Financial Accountant – Transfer Pricing recruitment

Job ID: 12006

Position Description:
With annual revenue of $5 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies.
From various Shared Service Centres around the world, Global Financial Shared Services (GFSS) provides accounting and financial support to SunGard's business across the globe. GFSS is growing significantly as more businesses move their accounting to GFSS. This role sits within the Transfer Pricing team and the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that SunGard's business units and legal entities are compliant with transfer pricing requirements in all jurisdictions, in a timely and accurate manner.

Responsibilities include:
• Investigation of existing and potential transfer pricing relationships within SunGard global
• Liaise with various departments within SunGard including Business Units, Corporate Tax, Legal, Treasury and Shared Service Centres, to understand and document transfer pricing relationships
• Review draft agreements for comment and approval
• Calculation of transfer pricing charges according to agreements
• Ensure booking of monthly transfer pricing entries in a timely manner
• Liaise with Treasury department for settlement of intercompany positions
• Provide analysis and reports as required and respond to queries
• Assist Statutory department and external auditors with annual audits as it relates to transfer pricing
• Regular review of agreements versus business operations to ensure any changes are identified and addressed
• Assist in Acquisitions entering the Global Shared Service
• Undertake other ad hoc duties as required

Position Requirements:
• Qualified Accountant, ideally ACA/ACCA with a minimum of 1 year post qualification accounting experience
• Experienced with: financial reporting, statutory reporting
• Knowledge/Experience of transfer pricing and tax is an advantage; however applicants must be interested in the area and keen to develop their expertise
• Good communication, analytical and organisational skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Experience dealing with Multi-national companies and cross-border transactions
• Industry knowledge/awareness an advantage