Transfer Pricing – Director and Senior Manager

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid Work Options

• Award-Winning Culture

• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

• 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)

• Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

• Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One

• 401K with Employer Match

• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

• Fertility Assistance Program

• Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

Ryan is hiring and expanding our Transfer Pricing tax practice.

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing practice and make an immediate impact. This role offers significant room for career development and advancement. You can reside anywhere in the US for this opportunity.

We are considering candidates currently at the Director, Senior Manager and Manager levels or those ready for a promotion.

If you are interested, or know of someone, we are eager to speak with you. Please submit your resume or contact us directly if you would like to learn more. We would love to have a chat.

Contact: Katie.Buiel@ryan.com (602-689-0936) or Andra.Kayem@ryan.com (214-973-3099).

Come be a part of the excitement at Ryan. We are a Great Place to Work!

Job Summary:

Directors and Senior Managers are expected to assist partners in overall project scoping and budgeting, client engagement, and client management. Directors are responsible for project execution and client relationship management (solely or in conjunction with a partner). Directors/Senior Managers are often responsible for drafting and/or reviewing final project deliverables, drawing on junior staff to assist with the preparation and delivery as necessary. Directors/Senior Managers are expected to assist partners in practice development, development of marketing materials, and attendance and participation in industry conferences. Together with managers and partners, directors are responsible for training junior staff.

The Director/Senior Manager, Transfer Pricing (“Director”) requires expertise in the tax transfer pricing rules and economics of intercompany transactions to provide transfer pricing consulting services to corporate clients. The Director will work with a team to develop, plan, and execute transfer pricing projects.  

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team member experience.
• Develops and motivates engagement staff and provides leadership, counseling, and career guidance.

Client:

• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Travels to client locations globally, as needed, for planning meetings, data collection, fact gathering, plant tours, client visits, and other travel as required.
• Assists in new client development and introduces new services to existing clients.
• Works with colleagues in foreign offices and other service lines such as International Income Tax, Value-Added Tax (VAT) and State Income and Franchise Tax to develop and implement global solutions for clients.
• Oversees tax planning projects for transfer pricing engagements for multinational clients, which includes project planning, project oversight, scheduling staff resources, and developing and implementing solutions and related documentation.
• Writes technical documents to support the developed planning or in response to client requests on specific issues.
• Leads global teams on transfer pricing planning projects for clients in diverse industries, participates in engagements requiring international tax and transfer pricing analysis for multinational entities and their affiliates, researches and analyzes a wide range of industry and economic issues, and develops and communicates/presents the proposed solutions.
• Prepares memoranda and relevant reports for senior management’s review.

Value:

• Drafts proposals, engagement letters, and presentations of ideas and solutions.
• Oversees file and research documentation protocol, data collection and organization, utilization of software, management of the process, and final review of results.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree with six to eight years’ experience in a tax consulting firm or corporate tax environment required; PhD in Economics is desirable.  Must have strong knowledge of U.S. transfer pricing rules; a broad knowledge of international tax and tax accounting and compliance; proven ability to direct and develop staff; strong project management skills; and excellent communication, business development, and interpersonal skills.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research. Economic database search skills must be excellent.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Requires extensive supervisory responsibilities, including leading multinational project teams, training employees, assigning work, and signing off on work for accuracy and completeness.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees and clients both in person and via e-mail and telephone.
• Independent travel requirement: 30 to 40%.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran