Job Description: Manager – Tax Technology & Transfer Pricing
Company: Big 4 Consulting Firm
Position: Manager – Tax Technology & Transfer Pricing
Experience: Minimum 5 years
Qualification: Chartered Accountant (CA)
Location: Gurgaon/ Mumbai/ Bangalore/ Pune
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Overview
We are seeking a skilled and results-oriented Manager – Tax Technology & Transfer Pricing to join our tax advisory team. The ideal candidate will combine strong tax and transfer pricing expertise with technology-driven solutions to streamline tax processes, enhance compliance, improve reporting accuracy, and support digital transformation initiatives for clients across industries.
The role involves managing client engagements, implementing tax technology solutions, supporting transfer pricing documentation and analysis, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality advisory services.
Key Responsibilities
1. Tax Technology & Digital Transformation
- Lead tax technology and automation initiatives, including the implementation and enhancement of tax technology platforms and digital tax solutions.
- Identify opportunities to automate tax compliance, reporting, data collection, reconciliation, and analytical processes.
- Work with clients to assess existing tax processes, identify technology gaps, and develop scalable digital transformation roadmaps.
- Support the implementation of tax data analytics, workflow automation, and reporting tools using platforms such as Power BI, Alteryx, advanced Excel, SQL, or similar technologies.
- Translate tax and business requirements into functional specifications and coordinate with technology teams for solution delivery.
- Drive process improvements, data quality enhancement, and standardization of tax operations.
2. Transfer Pricing
- Manage transfer pricing engagements, including economic analysis, benchmarking studies, and preparation or review of transfer pricing documentation.
- Support the preparation and review of Local Files, Master Files, and other transfer pricing documentation in accordance with applicable regulations.
- Analyze intercompany transactions, including management fees, royalties, services, financing arrangements, and other related-party transactions.
- Conduct functional, asset, and risk (FAR) analyses and support the selection of appropriate transfer pricing methods.
- Assist clients with transfer pricing compliance, audit support, risk assessments, and tax authority queries.
- Leverage technology and data analytics to improve benchmarking, intercompany transaction analysis, and transfer pricing documentation processes.
- Monitor changes in transfer pricing regulations, OECD guidance, and applicable local tax laws.
3. Client & Engagement Management
- Manage multiple client engagements, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and adherence to agreed budgets.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships and identify opportunities for additional advisory services.
- Lead client discussions, requirement-gathering workshops, presentations, and solution demonstrations.
- Coordinate with tax, finance, IT, data analytics, and global teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Review deliverables prepared by team members and ensure compliance with internal quality and risk management standards.
4. Team Leadership & Business Development
- Mentor and guide team members, allocate work, and monitor engagement progress.
- Contribute to proposals, client pitches, business development initiatives, and preparation of technical presentations.
- Develop reusable tools, templates, methodologies, and knowledge assets for tax technology and transfer pricing engagements.
- Stay updated on emerging tax technologies, automation tools, regulatory developments, and industry best practices.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification is mandatory.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in taxation, transfer pricing, tax technology, tax transformation, or a combination of these areas.
- Experience in a Big 4 firm or a reputed consulting, professional services, or multinational organization is preferred.
- Strong understanding of transfer pricing principles, related-party transactions, benchmarking, and documentation requirements.
- Exposure to tax technology implementation, process automation, tax data analytics, or digital transformation projects.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, Python, ERP systems, or tax technology platforms is an advantage.
- Strong project management, analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage client expectations, lead teams, and deliver multiple assignments within tight timelines.
Preferred Skills
- Experience working with international tax or transfer pricing teams.
- Familiarity with OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, BEPS initiatives, and Indian transfer pricing regulations, where applicable.
- Exposure to ERP and financial systems such as SAP or Oracle.
- Experience in tax process assessment, requirements gathering, solution design, user acceptance testing (UAT), and implementation support.
- Ability to bridge the gap between tax subject-matter experts and technology teams.
Key Competencies
- Tax and transfer pricing technical expertise
- Digital mindset and technology orientation
- Client relationship and stakeholder management
- Engagement and project management
- Team leadership and collaboration
- Commercial awareness and business development
- Strong written and verbal communication
Success Measures
- Timely and high-quality delivery of client engagements.
- Successful implementation of tax technology and automation initiatives.
- Improved efficiency, accuracy, and transparency of tax processes.
- Strong client satisfaction and engagement profitability.
- Effective team development and contribution to business growth.
Ideal Candidate Profile: A qualified Chartered Accountant with at least five years of relevant experience, combining transfer pricing or tax advisory expertise with a strong interest in tax technology, automation, and data-driven tax transformation. The candidate should be capable of managing client engagements, leading teams, and delivering technology-enabled tax solutions in a professional services environment.