Transfer Pricing Senior Associate II

Grant Thornton • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

As a Tax Transfer Pricing Senior Associate in a national business line, you will prepare and review a full range of tax and transfer pricing services for clients across a variety of industries and market segments. You will collaborate with managers, associates, and teammates around the globe to help clients solve complex business problems and deliver high-quality Grant Thornton solutions.

The role includes leading client engagements from planning through completion, managing projects to budget, supervising and mentoring associates and interns, and evaluating intercompany transfers and related financial and economic matters. You will prepare and analyze data for tax and regulatory compliance, interact with client management to resolve issues and recommend improvements, and perform other duties as assigned. Travel may be needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• At least two years of progressive tax and transfer pricing experience in public accounting, consulting, or academia.
• Strong experience in several of the following areas: strategic transfer pricing studies, financial statement analysis, valuations, quantitative and competitive analysis, statistical sampling and econometrics, strategy evaluation, and/or operational performance analysis.
• Strong tax accounting skills and proficiency in U.S. GAAP.
• Computer expertise, including knowledge of tax software and technology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in taxation or an LLM, Master of Economics, PhD in Economics, Finance, Business Statistics, Tax or Supply Chain, Engineering, MBA, another advanced degree, related certification, or relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements from start to finish, including planning, executing, directing, and completing tax and transfer pricing projects, and manage engagements to budget.
• Supervise, train, and mentor associates and interns on tax and transfer pricing projects; assess associate performance for engagement reviews and perform an in-charge role as needed.
• Evaluate and advise clients on intercompany transfers of tangible goods, intangible property, services, and loans.
• Conduct financial and economic analyses of multinational and domestic corporations, including industry and market research, economic valuations, comparative financial benchmarking, and report documentation.
• Prepare and analyze financial and economic data for tax and regulatory compliance using MS Word, Excel, Access, and statistical sampling packages.
• Interact proactively with key client management to gather information, resolve tax- and transfer pricing-related problems, and recommend business and process improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior