Transfer Pricing Senior Manager - Johannesburg, South Africa - PwC

Description

Description

& SummaryA career within Transfer Pricing services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients develop compliant, tax efficient structures that help advance their business goals. You'll focus on all aspects of documentation planning, dispute resolution, and advance pricing agreements.

Our team is responsible for all aspects of intercompany pricing arrangements between related business entities, including transfers of intellectual property, transfers of tangible goods, services and loans, and other financing transactions.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.

Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.

Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.

Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.

Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.

Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.

Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.

Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.

Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.

Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Role Summary:

PwC is seeking an experienced manager to join its Transfer Pricing (TP) team, which forms a specialist team within the firm's larger national Corporate and International Tax practice.

The role will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients manage their tax affairs efficiently, in particular with respect to strategic interactions with SARS.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

Relevant professional qualification (Admitted attorney and/or Postgraduate studies in Tax)

A post-graduate tax qualification would be ideal

Experience required:

5+ years' dedicated experience in Transfer Pricing.

Responsibilities of role:

Act as a relationship manager of a portfolio of clients against individual and team Net Revenue targets;

Act as the first point of call for clients and ensure timely delivery to the highest technical standard;

Provide on-the-job coaching and mentoring to junior team members;

Perform technical reviews of draft deliverables prepared by junior team members;

Report into a Partner / Director ultimately signing off client deliverables;

Support the sales strategy of leadership;

Manage project economics pro-actively;

Ensure team adherence to internal risk management policies;

Keep abreast with the ever-changing tax landscape through relevant technical training;

Develop deep knowledge of bespoke PwC developed digital tools, applications and business processes.

Skill sets required:

Ability to provide solutions to business problems – analytical skills.

Good client relationship management skills.

Good communication, legal writing and interpersonal skills.

Ability to prioritise and work under pressure towards deadlines.

Organisation and time management skills.

People management skills - Coaching and providing feedback & delegation skills.

Ability to manage multiple assignments and multi-task.

Role related attributes:

Results oriented with leadership qualities.

Sales-oriented

Lateral thinker.

Self-motivated.

Takes initiative and responsibility for personal development and updated technical knowledge.

Positive attitude.

Independence requirements to be taken into consideration:

Standard PwC risk management restrictions apply

* Industry experience required:

Prior experience in managing and/or advising multinational entities on their related party and transfer pricing matters, including:

Transfer pricing methodologies, OECD guidelines, and SARS Transfer Pricing documentation requirements;

Transfer pricing policies & documentation planning;

Intercompany pricing arrangements between related business entities e.g. relating to the transfer of intellectual property, transfer of tangible goods, services and loans, and other financing transactions;

Benchmarking studies;

Tax dispute resolution processes, including dealings with SARS, Mutual Agreement Procedures and/or Advance Pricing Agreements;

Substantive corporate income tax law, corporate structures, business value drivers and global developments in the field of transfer pricing and international tax; and

Exchange control requirements and "fair and market related" reporting.

Prior employment within a corporate advisory environment (e.g. Big-4 auditing firm and/or reputable law firm) is preferred.

Education

Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date

May 5, 2024