Menzies LLP is actively looking to identify a talented individual to establish a dedicated transfer pricing service line. The successful candidate will lead a vital role in creating, shaping, and building the service line and will be responsible for servicing existing clients across our offices in London, Hampshire and Surrey with a focus on actively winning new work and promoting this service line.
The Transfer Pricing Director will provide a positive contribution to the development of the firm resulting in building a team and top line revenues by active promotion of this specialist service line.
This role can be based in one of our London, Surrey or Hampshire offices with a regular commute to the other offices.
Menzies Private Client is a finalist in the prestigious Tolley Tax Awards 2023.
Why join Menzies?
- We are a UK based recognised employer of choice with office locations in London, Surrey, Hampshire and South Wales (Cardiff).
- Join our family of 500 employees. Be a member and not just a number!
- We offer a dynamic and rewarding environment with exposure to a diverse range of clients and industry sectors
- Our package and benefits are very competitive
- Work life balance is part of our organisational culture,
- We believe in developing our staff throughout their career
Key Benefits we offer, but not limited to:
- Competitive base salary (we do yearly market research to ensure we offer a competitive salary to our employees and joining candidates)
- 33 days annual leave entitlement a year including bank holidays
- Annual buy and sell leave scheme
- Private Medical Cover available to all employees (trainees can opt in for a salary sacrifice)
- Private Pension Matching Scheme: if employee contributes 2.5-5%, we match it and add another 3% on top!
- Employee Referral Bonus up to £10,000 for a successful placement
- Reimbursement of one professional subscription each year
- Dress for your day policy – you decide, not us!
- Life Assurance 4x your salary
- Group Income Protection – 75% of salary if long term sickness exceeds 6 months
- Agile Working is embedded in our culture: we understand that everyone works in different ways and need flexibility within their working day
- Learning and Development opportunities and Study Support throughout your Menzies career
- Career Coaching programme for Managers and above
- Better Place to Work Initiative: proactive benchmarking of the best DEI and wellbeing programmes to offer our employees and improve our employee experience
- CSR Programme: each office will be involved in various charity and sporting activities to help raise funds and give back to the local community.
- Employee Assistance Programme - our EAP is available for all Menzies employees and their families. As well as being a support line for mental health counselling, it also offers practical financial, legal and life management advice 24 /7 and is completely confidential.
- Paid sick leave – a generous scheme to help you when you are struggling with health issues
- Free flu jab, eyesight test and physical health checks
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced Parental + Family Leave: We are a place where you can combine both a career and a family so those going on Maternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 3 months and 50% pay for the next 6 weeks, those going on Paternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 2 weeks (both subject to eligibility). We also have Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
- Volunteering Scheme with a maximum of 2.5 days given by the Firm to match 2.5 days devoted to qualifying schemes by the employee in any 12-month period.
- Season Ticket Loan
To find out more about our benefits please read here
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- To build a successful transfer pricing service line
- To work with the existing transfer pricing expertise within the firm
- Provide transfer pricing advice to a range of clients across the firm
- Ability to specifically develop the firm’s offering on economic analysis.
- Support the tax teams and other service lines on advisory projects
- Deliver the transfer pricing business plan each year with budget responsibility.
- Provide a high-quality service to clients, partners, managers and staff.
- Develop and maintain contacts with external organisations, businesses etc.
- Assist in promoting the image of the firm to outside contacts.
- Recruit and develop staff when required to deliver the business plan.
- To generate work winning opportunities and attract new clients.
The Person:
- To have the vision and passion to create a transfer pricing team
- Preferably CTA/ACA qualified with at least 5 years PQE in transfer pricing
- Trained with a Top 10 accountancy firm or in-house
- Excellent communication skills, including technical written work
- Confident self-starter and ability to develop and lead a team
- Must have good research and analytical skills
- Must have good awareness of risk management
- Capable of dealing with a wide range of people and at different levels
- Excellent time management skills
- Experienced and active networker with BD skills
- Good presenter
- Prepared to travel to all Menzies offices as necessary
- In-depth understanding of transfer pricing principles (UK rules and OECD Guidelines) and documentation requirements
- Extensive hands-on experience of using external databases and analysing and summarising results.
- Knowledge and vision to develop the internal tools needed to deliver the full range of TP services including economic analysis/benchmarking.
About Us:
Our focus at Menzies is providing a #BrighterThinking approach, going the extra mile to keep clients on-track to achieve their personal and business objectives. As a leading UK accountancy & advisory firm we have a passion for advising entrepreneurs and SMEs through our sector-led teams.
We apply the same principles to individuals within the firm. Our people are ambitious, self-motivated and encouraged to develop their skill set and realise their potential.
#BrighterThinking is how we sum up the difference we make, as a firm, to our clients and in the way we hire and develop talent in Menzies. It’s finance and accounting expertise, combined with strategic commercial thinking and a promise to add real value across all areas of our client’s businesses.