Tax Senior Manager, Transfer Pricing

About the Role

The Tax Senior Manager, Transfer Pricing is responsible for advising clients on transfer pricing implications related to their business objectives, recommending alternate courses of action, and identifying methods of complying with transfer pricing regulations. This role involves marketing, networking, business development, and recognizing potential changes in tax policy to apply new policies to tax compliance.

Responsibilities

• Research:
  • Completes financial analysis related to intercompany transactions, including evaluation of industry and client financial data to document appropriate intercompany pricing policies.
  • Identifies when research is appropriate and frames issues to be researched.
• Tax Compliance:
  • Determines the scope of transfer pricing projects, establishes project budgets and timelines, and drafts and presents proposals to prospective clients.
  • Administers economic analysis and composes final reports.
  • Ensures clients comply with transfer pricing requirements and proposes year-end transfer pricing reviews.
  • Assists in determining appropriate transfer pricing methods under IRS regulations and OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines.
  • Ensures tax engagement letters are adopted prior to commencing engagement work.
  • Conducts detailed reviews of transfer pricing facts, data, and issues through the engagement.
  • Manages engagements to achieve established metrics and completes project planning and scheduling.
• Tax Controversy:
  • Represents clients before tax authorities on contested issues, with guidance from senior Transfer Pricing professionals.
• Transfer Pricing Consulting and Documentation Services:
  • Develops, recommends, and implements appropriate transfer pricing methods for specific transactions.
  • Prepares planning and documentation reports.
  • Applies transfer pricing regulations to client business and financial data, identifying issues.
  • Analyzes the applicability and implications of new regulations and reports findings to senior leadership.
  • Identifies opportunities for additional consulting specialties and federal tax cross-selling.
  • Provides transfer pricing advice to maximize client benefits.
• Tax Provision and FIN 48:
  • Applies general principles of tax accounting and relevance of transfer pricing in tax provisions.
  • Reviews tax provisions related to transfer pricing.
  • Partners with Assurance professionals to plan tax accrual reviews related to transfer pricing.
• Practice, Staff, and Business Development:
  • Identifies opportunities and prepares presentations to pitch service capabilities to clients and potential clients.
  • Prepares proposals, statements of work, and engagement letters.
  • Researches transfer pricing topics and works on teams summarizing recent developments.
  • Drafts tax alerts to communicate developments to external audiences.
  • Creates slides for internal and external presentations.
  • Prepares and presents training materials on topics of interest to internal audiences.
  • Works on special projects to develop the practice, create efficiencies, or improve processes.
• Supervisory Responsibilities:
  • Supervises the day-to-day workload of Transfer Pricing Managers, Senior Associates, and Associates on assigned engagements and reviews work product.
  • Ensures team members are trained on relevant tax software.
  • Evaluates performance and assists in developing goals and objectives for professional growth.
  • Delivers periodic performance feedback and completes performance evaluations.
  • Acts as a Career Advisor to team members.
• Tax-Related Software:
  • Uses tax research databases and other tax-related software; knowledge of statistical packages is preferred.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or other relevant field of study (required).
• Advanced degree (preferred).
• Eight (8) or more years of prior experience in transfer pricing (required).
• Experience working within a transfer pricing practice (required).
• Prior experience supervising professionals on a project or engagement basis (required).
• Experience with review of tax provisions from a transfer pricing perspective (preferred).
• Prior experience applying knowledge of the interplay between transfer pricing and other areas of tax (preferred).

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Superior analytical and research skills.
• Solid organizational skills with the ability to meet project deadlines and focus on details.
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment.
• Proven ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Capable of effectively managing a team of tax professionals and delegating work assignments.
• Capacity to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and client personnel.
• Ability to encourage a team environment and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel.
• Executive presence and ability to act as primary contact on assigned engagements.
• Ability to successfully interact with professionals at all levels.
• Ability to research taxation topics and communicate or compose written analysis effectively.
• Ability to network and develop business within Transfer Pricing.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Prior exposure to tax research databases and/or other tax-related software (beneficial).
• Knowledge of statistical analysis software (preferred).

Pay

Individual salaries are determined based on qualifications, experience, skills, and geography. The national salary range for this role is $99,750 - $262,500. Specific ranges for certain locations are as follows:

• Maryland: $99,750 - $262,500
• NYC/Long Island/Westchester: $99,750 - $262,500
• Washington DC: $99,750 - $262,500

Benefits

BDO offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package, including:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), providing participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership.
• Retirement benefits and financial well-being opportunities.
• Additional benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements. Learn more about BDO Total Rewards.

About Us

At BDO, we prioritize strong relationships, supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to growth. Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and globally. We foster an ownership mindset through our ESOP, reinforcing our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we build together.