Transfer Pricing Senior Manager

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients’ evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you’re after a career that will keep you on your toes, we’ll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients’ needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you’ll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. You can expect a mixed portfolio across diverse clients and project types covering the full transfer pricing lifecycle. Contributing also to the implementation of new intelligent technology solutions, you’ll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role.

BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You’ll be providing services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and large listed multinationals. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you’ll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career.

We’ll help you succeed

You’ll be part of our North region’s transfer team that we are investing strongly in to match our ambitious plans, led by a transfer pricing partner based in Manchester. There will also be opportunity to support and learn from the national transfer pricing team and get involved in central proposition development.

The primary role responsibility will be client account management and business development, dealing with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of existing clients and to assist with the development of targets in order to ensure the continued growth of the business, i.e., end-to-end scoping through to delivery, ongoing relationship management and collaborating internally to identify new opportunities. You will also present at client events and forums, representing transfer pricing, supported by the North TP lead.

You will help shape, and drive, the growth strategy for your local office, helping the team to deepen and widen its capabilities, and will be encouraged to identify specific areas to own and run as part of your ongoing development within grade and to align with your aspirations. This will also include building our presence and availability to support to our wider North Region (there are 7 offices in the region although regular travel outside your home office is not expected) as well as sector, technical or sub-specialisms / areas of your particular interest. If you join us, we’ll make your growth our priority.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident in collaborating with others. You’ll be someone with:

• 5 years+ full time transfer pricing experience in practice (top 20 experience),
• Problem solving capabilities and the ability to deal with complex technical issues as they arise
• A reasonable understanding of other areas of tax and how they interact with transfer pricing
• Ability to explain key recent updates and areas of focus in the area of transfer pricing within the UK
• Confidence in their ability to deliver and manage documentation and benchmarking exercises
• Ability to manage a substantial portfolio profitably
• Experience in business development (internal and external proposition marketing)
• Examples of building and owning trust relationships with client senior management and key stakeholders, with demonstrable personal value add
• Experience of delegating work, investing time to upskill people on the job
• Experience of managing staff
• CTA and/or ACA qualified or Time Qualified

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.