Tax Manager - Middle East & India (Tax Planning And Financial Reporting/Compliance)

CLOSING DATE 05 OCTOBER 2022.

NOTE: Please ONLY apply if you have sufficient experience and skills required as per job description below.

Job Summary.
This Corporate Tax Manager position serves as the lead tax resource for the Middle East & India region, with direct and indirect tax advisory, financial reporting and tax compliance as key functions. The Corporate Tax Manager will be responsible for providing the necessary tax planning and advisory to support the region and tax compliance/provision support for the local statutory financials and US reporting. The job will encompass approximately 60% planning and 40% tax/financial reporting compliance.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Tax advisory and planning functions


• Review of new contracts, projects and customer/supplier agreements and provide international tax advice on the recommended structure


• Undertake permanent establishment reviews and provides recommendations to reduce business risk


• Assists with international restructuring planning and implementation


• Assist with due diligence on any corporate acquisitions


• Advise on intercompany transfer pricing policies and rates


• Introduce and implement Corporate Income Tax into the UAE


• Introduce and implement Value Added Tax in various ME regions


• Keep abreast of new legislation and develop best practices


• Local financial and US GAAP reporting functions:


• Compute and advise on tax accounting for income and deferred taxes within operating jurisdictions


• Identify, evaluate, monitor, and record corporate income tax and FAS 5 uncertainties


• Tax Compliance functions:


• Ensure that companies in various locations are compliant with various tax filings within operating jurisdictions


• Coordinate and manage 3rd party tax engagements, timelines, fees, tax filings and information requests with 3rd party service providers


• Manage permanent establishment tax filings


• Manage external tax audits within the operational jurisdictions


• Reviews transfer pricing documentation, disclosure forms, local transfer pricing files, with focus on intercompany transactions


• Manage Middle East VAT filing deadlines and review VAT returns.


• Assist with Middle East VAT queries


• Review Middle East WHT returns and advise on WHT rates for transactions
  


• Manage and review economic substance reports


• Develop and implement internal controls on various tax aspects

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position has 1 direct supervisory responsibility, who is primarily focused on VAT, local transfer pricing reporting and economic substance reports.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Strategic

• Has and uses the required functional and technical knowledge and skills to do job at a high level of accomplishment (Functional &Technical)


• Able to adeptly learn the context of a challenge and quickly integrate new skills (Learning on the fly)

Operating

• Adept at exercising good judgment (sometimes with incomplete information) whilst being constrained by tight deadlines (Timely decision making)


• Be willing to provide colleagues with the information they need to complete their tasks and eliminate roadblocks (Informing)

Energy

• Performs work with energy and drive while exploring other opportunities to contribute (Action-oriented)

Organizational

• Builds numerous and effective relationships through personal networks inside and outside the organisation (Organisational agility)


• Writes clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles (Written communications)


• Personal and Interpersonal


• Firm and diplomatic when negotiating (Negotiating)


• Imbued with a strong sense of customer focus (internal/external) (Customer focus)
  

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EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIRED:
(Education/No. of Years of Experience)
Essential:

• 6+ years in Big 4


• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ICAS, CPA)


• Extensive Corporate Tax experience


• Tax qualification


• US GAAP knowledge


• Computer literacy (including excellent command of Microsoft Office Excel, Word, Outlook & Powerpoint)

Desirable:

• 4+ years of Oil and Gas industry experience


• Understanding of other taxes advantageous