Overview
This role serves as the primary owner of day-to-day transfer pricing across the organization and its affiliates. It also leads tax consolidation, effective tax rate (ETR), and cash-tax forecasting processes that depend on—and provide visibility into—transfer pricing outcomes.
This is a hands-on position for a transfer pricing professional comfortable with both intercompany economics and working directly with data. The role extracts and reconciles information from ERP, consolidation, forecasting, and reporting systems; builds controlled and repeatable calculations; and converts results into practical guidance for Tax, Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Legal, Business Development, and executive leadership.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end operational transfer pricing calendar and implement global transfer pricing policies across decentralized research, clinical, commercial, and international activities.
- Build and maintain legal-entity and transaction-level transfer pricing models, including:
- Segmented profit-and-loss statements
- Cost pools and allocation keys
- Markups, tested-party results, and target margins
- Arm’s-length ranges and variance analyses
- Prepare and maintain transfer pricing documentation, including:
- Functional and risk analyses
- Benchmarking studies
- Master File and Local Files
- Country-by-Country Reporting inputs
- Intercompany agreements and contemporaneous support for material positions
- Monitor U.S. and international transfer pricing developments and lead responses to tax authority inquiries, audits, and information requests with external advisors and Legal; maintain defensible workpapers and audit-ready data trails.
- Own recurring transfer pricing forecasts, calculations, allocations, invoices, settlements, and true-ups; reconcile results to intercompany accounts and the general ledger, and coordinate timely entries with Controllership and affiliate finance teams.
- Monitor entity profitability and intercompany results throughout the year; investigate root causes, recommend operational corrections, and execute quarter-end and year-end adjustments in coordination with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, and affiliate finance teams.
- Build transfer pricing forecasts by legal entity, jurisdiction, and transaction type; integrate forecasted intercompany charges, margins, settlements, and withholding taxes into consolidated ETR and cash-tax projections.
- Provide ad hoc analytics support to the broader tax team (e.g., book/tax difference analysis, provision reconciliations, and general ledger queries) using the same data pipelines and tools built for transfer pricing forecasting.
Location
San Francisco or Palo Alto, California.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Economics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field; an advanced degree is a plus.
- Eight or more years of progressive transfer pricing, international tax, tax reporting, or tax analytics experience, preferably including a combination of public accounting or consulting and in-house experience.
- Demonstrated experience preparing or managing consolidated ETR forecasts, cash-tax forecasts, tax scenario models, or comparable multi-entity tax analyses.
- Strong understanding of U.S. corporate and international tax concepts, ASC 740 rate drivers, tax attributes, and the relationship among forecasts, provisions, tax returns, and cash payments.
- Intellectual curiosity and strong analytical skills, including persistence to trace data from source to conclusion and resolve inconsistencies.
- Ability to manage recurring cycles and unplanned requests simultaneously while staying calm and effective under pressure.
- Ability to identify high-value automation opportunities and translate tax requirements into data specifications, workflows, validation rules, and review controls.
Compensation & Benefits
The anticipated salary range for candidates for this role who will work in California is:
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on factors that may include, but are not limited to, the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, educational background, location of residence, and performance during the interview process.
Benefits may vary by location.
For full-time U.S.-based roles (Financial & Rewards)
- Market-leading compensation
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Pre-tax commuter benefits (transit and parking)
- Referral bonus for hired candidates
- Subsidized lunch and parking on in-office days
Health & Well-Being
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions, plus Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Fertility & family-forming benefits
- Expanded mental health support (therapy and coaching resources)
- Hybrid work model with flexibility
- Flexible, “take-what-you-need” paid time off and company-paid holidays
- Comprehensive paid medical and parental leave to care for yourself and your family
Skill Development & Career Paths
- Career pathing through regular feedback and continuous education/professional development programs
- Opportunities for internal mobility
- Financial rewards, peer-to-peer recognition, and growth opportunities