Summary:
Support the global Transfer Pricing function by managing operational review and compliance activities across our international entity network, while also owning India and other Asia Pacific entities' tax compliance and tax provision responsibilities. This position partners closely with IC team, regional finance teams, and external advisors to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant transfer pricing documentation and reporting, while also contributing to broader APAC tax compliance and provision processes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
1) Transfer Pricing Compliance & Operational Review Responsibilities
•Support the day-to-day operational review of intercompany transactions, ensuring alignment with established transfer pricing policies.
•Prepare and maintain transfer pricing documentation, including Local Files, benchmarking studies, and functional analyses, for assigned entities/regions.
•Assist in monitoring entity profit levels through bifurcated income statement analysis and flag deviations from approved transfer pricing ranges.
•Support preparation and review of intercompany agreements to ensure they reflect current transfer pricing policies.
•Assist local controllers and local tax consultants in the foreign tax audit defense related to transfer pricing issues and actively participate in transfer pricing Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs).
•Assist with Country-by-Country Reporting (CBCR) data collection and review for assigned entities.
•Help maintain and update transfer pricing calculations feeding into financial forecasts.
•Collaborate with regional finance and controllership teams to gather data needed for transfer pricing compliance and identify process improvement opportunities.
•Maintain organized, audit-ready records of transfer pricing positions and supporting documentation.
2) India / APAC Tax Compliance & Provision Responsibilities
•Manage direct tax compliance for India and select Asia Pacific entities, including coordination with local advisors and tax authorities.
•Prepare and/or review quarterly and annual tax provision calculations (ASC 740) for India and applicable APAC entities.
•Maintain audit exposure analysis and unrecognized tax benefit (UTB) records for the region.
•Support statutory audits and tax audits for India/APAC entities, including responding to information requests.
•Monitor changes in local tax law and regulations across the region and assess impact on compliance and provision processes.
•Partner with local controllers and finance teams to ensure tax compliance deadlines are met accurately.
•Support ad hoc tax projects, including M&A integration and other cross-functional initiatives as needed.
Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:
Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Tax. Advanced degree or professional certification (CA, CPA, or equivalent) preferred.
•Minimum of 5 years of tax experience with a Big 4 firm and/or in-house tax department, with exposure to transfer pricing and India tax compliance.
•Working knowledge of OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) guidelines and transfer pricing concepts.
•Knowledge about ASC 740 accounting for income tax and India tax provision requirements.
•Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines across regions and time zones.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to collaborate effectively with global stakeholders.
•Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, array formulas) and comfort working with large data sets.
•Knowledge of Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), OneSource and Tableau is preferred.
•Detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable operating in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.