Director, Transfer Pricing

Ryan•Troy, MI

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Directors are expected to assist partners in overall project scoping and budgeting, client engagement, and client management. Directors are responsible for project execution and client relationship management (solely or in conjunction with a partner). Directors are often responsible for drafting and/or reviewing final project deliverables, drawing on junior staff to assist with the preparation and delivery as necessary. Directors are expected to assist partners in practice development, development of marketing materials, and attendance and participation in industry conferences. Together with managers and partners, directors are responsible for training junior staff. The Director, Transfer Pricing (“Director”) requires expertise in the tax transfer pricing rules and economics of intercompany transactions to provide transfer pricing consulting services to corporate clients . The Director will work with a team to develop, plan, and execute transfer pricing projects. Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with six to eight years’ experience in a tax consulting firm or corporate tax environment required
Must have strong knowledge of U.S. transfer pricing rules; a broad knowledge of international tax and tax accounting and compliance; proven ability to direct and develop staff; strong project management skills; and excellent communication, business development, and interpersonal skills.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
Economic database search skills must be excellent.
Valid driver’s license required.
Requires extensive supervisory responsibilities, including leading multinational project teams, training employees, assigning work, and signing off on work for accuracy and completeness.

Nice To Haves

PhD in Economics is desirable.

Responsibilities

Create a positive team member experience.
Develops and motivates engagement staff and provides leadership, counseling, and career guidance.
Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
Travels to client locations globally, as needed, for planning meetings, data collection, fact gathering, plant tours, client visits, and other travel as required.
Assists in new client development and introduces new services to existing clients.
Works with colleagues in foreign offices and other service lines such as International Income Tax, Value-Added Tax (VAT) and State Income and Franchise Tax to develop and implement global solutions for clients.
Oversees tax planning projects for transfer pricing engagements for multinational clients, which includes project planning, project oversight, scheduling staff resources, and developing and implementing solutions and related documentation.
Writes technical documents to support the developed planning or in response to client requests on specific issues.
Leads global teams on transfer pricing planning projects for clients in diverse industries, participates in engagements requiring international tax and transfer pricing analysis for multinational entities and their affiliates, researches and analyzes a wide range of industry and economic issues, and develops and communicates/presents the proposed solutions.
Prepares memoranda and relevant reports for senior management’s review.
Drafts proposals, engagement letters, and presentations of ideas and solutions.
Oversees file and research documentation protocol, data collection and organization, utilization of software, management of the process, and final review of results.
Performs other duties as assigned.