- Design, maintain and enhance the global transfer pricing framework in line with the Group’s overall tax strategy and risk appetite.
- Partner with business leaders to align TP outcomes with the value chain, functional profile changes, and business transformations.
- Own the global TP documentation process (e.g., Master File, Local Files) and ensure consistent narratives, benchmarking, and defensible support.
- Design, review, and maintain arm’s‑length pricing for intercompany financing arrangements (intercompany loans, cash pooling, guarantees, and other financial transactions).
- Ensure practical implementation of TP policies in ERP/accounting systems and intercompany invoicing processes.
- Develop and maintain scalable tools/templates for margin monitoring, benchmarking refreshes, and TP controls.
- Proactively identify and manage transfer pricing risk, including permanent establishment risk, withholding tax leakage, and intercompany agreement gaps.
- Manage TP and tax audits, tax authority enquiries and controversy matters, including information requests, negotiations, and settlement strategies.
- Support development and execution of APAs and MAPs where applicable.
- Monitor and assess the tax impact of business decisions, restructurings, and M&A transactions
- Track and interpret tax law developments and assess their impact on the organization
- Coordinate with external advisors and local finance/tax teams to meet TP filing deadlines and local requirements.
- Support tax reporting processes where relevant (e.g., TP reserves/uncertain tax positions, disclosures, internal tax risk reporting).
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Law, or Tax; advanced tax qualification strongly preferred.
- At least 10 years of professional experience in tax and transfer pricing, ideally in an international inhouse environment
- In-depth knowledge of OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and international tax principles
- Ability to understand business drivers, connect tax and transfer pricing decisions to commercial outcomes, and communicate to non-tax stakeholders and senior management
- Results‑driven and innovative mindset, ability to leveraging strong technical expertise to deliver pragmatic, value‑adding outcomes for the business.
- Works effectively across geographies and functions in a multicultural setting.
- Nice to have but not mandatory experience: good knowledge of VAT/Indirect taxes and tax accounting; experience with automation/efficiency improvement processes/S4Hana tax implementation
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SIG Talent Acquisition Team
Phone: +49 246 279 1436
Email: recruiting@sig.biz
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