Transfer Pricing Manager

Xendit provides payment infrastructure across Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. We process payments, power marketplaces, disburse payroll and loans, provide KYC solutions, prevent fraud, and help businesses grow exponentially. We serve our customers by providing a suite of world-class APIs, eCommerce platform integrations, and easy to use applications for individual entrepreneurs, SMEs, and enterprises alike.

Our main focus is building the most advanced payment rails for Southeast Asia, with a clear goal in mind - to make payments across and within SEA simple, secure and easy for everyone. We serve thousands of businesses ranging from SMEs to multinational enterprises, and process millions of transactions monthly. We've been growing rapidly since our inception in 2015, onboarding hundreds of new customers every month, and backed by global top-10 VCs. We're proud to be featured on among the fastest growing companies by Y-Combinator.

About the Job

The Transfer Pricing (TP) Manager will lead the design, implementation, and ongoing governance of Xendit's transfer pricing framework across all group entities. The role sits at the intersection of tax, finance, legal, and the commercial business, and is accountable for ensuring that intercompany transactions across the group are priced on an arm's length basis, are appropriately documented, and remain defensible under audit in each operating jurisdiction.

This is a hands-on, sole-contributor role with significant scope: you will partner directly with senior Finance, Legal, Treasury, and business leaders, and will be the internal subject matter expert managing relationships with external tax advisors across the region.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in transfer pricing domain

• Experience with Big 4 in handling transfer pricing for large enterprises

• Exposure to South East Asia market and tax landscape

• Experience in working with leadership and other stakeholders closely

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships effortlessly

• Excellent in presenting business impact of your work and decision to business stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Own the preparation, review, and timely filing of TP documentation across all group entities, including Master File, Local Files, and Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) where applicable

• Ensure compliance with TP regulations and disclosure requirements in Indonesia (DGT), Singapore (IRAS), the Philippines (BIR), Thailand (RD), Malaysia (IRBM), and other relevant jurisdictions

• Maintain a centralised TP documentation calendar and ensure all filing deadlines, contemporaneous documentation requirements, and statutory disclosures are met

• Track regulatory developments - including BEPS 2.0 / Pillar Two implementation across SEA - and assess implications for the group

• Review existing TP policies across group entities

• Conduct Functional, Asset, and Risk (FAR) analysis

• Recommend arm's length pricing models

• Provide guidance to align policies with business operations and substance

• Identify, classify, and maintain a register of all material intercompany transactions across the group, including service fees, royalties, financing arrangements, cost recharges, and IP-related flows

• Partner with Legal to ensure intercompany agreements are in place, kept current, and accurately reflect actual conduct, FAR, and the agreed pricing methodology

• Work with Finance and Treasury to operationalise TP policy through proper invoicing cadence, mark-ups, true-ups, and year-end adjustments

• Review benchmarking studies and economic analyses to support pricing positions

• Lead the TP aspects of tax audits, queries, and controversy matters across jurisdictions, working with external counsel where appropriate

• Prepare and review responses to tax authority information requests, position papers, and supporting analyses

• Evaluate and, where commercially sensible, drive Advance Pricing Arrangement (APA) or Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) initiatives

• Manage and quantify TP risk exposures and ensure they are reflected in the group's tax provisioning and uncertain tax position assessments

• Support the TP workstream of M&A activity, including diligence, integration, and post-acquisition rationalisation of intercompany flows

• Advise on the TP implications of new entity set-ups, entity rationalisations, and changes to operating models

• Partner with the business and HR to assess and document economic substance - people, functions, decision-making - in each operating jurisdiction

• Advise on the TP treatment of new product launches, licensing flows, and cross-border service arrangements

• Act as the internal point of contact for all TP matters and educate Finance, Legal, Treasury, and business stakeholders on TP principles and operational requirements

• Manage external tax advisor relationships across jurisdictions, including scoping, fee negotiation, deliverable quality, and budget tracking

• Prepare and present TP updates, risk dashboards, and policy proposals to senior management, the CFO, and the Audit Committee where required

• Go above and beyond to contribute to the success of Xendit

• Do whatever it takes to make Xendit succeed