Transfer Pricing Manager - Fixed Term Contract

Company Description

Entain’s tax team is responsible for managing over £1.5bn in annual tax payments across more than 20 countries. We’re not just a FTSE 100 business: in the UK alone, we’re a Top 20 taxpayer and taxes account for a significant proportion of the group’s cost base. Tax is a prominent function within the business and puts itself at the heart of everything we do.

The group moves fast and is constantly adapting to changing regulation and new market opportunities. As a Transfer Pricing Manager at Entain you’ll be at the forefront of monitoring and influencing business changes to ensure that the group’s transfer pricing policy remains relevant, all with the aim to managing both risks and opportunities in the fast-developing and leading-edge world of the taxation of digital services all over the world.

You’ll be working closely with people from across the business and around the world – from accountants to lawyers to marketing specialists and technology experts in the UK, Gibraltar, Malta, India and elsewhere. Understanding the business is critical to helping shape and future-proof the group’s transfer pricing structure.

You’ll need to stay abreast of transfer pricing developments including the evolving areas of taxation of digital businesses as the OECD’s BEPS project continues to be implemented and you’ll need to stay close to the business to ensure the tax strategy and commercial strategy continually align.

Job Description

Technical advisory

• Proactively create appropriate strategies to manage and optimise the group’s tax position, which are compliant with the Group Tax Strategy and with the KPIs of the tax team. Manage the approval and implementation of such strategies, including coordinating and clear communication with key decision makers and stakeholders, relevant functions within the business and external advisers.
• Lead the business partner relationship with the International businesses in the US, Europe, Australia and Latin America to ensure compliance with local tax laws and group tax strategy, to monitor transfer pricing policies, and to identify current and potential and issues for the business.
• Lead and manage transfer pricing tax audits and litigation within the International businesses to appropriately support and defend the group’s tax position and to recommend a strategy for closure of outstanding issues.
• Maintain a current knowledge of international tax developments and proactively disseminate the impact of proposed changes to relevant stakeholders.  Model the tax impact of proposed legislative changes and propose and implement mitigating solutions compliant with the Group Tax Strategy.
• Work closely and manage the relationship with external tax advisors and lawyers across multiple jurisdictions on transactions and projects to ensure that the group’s goals are delivered in a timely manner.
• Liaise with relevant trade bodies, competitors and professional bodies to keep abreast of industry issues and opportunities, technical and case law developments.
• Provision of training to Tax/ Finance teams on new TP developments/ potential impact on the execution of TP policies

Operations

• Assist with the year-end TP adjustments to ensure that the group’s profit by territory is appropriately recognised within the consolidated accounts.
• Assist with audit queries and transfer pricing provisions to be recognised in the group’s consolidated and entity accounts.
• Working alongside the finance controllers, review local statutory profitability against benchmarked support to ensure accuracy in the accounts.
• Assisting with the setting of pricing and intercompany cost allocations and recharges.

Business partnering

• Work collaboratively within the International Tax team, in particular with other Transfer Pricing Managers, and other key decision makers within the business to help to design, develop, promote and deliver a robust international transfer pricing strategy and governance framework across the group.
• Building key stakeholder relationships to stay abreast of commercial changes both immediate as well as progressive within the business to ensure Transfer Pricing documentation stays up to date.
• Respond to technical and operational queries raised by the international businesses and within the finance community.
• Identify longer term strategic actions that can be taken to manage the group’s transfer pricing and transfer pricing compliance.  

Qualifications

Essential:

• Strong international tax technical knowledge, including experience with transfer pricing
• Ability to excel in fast-paced commercial environment.
• Pro-active, assertive and enthusiastic team player
• Commercially astute and risk-aware
• Strong communication skills for explaining tax concepts to a non-tax audience
• Good eye for detail
• Ability to brainstorm solutions and implement improvements
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships at all levels from Board Director to junior finance team
• Ability to prioritise and multitask

Desired:

• Experience of, or an interest in, the gambling sector
• Experience of post-merger/acquisition integrations would be useful
• Some travel will be required

Additional Information

We know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning. Working for us you can expect to receive great benefits like:

• Safe home pickup and home drop (Hyderabad Office Only)
• Group Mediclaim policy
• Group Critical Illness policy
• Communication & Relocation allowance
• Annual Health check

And outside of this, you’ll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes. Join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves.

At Entain, we do what's right. It's one of our core values and that's why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated. 

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