Consultant/ Senior Consultant - Transfer Pricing - Audit Support

BDO India Services Private Limited (UAE Offshoring Services); Chennai; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO India Services Private Limited (UAE Offshoring Services) is seeking a dynamic tax professional to join its Audit Support Team. The role involves support for corporate tax advisory, compliance, tax accounting and governance across multiple industries.

You will work on Transfer Pricing assignments, review related party transactions for UAE TP regulations, and contribute to documentation and benchmarking studies.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in Transfer Pricing, Tax Audit Support, or Tax Advisory.
• Exposure to multinational groups and cross-border transactions is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support audit teams in identifying transfer pricing implications of related party transactions.
• Review transfer pricing documentation (Master Files, Local Files, disclosures) for compliance.
• Prepare transfer pricing summaries, workpapers and responses to audit queries.
• Monitor developments in UAE Transfer Pricing and assess impact on engagements.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Transfer pricing

Tax advisory

Education

CA/ACCA/CPA/ADIT/CTA or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Taxation

Job description

Key Responsibility Areas

• We are looking for a dynamic and commercially minded tax professional to join our Audit Support Team. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership and clients across a broad range of industries, supporting corporate tax advisory, compliance, tax accounting and tax governance projects.
• This role offers significant client exposure and provides an opportunity to work on complex tax matters arising from the Transfer Pricing regime.

Transfer Pricing

• Support audit teams in identifying and assessing transfer pricing implications of related party and connected person transactions.
• Assist in reviewing related party and connected person transactions for compliance with UAE Transfer Pricing regulations.
• Support the review of transfer pricing documentation, including Master Files, Local Files and transfer pricing disclosures.
• Assist in reviewing benchmarking studies and economic analyses to evaluate the arm's length nature of intercompany transactions.
• Review intercompany agreements and supporting documentation to assess consistency with the underlying conduct of the parties and established transfer pricing policies.
• Perform technical research on UAE Transfer Pricing requirements, OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and relevant regulatory developments.
• Support audit teams in identifying transfer pricing risks, exposures and compliance gaps.
• Assist in evaluating transfer pricing positions adopted by clients and identifying potential audit observations.
• Prepare transfer pricing summaries, audit support workpapers and responses to audit queries.
• Review information obtained from clients and audit teams and identify areas requiring further analysis.
• Support the review of transfer pricing disclosures within financial statements and related supporting documentation.
• Maintain transfer pricing workpapers and ensure compliance with internal quality and documentation standards.
• Monitor developments in UAE Transfer Pricing legislation and guidance and assess their impact on audit engagements.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of transfer pricing templates, tools, technical materials and knowledge resources.

Qualifications

• Semi-qualified - Chartered Accountant (CA), ACCA, CPA, ADIT, CTA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related discipline.

Experience

• 2-4 years of experience in Transfer Pricing, Tax Audit Support, or Tax Advisory.
• Experience leading professional services firm is preferred.
• Basic understanding of Transfer Pricing Regulations.
• Basic expertise in tax accounting, tax provisioning, deferred tax, current tax computations and financial statement disclosures as per IFRS.
• Exposure to multinational groups and cross-border transactions is advantageous.
• Highly self-driven individual with strong ownership mindset, capable of independently managing complex discussions with audit teams, partners and clients and driving matters to closure.