As Operational Transfer Pricing Analyst, you will be part of the Tax Brenntag Group team and acts as a bridge between tax compliance and daily financial operations, ensuring transfer pricing is applied consistently, efficiently, and compliantly across the global organization.
Job Requirements
Roles and Responsibilities
- Calculate and process intercompany (IC) service charges, ensuring alignment with IC agreements, intercompany guidelines and procedures and accurate allocation of costs
- Responsible for data quality monitoring and transactional data quality assurance, conduct peer check on data accuracy
- Prepare and post IC journal entries, including accruals for recurring transactions
- Manage end-to-end IC invoicing- issue invoices, process incoming invoices, and track invoice approval and settlement
- Support month-end closing activities but not limited to: reconciliation of IC account balances, investigation of discrepancies, and coordination with counterparties to resolve issues
- Maintain comprehensive documentation for IC transactions to support for statutory audit, internal audit, IFRS audit and ensure transfer pricing compliance (e.g., local files).
- Maintain the lifecycle of IC service agreements including management of templates of IC contracts, update of IC signatories, obtaining signatures and storage of newly concluded IC contracts
- Manages the communication on IC inquiries providing timely, clear answers to subsidiaries and internal teams and escalate to supervisor where necessary
- Proactively identify opportunities for process improvements and automation within IC and Transfer Pricing function to streamline TP operations
- Support the day-to-day business of the central Tax Brenntag Group team in terms of ad hoc requests for intercompany transactions
Your profile
- BS or MSc in Economics (Accounting, Controlling, Finance, Tax) or a related field
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience, ideally with specialization in intercompany accounting
- Experience in a shared services center of a multinational corporation is an advantage
- Strong understanding of international accounting standards (e.g., IFRS- must, US GAAP) and OECD transfer pricing guidelines
- IFRS- analyst- 3 years & senior- 5 years (must)
- Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., SAP FI/CO, SD Module) and advanced Excel skills; experience with data analysis tools (e.g., Power BI, Alteryx) is advantageous
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Good interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure consistent and accurate application of TP policies.