Manager/Senior Manager - Transfer Pricing

About KPMG New Zealand

KPMG stands as a globally respected professional services firm, dedicated to helping clients tackle complex challenges, navigate change, and foster sustainable growth. Anchored in the mission of 'Fuelling New Zealand's prosperity,' KPMG contributes to the ongoing wealth and well-being of New Zealanders.

Role Overview

The Transfer Pricing team at KPMG comprises specialists who provide innovative and strategic solutions to complex tax matters. Our group includes professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate nationally within a supportive culture. We are expanding our team and seek candidates with over four years of experience in transfer pricing, eager to engage with diverse multinational and rapidly growing clients across numerous industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Enhance your expertise by handling complex, varied transfer pricing projects across industries, collaborating with KPMG’s Global Transfer Pricing network to deliver comprehensive advice that meets multi-jurisdictional tax regulations.
• Work alongside a seasoned and market-leading transfer pricing team fostering a welcoming and collaborative environment.
• Conduct transfer pricing analyses and studies to help clients comply with international tax requirements amid a dynamic global tax landscape.
• Maintain and nurture client relationships, ensuring prompt and effective responses to queries.
• Engage with clients to understand their operations, transfer pricing needs, and potential risk exposures.
• Support tax authority dispute resolutions and Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), including preparation of submissions and responses.
• Contribute to continual improvement of internal systems and processes.

Candidate Profile

• Minimum four years of transfer pricing experience within professional services.
• Relevant academic qualifications such as degrees in accounting, finance, economics, or law.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build rapport among clients, colleagues, and partners.
• Excellent organizational and time management capabilities.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Highly self-driven with strong initiative.

Diversity and Inclusion

KPMG values workplace diversity and actively encourages applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, including those with disabilities, mental health challenges, chronic conditions, or neurodivergent identities. Accessibility support is available throughout the recruitment process to ensure equitable participation.

Life and Benefits at KPMG

• Participation in the firm's annual incentive program.
• Opportunities for both local and international secondments.
• Hybrid working arrangements combining office, client sites, and remote work to accommodate individual preferences.
• Options to work from overseas, enabling extended time with family and friends outside New Zealand.
• Flexible leave, including the option to purchase extra annual leave.
• Gender-neutral parental support with 18 weeks of fully paid leave available to all new parents.
• Paid membership for a professional association of your choice.
• Access to digital learning through partnerships with Microsoft and other platforms offering tailored development pathways.
• Various discounts on insurance, banking, and lifestyle products and services.
• Engagement with Inclusion, Diversity and Equity networks such as Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility, and Wahine groups.
• Opportunities to participate in environmental initiatives aiming for carbon neutrality by 2030.
• Invitation to join social clubs hosting cultural, sporting, and community events.
• Paid volunteer leave for citizenship activities.
• Comprehensive health and wellness provisions, including flu vaccinations, subsidized sporting events, confidential counselling services, additional wellbeing leave, and an extensive wellbeing resource portal.