Associate Director of Global Transfer Pricing

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern, PA seeks an Associate Director to lead its global transfer pricing strategy and governance. You will design, implement, govern, document, and defend Vanguard’s transfer pricing framework, aligning with business operations and evolving regulatory requirements.

The position requires extensive collaboration across Tax, Finance, Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Technology, and senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of transfer pricing and/or international tax experience in multinational setting.
• Experience managing global transfer pricing policies, documentation, benchmarking, intercompany agreements, and governance frameworks.
• Strategic international tax support for cross-border transactions and business initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead global transfer pricing strategy and framework design, implementation, and governance.
• Partner with Accounting to operationalize TP policies and maintain the global allocation framework and controls.
• Support year-end tax provision analyses of TP positions and intercompany results with stakeholders.
• Oversee Country-by-Country Reporting strategy, data collection, and disclosures across jurisdictions.
• Monitor regulatory developments in US, OECD, and international contexts and communicate impacts to leadership.
• Lead TP controversy and audit defense with external advisors and documentation of positions.
• Manage relationships with external advisors for TP documentation.
• Advise business leaders on TP and allocation matters and identify value drivers across Vanguard’s global operations.
• Drive continuous improvement of TP processes through governance, controls, and technology.
• Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Transfer pricing

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

CPA or Master’s in Taxation

Job description

Reporting to the Head of International Tax and Transfer Pricing, this role is responsible for leading Vanguard’s global transfer pricing strategy and governance. The Associate Director will own the design, implementation, governance, documentation, and defense of Vanguard’s global transfer pricing framework, ensuring alignment with business operations and evolving regulatory requirements. This individual will partner closely with Accounting to operationalize transfer pricing policies and maintain the global allocation framework, controls, and governance processes.

The position requires extensive collaboration across Tax, Finance, Treasury, Legal, Accounting, Technology, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead Vanguard’s global transfer pricing strategy and framework, including the design, implementation, and maintenance of transfer pricing policies, methodologies, intercompany pricing arrangements, documentation, and governance processes. Evaluate business, operating model, and regulatory changes to ensure the transfer pricing framework remains aligned with business operations and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Accounting to operationalize transfer pricing policies, oversee the global allocation framework, and maintain robust controls supporting monthly and annual processes.
• Support year-end tax provision processes by analyzing transfer pricing positions, intercompany results, and related tax accounting implications, coordinating with tax, finance, and controllership stakeholders on provision calculations, documentation, and business impact analysis.
• Lead Vanguard’s global Country-by-Country Reporting strategy and compliance program, including oversight of private and public disclosures, governance, data collection, stakeholder coordination, and assessment of emerging reporting requirements and transparency initiatives across jurisdictions.
• Monitor U.S., OECD, and international legislative and regulatory developments related to transfer pricing and international tax and communicate potential impacts to leadership.
• Lead transfer pricing tax controversy, and audit defense through risk assessments, documentation of positions, management of external advisors, and response strategies for stakeholder review.
• Manage relationships with external advisors to oversee transfer pricing documentation
• Advise business leaders on transfer pricing and allocation matters, including understanding operational activities, risks, and value drivers across Vanguard’s global business.
• Drive continuous improvement of transfer pricing and intercompany processes through enhanced governance, controls, technology, documentation, and departmental procedures.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in transfer pricing and/or U.S. international tax within a public accounting firm, law firm, or multinational organization.
• Significant experience managing global transfer pricing policies, documentation, benchmarking studies, intercompany agreements, and governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic international tax support for cross-border transactions, operating models, and business initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with senior business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders in a complex global organization.

Preferred Credentials

• CPA, Master’s degree in Taxation, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don’t just have a mission—we’re on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients’ lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.