Manager Tax

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Manager Tax

Overview
The successful candidate will join Mastercard’s global tax department as a member of the Tax transfer pricing function reporting to the Vice President – Tax, Transfer Pricing.
Role
Plays a key role on the tax team focusing on the transfer pricing function to ensure compliance with transfer pricing requirements specified by the OECD’s three-tiered approach to documentation prescribed within BEPS Action 13.
Coordinates with global colleagues and external advisers to assist with implementing transfer pricing policies, preparing contemporaneous transfer pricing documentation, sourcing data to monitor and update intercompany service fees, supporting with audits, and integrating acquisitions:
• Supports a global transfer pricing strategy in alignment with Mastercard’s operational business objectives and policies;
• Coordinates with external advisers to support in ensuring that contemporaneous transfer pricing documentation obligations are met;
• Reviews, revises, and provides feedback on draft documentation reports, TNMM/CPM benchmarking analyses, and other materials received by advisers such as financial information;
• Participates in functional interviews and fact-finding discussions with operations personnel;
• Coordinates with finance and operations personnel to source financial data and update intercompany service fee calculations and forecasts periodically during the financial year;
• Assists with transfer pricing aspects of integrating acquisitions or internal restructurings including considerations associated with managing the company’s portfolio of intangible assets;
• Supports the global tax team during tax risk reviews or audits; and
• Remains current on, and helps to keep colleagues aware of, proposed and enacted tax law changes and global transfer pricing documentation or disclosure requirements which may impact Mastercard.
All About You
We are seeking a manager-level tax professional with relevant transfer pricing experience including knowledge and skills in transfer pricing analysis, documentation, and compliance.
• CA / MBA Finance with 7 to 12 yrs experience in public accounting or industry (Big-4 or similar professional services experiences at the manager level or equivalent in-house transfer pricing experience);
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience drafting well-structured documentation and planning reports;
• Experience carrying out benchmarking searches for comparable companies and/or agreements desired;
• In-depth experience with intercompany services arrangements and service fee models;
• Ability to organize, manage, and work independently to accomplish multiple tasks;
• Strong analytical skills, as demonstrated through relevant work experience;
• Working knowledge of internal financial accounting systems (ability to pull financial data from systems to create models, with familiarity using Oracle, Hyperion, or Alteryx a plus);
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office suite; and
• Team player with strong project management skills, and a strong desire to learn and contribute to the company’s overall objectives.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.