Transfer Pricing Manager

Multichoice Group; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and entertainment company in Johannesburg seeks a skilled Transfer Pricing Specialist. The role requires a minimum of 5 years' experience and expertise in transfer pricing laws and regulations. You will support senior management, lead projects, and prepare essential documentation. This full-time position offers the chance to contribute to a dynamic team within a renowned organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' TP experience in consulting, commercial, or tax authority.
• Solid knowledge of OECD and UN TP Guidelines.
• Excellent project management and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Senior Transfer Pricing Specialist with Transfer Pricing issues.
• Lead TP projects utilizing economic and financial knowledge.
• Prepare TP documentation and defend it during audits.

Skills

Transfer pricing knowledge

Analytical thinking and problem solving

Project management

Financial analysis

Strong communication skills

Education

Undergrad degree with an Hdip tax / Business degree / CA (SA)

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

About the Company

The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa with presence in among others the Netherlands, Dubai and the UK with principal operations in pay television (pay-TV), Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD), advertising and content security.

Brands within the MultiChoice Group include DStv, GOtv, SuperSport, M-Net, DStv Media Sales, Showmax and European-based content security leader Irdeto.

We're proud to serve 20 million subscribers across more than 50 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment. By joining our passionate and creative team, you can help us achieve our objectives of expanding our pay-TV and SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) subscriber bases, improving advertising sales, spearheading cutting‑edge technology, supporting local content and providing an exceptional customer experience. Join Africa's most loved storyteller!

Role Summary

Reports to: Senior Transfer Pricing Specialist. Direct Reports: 1. Department: Group Tax. Key Customers: Internal: MultiChoice Group businesses involved in related party transactions.

Purpose of the Position: To support the Senior Transfer Pricing Specialist to provide the business with the expertise to deal effectively with transfer pricing issues and to articulate the economically significant aspects of MultiChoice Group business operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Specialist transfer pricing knowledge – Demonstrates deep knowledge in area of TP specialization and is recognized as a subject matter expert. Challenges, tests and verifies proposed actions and procedures based on in-depth knowledge of industry, business, and transfer pricing laws. Stays current on TP developments, standards, applications and emerging TP technologies in order to address current/potential business opportunities and risks.

• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving – Effectively organizes and presents complex issues, results, and recommendations to MultiChoice Group Tax team and business.

• TP projects and TP advice – Project management: Lead TP technical projects relevant to business and applying complex transfer pricing concepts and economic/financial knowledge to resolve business challenges. Solution driven: Supplying innovative transfer pricing and economic ideas, alongside responsive services and work products.

• Modelling financial outcomes relevant to related party transactions – includes evaluates and recommends modelling strategies that balance reliability, project objectives, understanding business' priorities and requirements and anticipating their needs and challenges.

• Addresses business' questions regarding complex issues and manages risk and expectations associated with business transactions that may have TP impact.

• Providing a fully integrated approach to transfer pricing – Preparing TP documentation and assisting in defending transfer pricing in audits; ensuring key function and risks analyses support the methods chosen and the adjustments performed; reviewing the functional and risk analyses to determine optimal business structures; determining the TP method and delivery approach most suitable for transactions; guiding others in gathering relevant data and conducting effective analyses; reviewing complex industry write‑ups and sharing feedback with the team; managing and adjusting data analyses based on accounting principles, financial/transactional data concepts and industry‑specific / non‑standard data sources; compiling and maintaining TP defence files in line with TP record‑keeping requirements; economic analysis – Lead and oversee complex economic analyses to enable key business objectives; prioritize and resolve various risk factors associated with economic analysis; conduct AFS related party disclosure reviews; review of TP/RP disclosure notes in tax returns; monitor transfer pricing policies relating to intercompany transactions; assist Senior TP specialist with TP reporting.

People Management & Training

Actively contributes to building the TP talent pipeline; creates a talent experience that attracts, develops and retains top talent and high performing TP team members; coaching and training; manage TP specialist to ensure consistent and timely delivery of daily and monthly outputs; provide transfer pricing technical training to business finance managers. This includes developing training material, for immediate and future use.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' TP experience gained in either a consulting, commercial or tax authority environment.

• Undergrad degree with an Hdip tax / Business degree / CA (SA).

• Demonstrates technical knowledge of the differences between OECD TP Guidelines, UN TP Guidelines and local TP rules and regulations and knows where to access and technically apply this information.

• Solid knowledge of the practical application of the OECD TP Guidelines and OECD Pillar 1 and 2.

• Excellent project management skills; financial analysis skills; advanced Excel skills – financial modelling experience an advantage; strong analytical, research and report writing skills; transfer pricing training experience.

• Ability to form strong working relationships across all areas of the organization and effectively share and obtain information; strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work at a fast pace, often with shifting responsibilities; speed and accuracy with figures; excellent attention to detail and accuracy; proactive and ability to plan ahead; ability to prioritise to meet multiple deadlines; ability to work under tight deadlines and pressured situations; ability to think and move quickly in a dynamic fast‑moving environment; excellent communication skills—upward, downward and lateral; problem solving and solution driven; systematic and analytical.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level. Full‑time employment in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Job function: Accounting / Auditing and Finance. Industries: Broadcast Media Production and Distribution, Technology, Information and Media, and Business Consulting and Services.