Manager of Tax Services - Data & Digital Job Snapshot - Role: Manager of Tax Services - Data & Digital - Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Industry: Financial Services - Function: Taxes - Experience: 4-7 years in data, automation or AI solutions, including at least 2 years of hands‑on development experience - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site
Al-Futtaim Group is seeking a Manager of Tax Services - Data & Digital to accelerate the digital transformation of its Tax Operations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The role focuses on improving tax data management, automating compliance processes and implementing artificial intelligence and advanced analytics solutions across the Group's tax and finance activities. You will manage tax data requirements covering Value Added Tax (VAT), Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing and electronic invoicing, ensuring that information extracted from SAP and other relevant systems is accurate, traceable and ready for regulatory reporting. Working closely with Group Tax, Finance, IT, Global Business Services and external stakeholders, you will develop practical automation solutions, improve data quality and strengthen the efficiency and reliability of tax compliance processes. The position requires a combination of technical development expertise, financial data knowledge, project delivery capabilities and an understanding of UAE and regional tax requirements.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates - City: Dubai - Industry: Financial Services - Function: Taxes - Salary: Not disclosed - Gender: No Preference - Candidate Nationality: Not specified - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site
Key Responsibilities
- Tax Data Management and Data Quality
- Manage the end-to-end tax data requirements for VAT, Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing and electronic invoicing across Al-Futtaim Group entities.
- Oversee the movement and preparation of tax information from SAP source systems to submission-ready reporting outputs.
- Develop and maintain data extraction, mapping and transformation processes that produce accurate and auditable tax information.
- Design and implement automated data quality checks to identify incomplete, inconsistent or inaccurate records.
- Establish exception monitoring processes to support timely identification and resolution of data issues.
- Maintain documented data lineage to ensure the traceability of tax information throughout processing and reporting.
- Support reconciliation between statutory accounting ledgers and submitted tax filings.
- Work with relevant stakeholders to resolve data discrepancies affecting tax compliance and reporting accuracy.
- Tax Process Automation and AI Solutions
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to automate tax processes and reduce manual administrative work.
- Develop, test and deploy automation and AI-enabled solutions using Python, Power Platform, robotic process automation and approved AI tools.
- Evaluate potential applications of machine learning and generative AI within Tax Operations.
- Build working prototypes to demonstrate practical improvements in tax data processing and reporting.
- Collaborate with process owners to assess the effectiveness and business value of proposed solutions.
- Transition successful automation pilots into business-as-usual operations.
- Maintain technical documentation, version control records and testing evidence for developed solutions.
- Prepare appropriate operational handover materials to support ongoing use and maintenance.
- Ensure automation initiatives support reliable, repeatable and controlled tax processes.
- UAE E-Invoicing and Regulatory Digital Readiness
- Support the Group's UAE electronic invoicing program from a data management and systems integration perspective.
- Assess master data and transaction records against applicable regulatory data and schema requirements.
- Identify information gaps that could affect electronic invoicing compliance.
- Coordinate data remediation activities with Finance, Tax and technical stakeholders.
- Support system testing, data validation and implementation readiness activities.
- Participate in cut-over preparation for electronic invoicing and other digital tax reporting requirements.
- Monitor relevant regulatory developments to support continued digital tax compliance.
- Tax Reporting, Analytics and Management Insights
- Develop and maintain dashboards covering tax compliance activities, filing deadlines and operational performance.
- Monitor relevant tax