Transfer Pricing Accountant - In-house, Orsmskirk

Our client is a major international group. They seek someone with a transfer pricing or accounting background to train up in transfer pricing. What is needed is someone with sound tax accounting skills, who is a whiz at excel and who wants to build a career in transfer pricing. Would consider a more senior hire on a 4 day week basis. In this role the Transfer Pricing Accountant supports the Group Tax Transfer Pricing function in ensuring compliance with global transfer pricing requirements, maintaining accurate financial analyses and supporting statutory reporting obligations. You will work as part of a team to deliver high-quality transfer pricing documentation, benchmarking analyses and related party transaction reporting. Your key responsibilities will be:
• Collate and analyse annual related party transaction data for internal reporting and transfer pricing compliance requirements.
• Support the Tax & Transfer Pricing Advisor in preparing country-specific transfer pricing documentation and reports within required deadlines.
• Prepare and review standardised financial analyses to support transfer pricing documentation and intercompany policy compliance.
• Monitor the accuracy and completeness of financial analyses prepared by the GBS team.
• Prepare annual global related party transaction analyses using Group accounting systems.
• Review intercompany transaction results against transfer pricing policies and benchmarking studies, highlighting any variances.
• Perform VAT analysis of intra-group transactions and support reviews of intercompany arrangements from both transfer pricing and indirect tax perspectives.
• Maintain and update the Group's transfer pricing documentation software and local file database with all relevant transaction data.
• Support the review, implementation and ongoing maintenance of transfer pricing policies and financial analysis processes.
• Assist the Transfer Pricing Controller with transfer pricing audits and enquiries from tax authorities in the UK and overseas.
• Support ad hoc transfer pricing projects and continuous improvement initiatives across the Group.
• Participate in occasional overseas travel, primarily within Europe, to support tax audits and data collection activities.
Hybrid working - minimum 2 days a week in the office. Full time or 4 day week considered. You will need at least 4 years practical tax or management accounting experience in multi-national group or in an accountancy firm preferably with some transfer pricing experience but this is not essential.
• An understanding of the OECD Guidelines on transfer pricing as well as knowledge of the related accounting and tax requirements.
• Formal tax or accounting qualifications (e.g. ATT, CTA, ICAS or ACA or ACCA).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and numerical analysis capability.
• Must have a good attention to detail and excellent Excel and analytics skills
An excellent in-house tax opportunity.