Transfer Pricing Senior Associate II
At a glance
Senior Tax role at Grant Thornton Advisors. Chicago · full-time · $111,320–$141,933 base.
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What you'll do
- Plan and carry transfer pricing and tax engagements through completion, keeping projects on budget
- Guide associates and interns on client work, provide feedback for reviews, and take charge when needed
- Assess intercompany transfers and prepare economic analyses, valuations, benchmarks, research, and supporting reports
- Use financial data and statistical tools to support tax and regulatory compliance work
- Gather details from client leaders, resolve pricing and tax issues, and recommend business or process changes
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in economics, accounting, finance, or another listed field
- At least two years of tax and transfer pricing work in public accounting, consulting, or academia
- Strong tax accounting knowledge, including U.S. GAAP, and experience across several listed analytical areas
- Computer skills that include tax software and technology
Who this fits
This senior associate role suits you if you can lead client engagements and supervise junior colleagues. The role is based in Chicago and may require travel as needed.
From the employer
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:
Leading client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing tax and transfer pricing projects and managing engagements to budget
Supervising, training, and mentoring associates and interns on tax and transfer pricing projects and assessing performance of associates for engagement reviews; performing in-charge role as needed
Evaluating and advising clients on inter-company transfers of tangible goods, intangible property, services, and loans and conducting financial and economic analyses of multinational and domestic corporations, industry and market research, economic valuations, comparative financial benchmarking, and report documentation
Preparing and analyzing financial and economic data for tax and regulatory compliance using MS Word, Excel, Access, and various statistical sampling packages
Proactively interacting with key client management to gather information, resolve tax- and transfer pricing-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements
Other 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 preferred
Minimum of two years of progressive tax and transfer pricing experience in public accounting, consulting, or academia
Strong experience in several of the following areas: strategic transfer pricing studies, financial statement analysis, valuations, quantitative and competitive analysis, statistical sampling and econometrics, strategy evaluation, and/or operational performance analysis
Strong tax accounting skills with proficiency in U.S. GAAP
Computer expertise including knowledge of tax software and technology
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Can travel as needed
The base salary range for this position is between $111,320 and $141,933. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.