Tax & Legal Services - Tax - Indirect Tax - Senior Associate / Manager - Dubai

PwC; Dubai; On-site; AED 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An international tax services firm in Dubai is seeking a tax advisor to provide guidance on VAT, GST, and other indirect taxes. The ideal candidate has proven experience in VAT compliance and strong analytical skills. Responsibilities include managing client engagements and mentoring team members while upholding professional standards. The role offers opportunities for growth in a dynamic environment, with available visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in VAT compliance, advisory, and dispute resolution.
• Ability to manage complex client engagements and deliver high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Analyse interactions within tax systems.
• Ensure successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion of projects.
• Mentor team members effectively.

Skills

VAT compliance

Strong analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Client management

Education

Degree in accounting or finance

Job description

Summary

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

Role Focus

In indirect tax at PwC, you will focus on value-added tax (VAT), goods and services tax (GST), sales tax and other indirect taxes. Your work will involve providing advice and guidance to clients on indirect tax planning, compliance, and strategy, helping businesses navigate complex indirect tax regulations and optimise their indirect tax positions.

Leadership & Expectations

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Key Qualifications and Attributes

• Proven experience in VAT compliance, advisory, and dispute resolution
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to manage complex client engagements and deliver high-quality outcomes
• EU VAT experience is highly desirable

Education

Degrees / Field of Study required:

Degrees / Field of Study preferred:

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Tax, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Corporate Tax Planning, Creativity, Customs Brokerage, Customs Regulations, Customs Tariffs, Customs Valuation, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Inclusion, Indirect Tax, Indirect Tax Controversies, Input Value Added Tax (VAT), Intellectual Curiosity, International Taxation, Learning Agility, Optimism, Professional Courage {+ 17 more}

Desired Languages

Not Specified

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Visa Sponsorship & Government Clearance

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? Yes

Government Clearance Required? Yes

Job Posting End Date

Not specified