Transfer Pricing Senior Associate - Remote Eligible
About The Position
The Transfer Pricing Senior Associate owns day-to-day execution of transfer pricing engagements, from kickoff and information gathering through drafting, review, finalization, and delivery. The role analyzes financial information and supporting workpapers; builds and reviews tested-party calculations, profit-level indicators, year-end true-up models, and other Excel-based analyses; and prepares transfer pricing documentation, local files, planning memoranda, policy summaries, benchmarking studies, and annual refreshes. The position involves drafting client-ready deliverables, conducting quality control, designing and executing comparable-company searches, and leading or supporting client fact-finding interviews. The Senior Associate communicates with clients and foreign advisers, supports transfer pricing policy design and implementation, reviews intercompany agreements, and coordinates with internal and outside specialists. The role also manages project trackers and deadlines, flags engagement risks, and uses approved tools and technology to improve workflows while independently validating outputs. The position may be performed remotely, in a hybrid arrangement, or in-office, from any location in the United States. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without visa sponsorship.
Requirements
- At least two years of transfer pricing experience, with meaningful exposure to documentation, benchmarking, financial analysis, or policy work.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or another relevant discipline.
- Highly proficient in Excel and Word, and comfortable working with financial statements, trial balances, and large or imperfect datasets.
- Strong research, analytical, writing, organizational, and presentation skills.
- Clear and professional communication with clients, teammates, and outside advisers, including concise status updates and actionable requests.
- Ability to take ownership of assigned workstreams, understand the purpose of analyses, and move projects forward without step-by-step direction.
- Ability to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and risks early, propose practical paths forward, and escalate when appropriate.
- Ability to produce technically supportable, well-organized work ready for efficient senior manager or partner review.
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, responsive, and comfortable managing shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work effectively in a small, collaborative team and contribute to technical, client service, project-management, and practice-building needs.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without visa sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- A master's degree.
- Experience with Capital IQ, transfer pricing databases, local or master file documentation, valuation, controversy, customs, or AI-enabled workflows.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day execution of transfer pricing engagements from kickoff and information gathering through draft, review, finalization, and delivery.
- Analyze trial balances, segmented profit and loss statements, intercompany transaction schedules, financial statements, forecasts, and supporting workpapers.
- Build and review tested-party calculations, profit-level indicators, year-end true-up models, and other Excel-based analyses that tie to reports and source data.
- Prepare U.S. transfer pricing documentation, local files, planning memoranda, policy summaries, benchmarking studies, and annual refreshes.
- Draft and revise client-ready deliverables, respond to reviewer comments, and perform final quality control.
- Design and execute comparable-company searches, including search strategy, quantitative screening, functional review, independence checks, and acceptance or rejection rationales.
- Prepare interview guides and lead or support client fact-finding interviews, translating business operations into functional, risk, and value-chain analyses.
- Communicate with clients and foreign advisers about data requests, open items, technical questions, status, and next steps.
- Support transfer pricing policy design and implementation across services, distribution, manufacturing, licensing, and financing.
- Review intercompany agreements for consistency with the operating model and transfer pricing policy and identify gaps.
- Maintain project trackers, deadlines, file organization, and engagement status; surface budget, timing, scope, and data issues early.
- Coordinate with internal tax, audit, valuation, customs, and international tax teams, as well as outside transfer pricing teams.
- Use approved tools and technology to improve research, drafting, comparison, tracking, and quality review while independently validating outputs.
- Develop improved templates, prompts, workpapers, checklists, and project-management practices to improve repeatability.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) profit sharing.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Lifestyle spending account.
- Certification incentives.
- Education assistance.
- Referral program.
- Opportunities for education and career growth.
- A collaborative workplace and team support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
