Associate Director Tax Operations 100% M F D

Arcera; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global life sciences company is seeking an Associate Director of Tax Operations in Abu Dhabi. This senior role leads the operational execution of the company's global tax strategy, ensuring compliance and efficiency across jurisdictions. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of multinational tax experience, strong leadership skills, and a relevant educational background. This position is vital for supporting the company's ongoing global expansion and ethical business practices.

Benefits

Health insurance

Career development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 10+ years of global tax experience in multinational environments.
• Strong leadership capabilities managing multicultural teams.
• Fluency in English; proficiency in other languages is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational execution of the Company’s global tax strategy.
• Manage tax compliance and financial reporting across jurisdictions.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks while ensuring compliance.

Skills

Global Tax Experience

Leadership Capabilities

ERP Systems Knowledge

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Master’s degree in International Tax

Tools

Tax Compliance Software

Data Analytics Platforms

Job description

Associate Director Tax Operations 100% M F D

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Job Description

This role will lead the operational execution of the Company’s global tax strategy, ensuring an efficient and compliant tax environment across the Company. This role plans and directs all aspects of the Company’s tax compliance / filing and financial reporting. As a senior member of the tax team, this role ensures compliance with evolving international tax regulations, manages tax risks while enabling operational efficiency according to international standards. This position is critical to support Arcera’s rapid global expansion and commitment to sustainable and ethical business practices within the Global Tax / Finance department.

Job Description

This role will lead the operational execution of the Company’s global tax strategy, ensuring an efficient and compliant tax environment across the Company. This role plans and directs all aspects of the Company’s tax compliance / filing and financial reporting. As a senior member of the tax team, this role ensures compliance with evolving international tax regulations, manages tax risks while enabling operational efficiency according to international standards. This position is critical to support Arcera’s rapid global expansion and commitment to sustainable and ethical business practices within the Global Tax / Finance department.

Key Responsibilities

Global Tax Compliance and Reporting :

• Design and streamline Arcera’s global tax operational processes, ensuring simplification, process efficiency, and transparency, using technology as an enabler.
• Integrate all Arcera legal entities under a unified global tax policy and framework, ensuring alignment with international and domestic tax standards.
• Oversight of tax accounting and statutory tax reporting, in collaboration with local finance teams. This should include quarterly provisioning and the use of standardized processes (or software, if possible) across the different jurisdictions Arcera operates in.

Risk Management And Governance

Proactively identify, assess and communicate tax risks, and discuss mitigating actions, while ensuring compliance with local regulations and internal policies.

Monitor legislative and regulatory developments in relevant jurisdictions and evaluate potential business impacts.

Establish and maintain internal Tax Compliance Control Frameworks and RACI charts for tax-related processes.

Key Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, law or a related field and a master’s degree in international tax is preferred.

10+ years of global tax experience in multinational environments with life sciences experience. A Big Four background is preferred.

Strong leadership capabilities / proven experience managing multicultural teams.

Deep understanding of international tax frameworks, tax reporting requirements and tax compliance governance.

Desired experience with ERP systems, automation tools, and data analytics platforms.

Operate effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving, and purpose-driven organization.

Fluent in English; proficiency in another language of the countries in which Arcera operate is advantageous.

Key Competencies

Strategic agility and innovation mindset

Global business acumen

Cross-functional collaboration and influence

Ethical leadership and compliance orientation

Operational excellence and attention to detail

Talent development and inclusive leadership

Job Details

Role Level : Director Work Type : Full-Time Country : United Arab Emirates City : Abu Dhabi Company Website : www.arceralifesciences.com Job Function : Finance Company Industry /

Sector : Retail Pharmacies Research Services And Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

What We Offer

About The Company

Arcera is a global company in the life sciences sector that is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Our vision is to bridge investment, talent, and expertise to become a leader in addressing and mitigating healthcare challenges by offering products that improve the quality and longevity of human life while fostering sustainable growth. With an operational footprint spanning over 90 countries across four continents, we bring together complementary businesses offering 2,000 branded medicines across a wide range of therapeutic areas, supported by a combined workforce of more than 6,500 people. Our businesses : Acino International (Acino) is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland with origins dating back to 1836 and manufacturing sites in five countries as well as commercial operations across four continents that develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a wide range of medicines internationally. To learn more, visit https : / / acino.swiss Birgi Mefar Group (BMG) is one of Türkiye’s largest sterile production service companies specializing in the manufacturing of sterile injectables and glass packaging, in addition to pharmaceutical distribution services. To learn more, visit https : / / www.mefar.com Amoun Pharmaceutical Company (Amoun) is a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer headquartered in Egypt specialized in the development, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and export of a wide range of human pharmaceutical and animal health products. To learn more, visit https : / / www.amoun.com Careers : Explore how you can contribute to making a difference in enabling longer and healthier lives while creating sustainable growth. Reach out to us at [e-mail]. Contact us : Collaboration lies at the heart of our business model and we actively seek partnerships to leverage the power of science to deliver impactful outcomes. Discover if you are the ideal partner by connecting with us at [e-mail]

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