Transfer Pricing Economist

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We are looking for a Transfer Pricing Economist with senior leadership experience. You will play an integral role in strengthening HMRC’s efforts to close the tax gap. Leading and supporting on some of the most adventurous, technical and high-profile Transfer Pricing enquiry cases for some of the UK’s largest multinational groups.

Your workload will be varied, consisting of enquiry work, risk assessment, real-time working, agreement of some Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs), Mutual agreement procedures (MAP) and Advance thin capitalisation agreements (ATCAs) and will involve interacting with external customers and their representatives across a range of industries.

You will work as a team with a number of key colleagues across the organisation including Customer Compliance Managers, cross-tax regime technical specialists, policy, solicitors and accountants.

You will actively assist colleagues to develop their skills and knowledge.

You will enjoy a dynamic work load, working across different sectors and industries, both financial and non-financial and a significant degree of autonomy.

Your role requires a knowledge of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Transfer Pricing Guidelines and familiarity with their application in the UK.

There will be opportunities to influence policy, implement the international strategy, develop innovative solutions and build the international community.

This is a technical leadership role with no line management responsibilities.

Travel may be required from time to time to fulfil this role, for example to attend customer meetings.

Key Responsibilities

Applying commercial experience and knowledge to perform Intellectual Property and royalty valuations, financial transaction structuring, value chain analysis and to analyse value drivers and key economic risks in businesses

Applying microeconomic and financial economic concepts and tools such as data analysis and modelling, bargaining power analysis, financial econometric analysis, etc

Developing and leading innovative microeconomics-based solutions enabling tax compliance case teams and the wider international tax community to identify and resolve tax/transfer pricing and diverted profit risks in high-profile and significant cases

Sharing knowledge and building capability in others by running workshops and training events across the country

Developing and mentoring junior members of a team

Working collaboratively with colleagues to drive forward HMRC’s arguments and settle enquiry cases appropriately

Assisting in the development of the organisation’s strategy in terms of responding to international tax risks and ensuring the national delivery of this strategy

Playing an active role as a senior leader in LB and across HMRC, driving innovation and positively influencing at all levels