Global Transfer Pricing Manager

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Function: Finance (CFO)
Reports to: Transfer Pricing Manager
Location: United Kingdom
Set up: Hybrid

Why we need this role

We are hiring a group transfer pricing manager to lead global transfer pricing activities for COLT, reporting directly to the Vice President of tax and treasury. This role is responsible for developing and executing the groups transfer pricing (TP) strategy, managing intercompany charge processes, maintaining the TP risk register, and setting annual TP priorities in alignment with the overall tax plan. The successful candidate will manage a team based in India, providing leadership, coaching, and development. They will regularly present complex TP matters to senior finance and business stakeholders, weighing risk, materiality, defensibility, and opportunity. The role also includes oversight of master and local file preparation to ensure compliance with OECD BEPS Action 13 (Country-by-Country Reporting), as well as monitoring regulatory developments across OECD and EU frameworks. The Transfer Pricing Manager will balance competing global priorities, allocate internal resources effectively, manage external advisors, and maintain TP documentation and training programs for tax and finance teams.

What you'll do

• Global transfer pricing lead with accountability for COLT reporting directly to the Vice President Tax and Treasury.
• Development and implementation of TP strategy, and operational oversight of TP intercompany charges, risk register, and annual TP priority setting that feeds into annual tax plan.
• Formal line manager role of direct reports based in India, including coaching and mentoring.
• Reporting complex TP issues and opportunities appropriately to senior finance and business leaders balancing risk, materiality, opportunity and defensibility.
• Oversee the preparation of master and local files for COLT businesses and ensure compliance with TP aspects of the OECDs Country-by-Country Reporting under BEPS Action 13.
• Identify risks and opportunities deriving from OECD and EU Directives.
• Manage regular variable competing demands for limited internal transfer pricing resource by prioritising global work portfolio and work delegation and manage global external consultants.
• Prepare and maintain transfer pricing manuals, and prepare and present global transfer pricing training to tax and finance staff.

Transfer Pricing Advice and Structuring

• Anticipation of material TP risks and opportunities with existing business models including leading any significant TP business restructuring and value chain projects of COLTs business by balancing BEPS risks and requirements against value protection and opportunity identification.
• Ability to handle large organisation change including advising on PE and capital gains risks and practical implementation aspects with finance and legal teams.
• Dealing with Advanced Pricing Arrangements (APAs) and Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAPs) for the U.K. and multiple other jurisdictions.
• Provide global transfer advice to tax, finance and business stakeholders in multiple COLT Group businesses covering all aspects of TP, from policy design, dispute resolution strategy and compliance and implementation aspects.

Transfer Pricing Compliance and Risk Management

• Quarterly review and accountability for global TP exposures and provisions and financial statement impact for the global businesses.
• Managing TP disputes involving issues relating to intragroup services, product sales, trading functions and financing.
• Lead for TP policy reviews with external auditors and agree annual workplan.
• Manage the India TP team in delivering global TP documentation, group charges and benchmarking.

What we're looking for

• Experience establishing and managing transfer pricing policies for global groups, and dealing robustly with tax authorities.
• Experience developing TP strategies and managing implementation projects across multiple teams and numerous jurisdictions.
• Ability to work on own initiative and to prioritise competing deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to explain transfer pricing issues to a non-tax audience.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good excel skills and a knowledge of SAP preferred.
• ACA, ACCA or similar qualified individual with experience in practice or in industry.

Behaviours

• Keeps deadlines and delivers to a consistently high standard.
• Hands over work that is complete, accurate and of high quality, to ensure that no re-work or questioning is required, minimising disruptions in our ability to deliver.
• Drives own personal development to gain the right skills and experience to be able to perform their job to the highest standard.
• Exhibits honesty, openness, integrity and ethical behaviour.
• Punctual and prepared for meetings, contributing opinions, ideas and questions to improve the outcome of the meeting.
• Actively coaches and mentors junior team members.

Others

• Be aware of Colts information security, business continuity, quality and other ISO or equivalent policies / industry standards and discharge duties against them as appropriate.
• Identify risks related to process and information security and treat / mitigate the same as appropriate.

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Risk Management
• Auditing
• Tax Law
• Corporate Taxation
• Tax Return Filing
• Tax Compliance
• Relationship Management

What we offer you:

Looking to make a mark? At Colt, you'll make a difference. Because around here, we empower people. We don't tell you what to do. Instead, we employ people we trust, who come together across the globe to create intelligent solutions. Our global teams are full of ambitious, driven people, all working together towards one shared purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of our customers wherever, whenever and however they want. We give our people the opportunity to inspire and lead teams, and work on projects that connect people, cities, businesses, and ideas. We want you to help us change the world, for the better.

Diversity and inclusion

Inclusion and valuing diversity of thought and experience are at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you'll be encouraged to be yourself because we believe that's what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or place of birth.

Most recently we have:

• Signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles which guide our Gender Action Plan
• Trained 60 (and growing) Colties to be Mental Health First Aiders

Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages.

Benefits

Our benefits support you through all parts of life, for both physical and mental health.

• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
• Extensive induction program with experienced mentors and buddies.
• Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities.
• Global Family Leave Policy.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Internal inclusion & diversity employee networks.

A global network

When you join Colt you become part of our global network. We are proud of our colleagues and the stories and experience they bring take a look at Our People site including our Empowered Women in Tech.