Senior Tax / Transfer Pricing Expert
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- 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
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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