VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax Advisory

Mogi I/O; Dubai; On-site; AED 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Mogi I/O, a UAE-based VAT advisory practice, seeks a seasoned VAT Director to lead the UAE Indirect Tax Advisory. You will own the practice, deliver high-level tax counsel to senior finance leaders, and shape strategy with market development and commercial management.

You will guide engagements, manage client relationships, mentor the VAT team, and drive profitable revenue growth, ensuring technical excellence and practical business solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive practical knowledge of UAE VAT legislation and advisory requirements.
• Proven experience directing technically challenging indirect tax engagements.
• Established relationships or senior-level experience with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Direct complex UAE VAT and broader indirect tax advisory assignments across varied industries and business models.
• Provide senior-level advice on VAT treatment, transaction implications, tax risks, operating structures, and compliance considerations.
• Act as a trusted adviser to CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other senior corporate decision-makers.
• Shape and expand the UAE VAT Advisory offering according to regulatory developments and changing client requirements.
• Identify opportunities for additional advisory work within existing client relationships and the wider market.
• Lead major pitches, proposals, engagement scoping discussions, technical presentations, and commercial negotiations.
• Review complex VAT opinions and important deliverables before submission to clients.
• Maintain high standards of technical accuracy while ensuring engagements remain practical and commercially relevant.
• Allocate resources effectively across assignments and monitor delivery schedules, workloads, and utilization.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop VAT professionals while strengthening technical and client-facing capabilities across the team.
• Manage engagement economics including pricing, margins, utilization, revenue pipelines, and profitability.
• Contribute to practice budgets, forecasts, growth objectives, and overall P&L performance.
• Monitor UAE VAT legislation, Federal Tax Authority guidance, administrative developments, and relevant GCC tax changes.
• Assess the business implications of regulatory developments and communicate actionable recommendations to clients.
• Maintain appropriate engagement governance, technical review, documentation, and risk-management standards.

Skills

UAE VAT

Indirect Tax Advisory

VAT advisory

UAE tax legislation

GCC tax developments

VAT structuring

Tax compliance advisory

Executive tax advisory

CFO stakeholder mgmt

Education

CA/CTA/ACCA/CPA/ADIT

Job description

VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax Advisory in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Accounting hiring opportunity for an accomplished tax professional with extensive UAE VAT expertise and the commercial ability to develop a high-performing advisory practice. The position combines technical leadership, executive client relationships, business development, team management, engagement quality, and responsibility for sustainable revenue and profitability.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Industry: Accounting Function: Tax Salary: 42000-60000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The VAT Director will take ownership of the UAE VAT Advisory practice, balancing sophisticated technical work with market development and commercial management. The position requires the ability to interpret evolving VAT requirements, turn complex tax matters into practical business advice, and become a trusted adviser to senior finance and tax executives. The director will also strengthen the practice by developing talent, winning new mandates, improving engagement economics, and maintaining consistently high technical standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct complex UAE VAT and broader indirect tax advisory assignments across varied industries and business models.
• Provide senior-level advice on VAT treatment, transaction implications, tax risks, operating structures, and compliance considerations.
• Act as a trusted adviser to CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other senior corporate decision-makers.
• Shape and expand the UAE VAT Advisory offering according to regulatory developments and changing client requirements.
• Identify opportunities for additional advisory work within existing client relationships and the wider market.
• Lead major pitches, proposals, engagement scoping discussions, technical presentations, and commercial negotiations.
• Review complex VAT opinions and important deliverables before submission to clients.
• Maintain high standards of technical accuracy while ensuring engagements remain practical and commercially relevant.
• Allocate resources effectively across assignments and monitor delivery schedules, workloads, and utilization.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop VAT professionals while strengthening technical and client-facing capabilities across the team.
• Manage engagement economics including pricing, margins, utilization, revenue pipelines, and profitability.
• Contribute to practice budgets, forecasts, growth objectives, and overall P&L performance.
• Monitor UAE VAT legislation, Federal Tax Authority guidance, administrative developments, and relevant GCC tax changes.
• Assess the business implications of regulatory developments and communicate actionable recommendations to clients.
• Maintain appropriate engagement governance, technical review, documentation, and risk-management standards.

Ideal Profile

• Extensive practical knowledge of UAE VAT legislation and advisory requirements.
• Proven experience directing technically challenging indirect tax engagements.
• Established relationships or senior-level experience with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to originate new work and expand existing client accounts.
• Experience preparing proposals, leading pitches, and converting opportunities into advisory engagements.
• Practice or service-line leadership experience is preferred.
• Strong understanding of engagement pricing, revenue forecasting, utilization, margins, and profitability.
• Big 4, leading professional services, or established tax advisory experience is preferred.
• CA, CTA, ACCA, CPA, ADIT, or an equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management capability.

Skills Set

• UAE VAT
• Indirect Tax Advisory
• VAT advisory
• UAE tax legislation
• Federal Tax Authority guidance
• GCC tax developments
• VAT transaction analysis
• Indirect tax risk assessment
• VAT structuring
• Tax compliance advisory
• Technical tax reviewTax engagement leadership
• Executive tax advisory
• CFO stakeholder management
• Client relationship development
• Business development
• Proposal and pitch management
• Practice growth
• Service-line management
• Tax team leadership
• Talent development
• Engagement pricing
• Revenue forecasting
• Utilization management
• Margin management
• P&L management
• Practice profitability

Why Join Us

The continuing development of taxation across the UAE and GCC is increasing demand for senior professionals capable of providing technically rigorous advice while understanding the commercial realities facing businesses. This role offers the opportunity to influence the direction of a VAT practice rather than simply manage individual engagements, with ownership spanning client growth, technical quality, team development, revenue generation, and profitability.

About the Company

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