Tax Experienced Associate, Transfer Pricing at BDO in Woodbridge, NJ

Summary: BDO is a leading accounting and advisory firm that helps clients thrive through exceptional service and sustainable outcomes. The Tax Experienced Associate, Transfer Pricing will work with a team of consulting economists to assist multi-national companies in pricing their intercompany transactions, ensuring compliance with foreign and domestic tax regulations. This role requires strong analytical and writing skills, as well as the ability to gather client information and prepare tax-related documentation. Responsibilities: - Assists in conducting client interviews to gather information on factors that can influence how inter-company transactions are priced - Develops, recommends, and implements critical thinking to provide clients with tax advice on transfer pricing issues - Gains exposure to the development of work plans for all assigned clients - Learns about relevant tax law to particular clients and how that law can be appropriately applied to client facts - Monitors tax law and client factual developments on a daily basis - Identifies when research is necessary and frames issues to be researched; identifies sources of all reliable and relevant information including information tending to contradict preferred positions; accesses those sources and retrieves that information; analyzes facts and authorities; understands their weight; and reports on analysis - Analyzes the evaluation of industry data and financial data from the client, which are collectively used to benchmark or document appropriate intercompany pricing policies - Performs additional financial analysis, such as the evaluation of market penetration scenarios or calculating the value of intangible property - Prepares project reports for clients, which include our approach, research, quantitative analysis and final results, these are used to document the extent to which a client’s intercompany prices are in compliance with foreign and domestic tax regulations and present consulting advice - Prepares presentations that report to our client the results of analyses and recommendations - Writes industry overviews to provide a context for a company’s current operating environment - Writes descriptive functional analyses that are included in transfer pricing reports and documents - Organizes and summarizes client provided information - Takes interview notes and prepares detailed summaries for team members - Proofreads and edits reports prior to delivering to clients - Writes technical memos that describe the analytical process - Assist with preparation of internal and external presentations, research and training materials, and knowledge-sharing communications - Participates in practice improvement initiatives - Other duties as required Required Qualifications: - Bachelors degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, English or other relevant field of study required - One (1) or more years experience in public accounting or professional services, required - Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint and Word - Exceptional research and writing skills - Skilled in detailed reading, proofing and editing highly technical and descriptive material - Able to independently produce the initial drafts of project deliverables are written reports - Effective interpersonal skills and experience with presentations or public speaking - Ability to work collaboratively in small and large groups - Able to communicate directly with clients in a professional and confident manner - Strong analytical and basic research skills - Solid organizational skills especially ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details - Capable of working in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously - Able to research taxation topics and communicate or compose written analysis effectively - Basic understanding of transfer pricing and the desire to learn more about the industry Preferred Qualifications: - Advanced degree preferred - Experience with review of tax provisions from a transfer pricing perspective preferred - Prior exposure to Go Systems, Bloomberg terminal, tax research databases (including Standard and Poor's or Moody's branded products) and/or other tax-related software is beneficial, but not required Required Skills: Transfer Pricing, Tax Provision Review, Tax Research, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Financial Analysis, Tax Software, Economic Analysis, Exceptional research, Professional client communication, analytical skills, Effective interpersonal skills, work collaboratively Benefits: Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits