advanced pricing agreements (APAs), defend transfer pricing in audits, work in the valuation of intangible assets; and develop quality, practical planning services.
Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above.
Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues.
Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients.
Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Preferred skills
Recognized university degree and/or professional accounting qualification.
Strong business technical knowledge with at least 2-3 years’ experience in Transfer Pricing consultancy, ideally in a professional services organization.
Knowledge of managing functional analyses interviews to identify and assess client's inter-company transactions.
A track record of delivering quality work for clients; demonstrating an understanding of the client's business and relevant professional standards and maintaining respectful client relationships.
Assist in business development and marketing – through networking and obtaining referrals, and using your awareness of broader corporate tax issues to cross sell the firms other services.
Possess good spoken and written skills.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), Business Tax, Communication, Consolidated Tax Returns, Corporate Structuring, Creativity, Economic Translation, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Modeling, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Structuring, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, International Taxation, Learning Agility, Legal Document Review, Macroeconomics (Economics), Optimism, Self-Awareness {+ 11 more}Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not SpecifiedAvailable for Work Visa Sponsorship?
NoGovernment Clearance Required?
YesJob Posting End Date