GCR - Tax - Assistant Manager

Ernst & Young AE; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented professional with robust management experience to lead a dynamic team in delivering high-quality tax services. In this pivotal role, you will oversee client engagements, ensuring compliance and reporting needs are met while fostering strong relationships. Your expertise in domestic and international tax regulations will be crucial as you navigate a multicultural environment and drive performance improvements. This opportunity allows you to coach and develop junior team members, contributing to a positive learning culture. If you are ready to make a significant impact in a fast-paced setting, this role is ideal for you.

Qualifications

• Over 5 years of experience in tax rules and regulations.
• Strong background in tax accounting and auditing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in providing tax services and manage client engagements.
• Strengthen internal and external relationships and ensure quality services.

Skills

Management Experience

Communication Skills

Detail-oriented

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or Taxation

MBA or related advanced degree

Job description

Bachelor of Commerce(Commerce), Master of Commerce(Commerce)

Nationality: Any Nationality

Vacancy: 1 Vacancy

Job Description

Your key responsibilities

You will combine strong technical skills with practical commercial, legislative and industry knowledge to lead a team in providing tax services. You will be responsible for a team to help manage our clients' compliance and reporting needs. You will establish, maintain and strengthen valued internal and external relationships and ensure that the services delivered to clients are of the highest quality.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions. You will also assist the team in generating new business opportunities and building client networks for our GCR client base to grow in the region.

You will create, lead and motivate high-performing teams and build a positive learning culture, coaching and counseling junior team members to help them develop. You will assist in managing engagement economics by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders. You will also be responsible for ensuring adherence to our Tax Quality guidelines.

Skills and attributes for success

If you are an excellent communicator and detail-oriented professional with a strong track record of management experience who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and large amounts of data, you will be perfect for the role.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or any related essential fields.
• MBA, Masters or another related advanced degree and/or professional qualifications e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent qualification.
• A very strong knowledge and over 5 years of experience in domestic and international tax rules/regulations, developments etc., ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
• A very strong background in tax accounting and tax auditing, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
• A strong track record of managerial, organizational and project management experience.

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• In-depth commercial, legislative and industry knowledge.