Transfer Pricing Documentation Manager

Transfer Pricing DocumentationManager

Location: Warsaw

Hybrid Model: 3 days per week from office

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We are recruiting a Transfer Pricing (TP) Manager to join the GFS TP team, supporting the broader AstraZeneca Global Transfer Pricing Policy & Strategy Team within Group Tax. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to ensure AstraZeneca meets its TP compliance requirements as a member of a world-class global transfer pricing team.

The role will report to the Group Tax TP Associate Director and have a dotted line to the GFS OTP Associate Director located in GFS EMEA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Global Oversight: Manage transfer pricing processes globally, with direct line management responsibilities.
• Documentation and Compliance: Ensure delivery of approximately 100 local transfer pricing files annually, maintaining alignment with Group Tax’s expectations.
• Knowledge Application: Utilize understanding of local market conditions and AstraZeneca’s transfer pricing policies to oversee the preparation of robust, supportable documentation.
• Review and Analysis: Examine local files prepared by GFS TP Analysts and external providers, addressing complex issues and aligning approaches with the Global Transfer Pricing Policy & Strategy Team within Group Tax.
• Reporting: Deliver reports to the Group Tax TP Associate Director, highlighting key issues for discussion and ensuring final versions, produced with appendices and attachments, communicated on time to stakeholders.
• TP local file execution -  Ability to operate a global TP documentation project globally across all marketing company processes and have the Transfer Pricing and AZ knowledge to perform for each market in scope
• Segmented P&L understanding– Understand the structure of the AZ P&L for each market and how it interacts with the AZ processes.
• Training and Documentation – Responsible for ensuring documentation in place for marketing company process for the markets in scope of the region

Role includes:

• Supervise 2 GFS Transfer Pricing Analysts
• Review, collect, cumulate and interpret information from local financial controllers and ensure high quality working papers according to internal standards
• Review and compile annual transfer pricing documentation local files in accordance with best practice within the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and adapting for local regulations as applicable
• Review and advise on economic analysis of TP results in local markets as aligned to TP policies

Work collaboratively with

• Group Tax TP Associate Director, who is overall accountable for the local file process in AZ, and other members of the Global Transfer Pricing Policy & Strategy Team.
• Market controllers, OTP Team, and Group Treasury and others as required

Specific activities and relationships:

• Working with the Group Tax TP Associate Director to define the annual calendar
• Communicating with market controllers and GFS analysts to ensure the local file is prepared accurately
• Working with Group Tax to review local market transfer price documentation requirements
• Facilitating discussions between Group Tax and market controllers
• Following up with controllers and CFOs to achieve signed off positions

Education, Qualifications, and Experience

Essential:

• Proven experience of a similar role in transfer pricing - at least 2- 3 years 
• Strong engagement, communication and stakeholder management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
• Team leadership skills 
• Experience of virtual collaboration to lead, shape and deliver results 

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a global organisation with complex/geographical context;
• Pharmaceutical business awareness/business domain knowledge;
• Transfer pricing execution.

What we offer:

Welcome to Warsaw Site, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day.

To help you maintain your best self, here’s a sneak peek into some of the things this site provides for you:

• The best team to support you,
• Multisport card,
• Pension plan,
• Life insurance,
• after-work events,
• private medical care
• lunch card,
• bright and spacious environment,
• sustainable office working environment.

Please note that we are working in a hybrid model of 3 days per week from the office in Warsaw

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.