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

PricewaterhouseCoopers; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in Dubai is seeking a Tax Manager to provide strategic advice on VAT and indirect taxation. You will oversee projects, mentor teams, and ensure high-quality client outcomes. Candidates should have proven VAT experience and strong analytical skills. This role includes leadership responsibilities within a dynamic, client-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and identify system interactions for compliance.
• Lead and execute projects to meet client expectations.
• Mentor team members and enhance their skills.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Coaching and Feedback

Job description

Line of Service: Tax

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Specialism: General Tax Consulting

Management Level: Manager

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 optimize their tax positions.

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 optimize their indirect tax positions.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members' 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.

Responsibilities and Requirements

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include, but are not limited to:

• Analyze 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, the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
• 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.

Additional Information

Degrees/Field of Study required: Not specified.

Certifications: Not specified.

Required Skills: Not specified.

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, and 17 more.

Desired Languages: Not specified.

Travel Requirements: Not Specified.

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: Yes.

Government Clearance Required: Yes.