Job Description

Tax & Compliance Manager AED 24,000 + Medical + Air Ticket

Our client, a global professional services organisation is looking to recruit a Tax and Compliance Manager for their Dubai operations. In this role you will be  responsible for taking a lead role in a broad range of tax and statutory compliance matters across divisional areas in the Middle East, India, Africa and Europe.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate the preparation of the company tax returns (corporate, indirect, withholding tax)  and submit within the specified timeframe
• Develop and implement tax strategies to minimize tax liabilities and maximize compliance
• Investigate and maintain regulatory filing compliance to ensure accurate completion of tax returns
• Monitor legislative and regulatory tax law developments, communicate the implications to management, and create strategies to capitalize on changes to taxation legislation
• Enhance tax awareness and increase the profile of the tax function to ensure that tax input is part of the business decision-making process
• Responsible for local compliance reporting for all entities, this will include all local company secretarial requirements and ensure each requirement is met and submitted on time, entities are in India, UAE, Egypt and South Africa
• Manage and coordinate tax audits and inquiries by governmental authorities, manage the relationship with group tax and support them with all queries raised
• Work closely with accounting and finance teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with all tax-related matters
• Manage and support appointed tax agents throughout the different territories
• Maintain and prepare all balance sheet reconciliations relating to tax
• Hiring, training, motivating and evaluating tax staff members
• Implement a robust transfer pricing
• Ad hoc tax and compliance project support

 Requirements:

• Qualified Accountant, ACA, ACCA, CPA or CMA preferred
• Minimum of 2 years’ PQE of relevant tax consulting experience ideally from Big4, with subsequent years in industry
• Strong accounting, analytical and research expertise
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Mature, proactive, resourceful and hands-on with good initiative
• Outstanding Management skills
• Strong knowledge of tax code, compliance, and procedures for corporations
• The ideal candidate must have a solid tax background and have the ability to complete tax research whilst being able to demonstrate a strong core knowledge in accounting processes

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