Indirect Tax - Senior Manager - Dubai - UAE

EY; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

EY Dubai is seeking an experienced Indirect Tax Senior Manager to lead and develop a delivery team, ensuring high-quality client service and delivery of tax compliance and advisory work.

You will build relationships with clients, identify opportunities, and manage risk while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a global professional services environment. Prior Big4 experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• A degree in economics, finance, tax or accounting.
• A relevant Masters degree, CPA or ACA/CA/CPA/CMA/SOCPA/Law qualification/CTA or equivalent tax qualification is preferred
• At least 7 years of relevant experience as Indirect Tax professional
• Experience working for a Big 4 accounting firm is preferred. However, we will consider candidates from law firms or with relevant industry experience

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage delivery teams to ensure quality work and day-to-day leadership.
• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and seek business development opportunities.
• Manage risk for both client and the firm while extracting maximum value from tax services.

Skills

Client relationship management

Project management

Communication

Negotiation

Time management

Education

Degree in economics, finance, tax or accounting

Masters degree, CPA or ACA/CA/CPA/CMA/SOCPA/Law qualification/CTA or equivalent tax qualification

Job description

Job Description:

Indirect Tax Senior Manager

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

EY is looking for a Senior Manager to join our Indirect Tax team to help clients meet their compliance obligations as well as achieve their business goals.

Your Key Responsibilities

Your people responsibilities

You must be an enthusiastic Senior Manager with the ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams & ensure delivery of quality work and take day-to-day leadership of delivery team. You are also expected to help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff & have a significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations as well as through managing junior staff development and assignments.

Your client responsibilities

You should build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service. You must possess business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients Overall responsibility of quality of client service. You will be managing possible leads from other areas of the practice & building networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from. You will also contribute to successfully extracting maximum value for both EY and clients from the tax services delivered whilst managing risk appropriately for both client and the firm.

Skills And Attributes For Success

You must be client driven, strategically and commercially aware as well as an excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral. You must also be enthusiastic with a flexible attitude to work. You should also possess project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget. You are also expected to have good negotiation skills, ability to sustain opinion and handle challenge, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines as well as effective time management skills.

Qualifications & Experience:

• A degree in economics, finance, tax or accounting.
• A relevant Masters degree, CPA or ACA/CA/CPA/CMA/SOCPA/Law qualification/CTA or equivalent tax qualification is preferred
• At least 7 years of relevant experience as Indirect Tax professional
• Experience working for a Big 4 accounting firm is preferred. However, we will consider candidates from law firms or with relevant industry experience

Ideally, you’ll also

• Have experience working in multicultural teams.
• Have strong organizational, project management and analytical skills.
• Have experience in managing teams.

What We Look For

We are interested in entrepreneurs who have the confidence to develop and promote a brand-new strategic vision both internally and externally. You will be business savvy with a passion for innovation as well as the motivation to create your own EY journey.

What We Offer You

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

To help create an equitable and inclusive experience during the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible about any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need.

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