Description

Join our team

We are practical and creative, providing innovative solutions in our quest to be the leading in-house Taxation team, globally. Our team takes pride in driving operational excellence, best practices, and optimum results, which contribute to business growth and exceptional customer and team member experiences. The TELUS Tax team provides critical expertise, consultation and counsel to the various entities and business groups, domestic and international, within TELUS. As trusted advisors, we help support complex business transactions with insights and recommendations that influence decisions made by stakeholder and senior leaders.

Here’s the impact you’ll make and what we’ll accomplish together

Reporting to the Director, Transfer Pricing, the Manager, Transfer Pricing, will be part of a team of over 60 tax professionals, 3 of which are transfer pricing tax professionals and will participate in the development of global operating strategies to improve operational efficiencies, ensure compliance with transfer pricing tax laws, and manage transfer pricing aspects of tax audits. You will monitor global transfer pricing developments and implement changes to ensure timely compliance with new legislation.

Here’s how

• Assist in managing TELUS’ International Tax risk while complying with our Tax Strategy EN and tax laws, and working with internal and external stakeholders
• Management of transfer pricing studies (managing budgets, liaising with external advisors and internal stakeholders, etc.) and preparing documentation to meet contemporaneous documentation requirements in each country
• Collaborating with business units through functional interviews and communication with operational management across different business lines to offer transfer pricing guidance for various business opportunities and transactions as needed
• Overseeing and reviewing the local country documentation / reporting prior to filing with the tax authorities (where applicable)
• Global reporting under the OECD / BEPS framework including management of Master File Preparation process (filing is done in Canada by TELUS), Country-by-Country Reporting, and Local File preparation and notification requirements for all TELUS group companies
• Supporting the transfer pricing component of income tax audits
• Supporting the transfer pricing component of mergers and acquisitions, including business and transfer pricing policy integrations
• Quarterly transfer pricing reviews / risk assessments in support of the tax provision process and compliance with SOX
• Working with the business unit, finance and the legal team members to ensure appropriate development and implementation of intercompany transfer pricing strategies and agreements among group companies
• Reviewing and monitoring compliance including review of intercompany charges to ensure compliance with relevant laws and arm’s length pricing established by external studies; acting as a resource for questions related to intragroup functions and risk attribution
• Working with the treasury group to ensure intragroup financing is implemented with terms and conditions that comply with relevant laws and the arm’s length standard; managing external studies to support documentation requirements and monitor compliance
• Supporting business processes including collaboration with other stakeholders in the design of contracting strategies and appropriate intragroup pricing for new customers, lines of business and service offerings
• Monitoring international transfer pricing principles and practices to ensure timely adoption of changes
• Responsible for process improvement and standardization of transfer pricing documentation to facilitate timely compliance while addressing documentation requirements which vary by country
  
  
  

Qualifications

You’re the missing piece of the puzzle

• A self-starter, motivated and able to work independently
• Recognized for your experience in managing projects and ability to work collaboratively
• Valued for your 3 to 5 years of tax experience with 3+ years spent in a transfer pricing role
• Known for your experience in dealing with transfer pricing audits
• Recognized for your excellent written and oral communication skills
• Appreciated for your enthusiasm in embracing challenges and ability to learn new skills in response to changes in the business and regulatory environments
• Well organized and able to prioritize tasks and work on multiple files / projects
  
  
  

Great to-haves

• University degree and CPA designation
• Demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of technical transfer pricing and international tax concepts, including the ability to review benchmarking analysis, update annual local files and master file, analyze intercompany transaction data, and effectively communicate these technical aspects to management through written and/or oral communication on a regular basis
• Proficiency in working with financial and tax software; capable in SAP, Microsoft Suite, Google Workspace and other common software applications (tax preparation software, tax research databases)
• Comfortable with or enthusiastically willing to learn new technology platforms and evolving automated intelligence technologies such as prompt engineering with Generative Artificial Intelligence software, e.g. Chat-GPT