Description

Competitive Salary and Benefits Package
Role Location: London EC1A
Role opening date: 11/11/2019   
Role closing date: 21/12/2019

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our Platform, Your Progression.

The DLA Piper team operates globally across more than 40 countries, but we're still locally connected. That is because trusting, collaborative relationships with our clients and each other are at the heart of our success. 

This is your opportunity to join our global transfer pricing team comprising of lawyers, economists and certified tax advisors. We can offer you the widest platform to progress your career, in a culture where you have the remit to make a real impact. 

Find out more about how to progress your career with us.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

DLA's transfer pricing practice has seen a significant growth in the last few years which has created a need to expand our team. As a part of this team, you will assist senior team members to deliver client projects. 

• Participate in business and asset valuations 
• Develop sophisticated financial and tax impact models
• Perform economic analysis for various types of transactions
• Participate with senior team members in fact finding interviews 
• Undertake comprehensive industry reviews and understand business or company value drivers 
• Work with senior team members for making submissions to tax authorities on client matters, respond to queries from tax authorities and negotiations on Advance Pricing Agreements and Mutual Agreement Procedures
• Execute economic and legal research as requested by the senior team members
• Develop and maintain relationships with team members and other practice groups

ABOUT YOU

• Masters level degree focused on Finance/Economics/Econometrics
• Previous transfer pricing experience is not necessary, however if you have up to 2 years of transfer pricing experience it will be taken into consideration
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent business writing and communication skills in English
• Ability to comprehend large financial data and build financial models
• Showcase commercial awareness and a desire to learn and develop technically
• Ability to integrate and work effectively within the transfer pricing and the tax team 
• High level enthusiasm with a "can do" attitude

ABOUT US

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in
• Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big
• Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual.

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent. Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.

We support anyone with a disability or long term health condition to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best.

If you have not done so already, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations, should they be required.

AGILE WORKING

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.