Principal Specialist, Transfer Pricing

The Role:

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that's revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology, with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.

As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization, working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives.

Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience, with the potential to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide.

Moderna is solidifying its presence within our international business services hub in Warsaw, Poland, a city renowned for its rich scientific and technological heritage. This hub provides critical functions, meeting the growing demand of Moderna’s global business operations. We're inviting professionals from around the world to join our mission and contribute to the future of mRNA medicines.

This individual contributor role is a critical opportunity to support Moderna’s rapid global growth through best-in-class transfer pricing operations. Based in Warsaw, the Principal Specialist, Transfer Pricing will play a key part in a high-growth tax team transforming biotech. You will report to the Director of Global Tax Accounting and collaborate closely with the SVP of Tax, taking responsibility for designing and operationalizing Moderna’s global transfer pricing strategy. Your remit will span planning, implementation, compliance, documentation, audit defense, and financial modeling across all Moderna entities worldwide.

In this role, you’ll act with urgency, applying a digital-first, automation-enabled approach to manage our evolving intercompany pricing framework. You'll interface directly with functions like Supply Chain, Legal, FP&A, Treasury, Accounting, and HR, while developing innovative, data-driven solutions that support our commitment to global compliance and strategic impact. This position blends operational precision with strategic insight, making it an ideal fit for a high-performing tax professional seeking to drive global value creation while getting close to Generative AI tools and digital platforms to enhance tax efficiency and analytics.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Overseeing the review of global transfer pricing documentation and planning studies, including benchmarking, cost allocations, APAs, and dispute resolution processes.

• Leading the evaluation and implementation of arm’s-length pricing and intercompany agreements across entities, ensuring accurate netting and cash settlements.

• Assessing intercompany transfers of goods, services, intangibles, and loans, while maintaining strategic optionality and compliance.

• Supporting global reporting requirements, controversy management, and jurisdictional tax inquiries in alignment with business objectives.

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining robust internal controls and best-practice documentation standards across global operations.

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Developing complex financial models to evaluate and price intercompany transactions.

• Preparing economic, financial, and accounting analysis for strategic decision-making.

• Supporting regulatory audits and managing documentation for notice responses and tax authority inquiries.

• Calculating and recording intercompany transactions monthly/quarterly, and preparing accurate journal entries.

• Enhancing digital reporting capabilities to better evaluate transfer pricing risk and identify optimization opportunities.

• Collaborating across functions to align tax strategies with organizational goals, with a focus on continuous innovation and learning.

The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role:

• “We behave like owners. The solutions we’re building go beyond any job description.”
  In this sole contributor role, you’ll take full ownership of transfer pricing operations and strategy across Moderna’s global footprint. You’ll work proactively and cross-functionally, applying strategic insight to operational challenges while building durable, compliant, and scalable solutions.

• “We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.”
  You’ll bring a digital-first approach to global transfer pricing, leveraging automation, analytics, and scalable tools to streamline compliance, enhance reporting, and optimize pricing strategies—while getting closer to emerging technologies including Generative AI for predictive and decision-support use cases in Tax.

Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree or higher in one of the following (Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Taxation, or a related field) required; JD or LL.M. in Taxation preferred

• 6+ years of experience in a transfer pricing role at Big 4 public accounting firm or corporate multi-national company, preferably in biopharma or life sciences industries

• Strong knowledge of technology solutions that drive efficient transfer pricing compliance

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications):

• Motivation and initiative to take ownership of projects from discovery to final resolution, set aggressive business goals, drive results, and meet tight deadlines

• Ability to operate in a fast paced, ever-changing environment

• Excellent prioritization skills enabling the ability to drive multiple activities simultaneously

• Effective communication skills, including an ability to both listen and articulate complex concepts to different audiences, resulting in action-oriented outcomes

• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills for multi-tasking

• Analytical and effective problem solver with strong quantitative abilities

• Strong technology skills are a must

• High ethical standards, integrity and strength of character in his/her personal and professional dealings and a willingness to act on and be accountable for his/her decisions

• A desire to make an impact as part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work.  That’s why our global benefits and well-being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

• Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to well-being
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Family planning and adoption benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Savings and investments
• Location-specific perks and extras!

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.  

By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities. 

We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in the U.S. 

As we build our company, we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn, contribute, and make a meaningful impact. 

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit modernatx.com/careers to learn more about our current opportunities. 

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free work environment. 

Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply! 

Moderna is committed to equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best. 

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodation or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at [email protected]. 

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