Transfer Pricing

Grade: D

Job Title: Transfer Pricing Assistant Manager

Recognised in the marketplace for our technical excellence – Transfer Pricing at KPMG is an integral part of the firm’s global community. Our diverse team focuses on compliance and/or advisory services, providing sustainable tax advice to clients, that not only helps to deliver compliance, but also supports their wider commercial objectives. And with prominent technology companies choosing to partner with us, you’ll find that you’re also working with the very best in market-leading tech.

The Responsibilities/Job Description

This role involves working on a range of projects.

The work involves:

• Developing and maintaining client relationships
• Interviewing clients to understand activities and value drivers for our clients’ businesses
• Determining key industry features across varied industries that influence the pricing of transactions
• Benchmarking market prices across industries and transaction types
• Documenting and designing pricing policies
• Drafting transfer pricing reports
• Supporting clients with tax authority enquiries and Advance Pricing Agreements
• Involvement in global documentation projects where we prepare transfer pricing reports for clients across multiple jurisdictions
• Coordinating with KPMG’s transfer pricing, international tax, indirect tax and other teams across the business on a range of topics
• Coaching and developing junior members of staff
• Assisting with the team’s business development and marketing initiatives.

The Person

We are looking for candidates with the following skills/experience:

• Either a CTA, CA, ACA, ACCA qualification or attained a Bachelors or Masters degree in economics, finance, law, accounting or equivalent qualification.
• Prior transfer pricing experience, preferably including experience of preparing transfer pricing documentation, tax value chain analyses, benchmarking, supporting with tax authority enquiries/Advance Pricing Agreements, project management and managing junior team members
• Sound judgement, including the ability to identify and evaluate risk issues and know when to involve others.
• High level of analytical skills and a commercial approach to resolving issues and providing advice
• High level of drive and enthusiasm with a positive attitude
• Good commercial awareness and a desire to develop a technical specialism
• Ability and willingness to keep up to date technically
• An appreciation of and/or understanding of ethical/risk issues within a client service environment
• Strong people skills for engaging with our clients and team members
• Excellent communication and project management skills

In the Procurement Advisory domain we are recognised as industry leaders by clients and analysts including:

• ALM Vanguard leader in Sourcing and Procurement Consulting
• A Spend Matters 50/50 Provider to Know
• Leader in IDC MarketScape Worldwide Operations Improvement Consulting

At KPMG’s highly successful Management Consultancy and Digital practices, we’re working with our clients to help them understand how technology can drive business performance. As such, we’re looking for outstanding technologists to join us, grow with us, and develop our Procurement Technology delivery capability, driving our strategy through large-scale Procurement transformation. Part of a developing team that will become our ‘go to’ for Procurement Technology, you will play a key role in the growing of our propositions to sell and deliver large programs. You’ll have excellent listening skills, and a proven track record of helping clients reach their desired outcomes. On the technical side, you’ll need a thorough understanding of Procurement technology solutions.

Join our dynamic and rapidly growing Tax Technology & Innovation team at KPMG, where you will help drive the adoption of cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence, across our tax practice and for our clients. As a Manager, you will be responsible for delivering innovative projects, managing teams, and supporting clients as they navigate technological change.

You will work closely with senior leaders and clients to design and implement solutions that address complex tax challenges, improve efficiency, and unlock new opportunities. You will also play a key role in promoting technology adoption within the team, supporting training initiatives, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our service offerings.

If you have a strong background in technology project delivery, a keen interest in AI, and a desire to make a real impact in the tax industry, we encourage you to apply - prior tax or accounting experience is beneficial but not essential.

As a Tax Technology Assistant Manager, you will combine your tax and accounting expertise with cutting-edge technologies, to support our clients to navigate the ever-evolving tax landscape and transform the way we deliver tax services. 

At KPMG, our values shape who we are and how we work. As a leading global professional services firm, we recognise that our strength lies in our people — their diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Through our inclusive leadership strategy and ambitious diversity goals, we are driving meaningful change across our firm. Be part of that journey.

The Team

We are seeking a talented and ambitious Corporate Tax professional to join our London Region Corporate Tax Advisory & Compliance team, based in Milton Keynes

Our client base is extensive and diverse, including UK-headquartered businesses and international inbound groups across a broad range of sectors. The team has a strong reputation in the market, a stable leadership structure, and an excellent track record of developing and promoting its people.

This role offers genuine scope to shape your career path within the KPMG network. Whether your ambitions lie in deep technical specialism, client leadership, or business development, you will be supported to build your own trajectory.

The Role

Our advisory work spans complex and high-impact projects, including:

• Business restructurings and reorganisations
• New jurisdiction entry and expansion into new markets
• Pre- and post-transaction reorganisations
• Refinancing and interest deductibility matters