GCR - Tax - Assistant Manager - UAE

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team of tax professionals at a leading firm, where you will leverage your expertise to deliver high-quality tax services across diverse industries. This role involves managing client engagements, leading a talented team, and ensuring compliance with tax regulations. You will play a crucial role in enhancing service delivery, building client relationships, and driving efficiency in operations. If you are a motivated individual with a strong track record in tax and management, this opportunity allows you to make a meaningful impact in a collaborative and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Leadership Coaching

Diverse and Inclusive Culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in domestic and international tax regulations.
• Strong background in tax accounting and auditing in a professional services environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in providing tax services and manage client engagements.
• Monitor project deliverables and drive performance improvements.

Skills

Management Experience

Tax Accounting

Project Management

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Education

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

MBA or Advanced Degree

Professional Qualifications (CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT)

Job description

MENA Tax Global Compliance & Reporting Assistant Manager

Our globally coordinated tax professionals offer connected services across all tax disciplines to help our clients thrive in an era of rapid change. We combine our exceptional knowledge and experience with the people and technology platforms that make us an ideal partner for all their tax-related needs. In Tax, we equip clients to make better business decisions by bringing insights to the forefront. We help companies understand the tax policies and tax laws of governments around the world to plan and comply accordingly.

Our teams leverage transformative technologies to deliver strategy and from tax and regulatory obligations to operations and workforce management to reduce risk and drive sustainable value. Tax has six subservice lines which cover a wide range of issues: Business Tax Services, Global Compliance and Reporting, Global Law, Indirect Tax, International Tax and Transaction Services, and People Advisory Services.

The opportunity

Our GCR tax service line operates as a team of highly experienced tax professionals who focus on delivering efficient and effective resources to companies in the region. Our goal is to improve quality, manage risk, create efficiency, and drive value. Our market-leading approach combines standard and efficient processes, highly effective tools, and an extensive network of local tax and accounting professionals. Our clients benefit from an integrated, consistent, and flexible quality service to address direct and indirect tax compliance, statutory accounting and financial reporting, and tax accounting.

As part of a MENA team, you will be providing high-quality services to clients across a range of industries. You will also lead a team looking after service delivery coordination, issue resolution, and contract management of large-scale projects where you will need to manage and coordinate the delivery of tax services by EY teams in the region.

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 build 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 with 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 multicultural environment.
• In-depth commercial, legislative, and industry knowledge.

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you'll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus we offer:

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact your way.
• Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching, and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above please contact us as soon as possible.

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