Grant Thornton

Tax Transfer Pricing Director

Grant Thornton • $150K — $180K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field required
  • Advanced degree (Masters in taxation/LLM, PhD, MBA) or relevant certification required
  • Minimum eight years of progressive tax and transfer pricing experience
  • Experience in tax and transfer pricing management within a client service team
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and develop staff in a team environment
  • Exceptional client service and communication skills
  • Proficient in tax software and technology

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and direct multiple client services teams on engagements
  • Plan, execute, and complete transfer pricing projects
  • Provide innovative tax planning and compliance expertise
  • Lead business development activities and proposal development
  • Ensure quality assurance on all managed service offerings
  • Facilitate client understanding of international tax implications
  • Promote collaboration between service lines for high-quality client service

Benefits

  • Personalized and comprehensive benefits to support diverse needs
  • Options for flexible work arrangements and work-life integration
  • Access to formal and experiential training opportunities
  • Support for overall well-being through various programs
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Description

As the Tax Transfer Pricing Director, a national business line role, you'll be responsible for the delivery of a full range of tax and transfer pricing services for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries and market segments. You'll collaborate closely with partners and managing directors while teaming with managers, associates, and other teammates from around the globe to help clients identify and solve complex business problems through deploying a wide range of Grant Thornton solutions in a collaborative manner, ensuring quality above all, because together is how we succeed.

From day one, you'll be empowered by formal training opportunities, experiential (on the job) training and access to industry leading expertise to help you develop a broad and deep technical skill set along with increased business acumen to help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:
  • Overseeing and directing the efforts of multiple client services teams on client engagements; planning, executing, directing, and completing transfer pricing projects; providing innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients; marketing, selling, designing, and implementing tax-planning strategies for clients and managing engagements to budget
  • Overseeing the delivery of a full range of transfer pricing services and advising U.S. and foreign multinational companies on the tax implications of their international operations as well as coordinating U.S. tax laws with foreign tax laws to develop an efficient worldwide tax strategy
  • Lead and support business development activities, such as identification, proposal development and other pursuit activities at clients
  • Developing a project vision and setting challenging personal and client service team goals
  • Responsible for quality assurance on all managed service offerings
  • Facilitating client understanding of international tax development implications
  • Working closely with partners, managers, and associates to integrate practice development skills into a team approach to client service and new business development
  • Promoting collaboration between service lines and industries to provide high-quality client service
  • Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent for the Tax Practice
  • Other job duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field required
  • Masters in taxation /LLM, Master of Economics, PhD in Economics, Finance, Business Statistics, Tax or Supply Chain, Engineering, MBA, other advanced degree, related certification or relevant experience required
  • Minimum eight years of progressive tax and transfer pricing experience in public accounting, consulting, or academia
  • Experience in tax and transfer pricing management in an integrated client service team
  • Ability to manage and develop staff in a highly interactive team environment
  • Demonstrated experience in practice development, business development, and managing other managers
  • Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Computer expertise including knowledge of tax software and technology
  • Can travel as needed


About the Team

The team you're about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here's how:
• Whether it's your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a GT office or client site.
• Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.
• We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different - and we think that's a good thing. That's why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers
• When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we're taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers

Here's what you can expect next:

If you apply and are selected to interview, a Grant Thornton team member will reach out to you to schedule a time to connect. We encourage you to also check out other roles that may be a good fit for you or get to know us a little bit better at www.gt.com/careers.

Benefits:

We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that's a good thing. That's why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit: https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits

  • Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm's medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm's employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
  • Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm's medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm's employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm's 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave.


Grant Thornton employees may be eligible for a discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program. Interns and seasonal employees are not eligible for bonus compensation.

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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