Senior Manager (Transfer Pricing)

Job Details

Our growing and evolving transfer pricing team is looking for an experienced Transfer Pricing Manager to further expand our transfer pricing service line offering. You should have a solid foundation of providing transfer pricing advice across a variety of industries and sectors.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, friendly team and to develop this role and our client base further. The role has arisen due increasing demand for transfer pricing services from our growing portfolio of international entrepreneurial clients requiring transfer pricing solutions.

You should have practical experience in advising on the UK’s transfer pricing legislation. Candidates who also have a broad knowledge of international corporate tax principles will find this a challenging and rewarding role.

In return, we offer exposure to a wide variety of international mid-market entrepreneurial and private wealth clients. This role will contribute to your existing technical and commercial experience and professional development.

The responsibilities

The candidate can expect the role to encompass the following areas amongst others:

• Proactively manage and deliver our transfer pricing projects on technical input, resource requirements and costs, reporting into the transfer pricing director.
• Have broad practical and theoretical transfer pricing experience across a range of sectors and industries, including practical experience of advising and implementing the various transfer pricing methods. Financial services experience is not a requirement as we have specialists/can provide training.
• Deliver practical and robust transfer pricing advice to our client base and deliver TP design and documentation projects to a high standard, for sign off by the transfer pricing director.
• Be experienced with advising on intellectual property transactions including DEMPE analysis, business restructuring and operational transfer pricing solutions.
• Work with the transfer pricing director and tax partners to grow our transfer pricing service line offering in our regions, being jointly engaged in building our pipeline of opportunities.
• Assist with proposals, budgets and developing new work streams for transfer pricing both internally and externally within our regions, including the audit of transfer pricing,
• Proactively project manage the delivery of transfer pricing solutions for our client base, including multi-territory projects.
• Work with and build relationships with the wider client service teams in your region.
• Train, coach and help to develop the junior members of the transfer pricing team.
• Lead on the financial management of your portfolio and proactively manage this. Work with a network of specialists worldwide across our international network.
• Respond proactively to client and partner needs, ensuring effective and consistent communication with relevant stakeholders.

We live by our potential meets personal mantra and understand that everyone has different requirements in terms of their ideal portfolio. Working with your line manager, we will develop a mix of work that suits your own individual needs.

The team

The Transfer Pricing Team forms part of Saffery’s Corporate Tax team. The ideal candidate should have a solid foundation of providing sound transfer pricing advice across a variety of industries and sectors of transfer pricing specialists, who lives our firm’s values and is a collaborative and dependable team member.

Our team is led by our Transfer Pricing Director who developed the team and reports into our International Tax Partner. The team is a national resource and services the Saffery offices nationally. The team is based in multiple locations but meets in person regularly. It is a small but growing team with its members spending all of their time on marketing, tendering and delivering transfer pricing projects as well as being involved in relevant international tax aspects of our transfer pricing client base.

You

The role would suit a qualified individual with several years post qualification experience in transfer pricing.

• Have strong and relevant transfer pricing experience in complex transactions, including intellectual property, business restructuring and operational transfer pricing solutions and the use of technology in transfer pricing.
• Have a broad practical experience delivering transfer pricing solutions to your client base and a background in international taxation.
• Have practical experience in advising on the UK’s transfer pricing legislation for debt and HMRC’s guidance on thin capitalisation, agreement of ATCAs.
• Have sound knowledge of the UK’s Corporate Interest Restriction legislation. Candidates who also have a broad knowledge of international corporate tax principles will find this a rewarding role,
• Enjoy technical challenges and learning,
• Have an ability to assist in the development of creative and robust transfer pricing solutions,
• Be able to flex your advice in a client scenario to the size of the client,
• Be able to see the bigger picture around the client’s commercial fact pattern,
• Support partners and directors with aspects of leadership,
• Proactively develop internal and external relationships and demonstrate successful networking in previous roles,
• Manage and deliver projects to the Transfer Pricing Director for sign off,
• Develop your projects from the proposal stage, with assistance from the team, managing them to budget,
• Have a broad general international tax background, as well as a robust foundation and experience in transfer pricing for asset managers
• Should be educated to degree level or equivalent, hold either ACA/CTA/ADIT/law qualification or international equivalents.

Reward and benefits

• A 35 hour working week with a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home for up to three days per week depending on business needs (our core hours are 10-4)
• Excellent benefits including; contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave, Life Assurance cover and great flexible benefits and family friendly policies,
• Eligibility for the firm’s Profit-Sharing Plan. Paid in December.
• Eligibility for the discretionary bonus scheme.

About us

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK’s 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We’re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We’re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset – our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.

Company

At Saffery, we’re more than just chartered accountants and tax and business advisers. We’re a partner-led and people-focused firm, committed to our clients and honouring our heritage.

Since 1855, we’ve evolved in size and scope, but our unwavering dedication to exceptional client service remains the same.

As a proud member of Nexia, a worldwide network of trusted member firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

In the UK, Saffery LLP is the 15th largest accountancy firm by fee income, with 90+ partners and 1,200+ staff across nine offices. Overseas, Saffery is represented in Cayman, Guernsey, Geneva, Zurich, Dublin and Dubai.