Tax Officer Dubai Regional Office (M / F)

CMA CGM; Dubai; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled tax professional to join their Dubai Regional Office. In this role, you will handle tax matters for shipping agencies and inland transportation entities across the Middle East and beyond. Your expertise will contribute to developing optimized tax solutions and ensuring compliance with international tax regulations. This position not only offers a chance to work within a dynamic team but also involves occasional travel across the region and to France, providing a unique opportunity to broaden your professional horizons. If you are passionate about tax law and thrive in an international context, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in tax department of international Group or consulting firm.
• Familiarity with international tax matters and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in tax audits and develop optimized tax solutions for Group entities.
• Conduct tax monitoring and liaise with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Tax Law

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Team Spirit

Curiosity

Dynamism

Autonomy

Education

Master’s Degree in Tax Law

Job description

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.

Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

MISSION

• Within the Dubai Regional Office (DRO) covering the Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent, Indian Ocean Islands, Southern & Eastern Africa, you will be working on all the tax matters of the Group shipping agencies and inland transportation entities established in the region and coordinate the information sharing process to the DRO CFO (based in Dubai) and the Tax Manager Middle East and Africa (MEA) (based in France) for tax reporting purposes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Within the DRO and under the supervision of the DRO CFO and the MEA Tax Manager, you will be required to :

• Assist Group companies established in the DRO Region in tax audits with the support of local CFOs and local external advisors (if any),
• Assist in the development of secured and optimized tax solutions for various entities of the Group established in the DRO region,
• Ensure tax monitoring and conduct ad hoc studies and projects in the DRO region (upon request),
• Be involved in restructuring operations,
• Liaise and communicate with various internal and external stakeholders mainly based in the DRO region and Europe,
• Elaborate, complete, and share tax materials and supports to the Head Office and Regional Office,
• Eventually be involved in the validation of tax liabilities for Group entities established in the DRO region,
• Tax review of Group entities established in the DRO region
• While the position is located in Dubai, there will be occasional travel across the DRO countries and to France

PROFILE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• You are a tax lawyer or / and hold a master’s degree in tax law and justify between 4 and 6-years’ experience within the tax department of an international Group, a consulting firm (big 4) and / or a law firm
• You are familiar with and willing to work on tax matters within an international context (analysis of double tax agreements, OECD / UN model tax conventions and related commentaries, foreign tax regulations, VAT, etc.).
• Speaking French is a plus.
• You are comfortable with providing written analysis and implementing solutions with respect to various tax matters / issues in an international context.
• Your professionalism, communication skills, team spirit and good analytical and synthesis skills are your assets to succeed in this position. Your curiosity, dynamism and autonomy will enable you to successfully carry out the tasks inherent to this position.