Policy & Legislation Senior Advisor

هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled professional to lead the development and implementation of tax legislative frameworks. This role involves conducting research, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with best practices. The ideal candidate will have a strong legal background, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to manage complex projects. Join a forward-thinking organization where your expertise will shape the future of tax regulation and contribute to impactful policy changes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in tax legislation and policy development.
• Strong legal writing and policy drafting skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research to improve tax legislative frameworks and develop new policies.
• Communicate changes to stakeholders and prepare guidelines for tax laws.

Skills

Collaboration and Communication

Legislations and Regulations

Research and Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Legal Writing and Policy Drafting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law

Master’s degree in Business Administration

Job description

Purpose of Job

Jobholders at this level are responsible for leading work activities and working autonomously with minor direction towards predetermined long-term objectives. Jobholders might act as internal consultants and facilitators through providing guidance to deliver and perform operational activities. Their main operational role includes monitoring frameworks updates and provide recommendations for improvement, initiating development of new policies based on market studies and best practices benchmarks, conduct workshops to relevant employees, ensuring that all related activities are implemented by the set guidelines and policies.

Job Responsibilities

Legislative Framework Assessment

• Conduct research and identify best practices in the field of Tax treaties, laws and guidelines to identify improvement areas in ZATCA’s current legislative framework
• Support preparation and implementation of action plans based on feedback from top management regarding improving current Tax legislative framework
• Communicate with taxpayers, if needed, via discussion groups to elicit input that will aid in the development of legislative documents
• Develop/Update Tax legislative documents ensuring alignment to ZATCA guidelines and standards as well as conducted research input and internal feedback
• Prepare documents that need Governor approval and ensure all feedback is appropriately integrated prior submission to final approval and sign-off
• Analyze implications on ZATCA legislative framework resulting from changes in related tax treaties, laws and guidelines and develop list of amendments to be applied
• Prepare proposals and recommendations for implementation including issue overview, objectives and analysis results ensuring ZATCA strategic objectives and requirements are addressed
• Prepare list of necessary or useful research resources and present to Director for approval
  
  
  

Legislative Framework Development and Update

• Review and update frameworks, identify internal/external involved parties and ensure that all changes communicated properly
• Define list of policies, regulations, and guidelines to be developed or amended based on research and internal and external expert feedback
• Develop scope of work, methodology, work schedule and team members for the studies of legislative issues and clarify communication imperatives for smooth collection of data, discussions, and validations
• Conduct workshops with legal, policy and subject matter experts for input related to the development of legislative documents and intervene for further clarification if needed
• Update guidelines and policy documents based on research findings and updated policies and review ZATCA business requirement documents to ensure compliance
  
  
  

Legislative Framework Implementation and Communication

• Publish approved legislative documents in official journal and communicate changes to concerned stakeholders through publications and press releases to ensure awareness of all internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure that newly updated/developed Tax-related legislative documents are adequately conveyed to relevant stakeholders, and accordingly evaluated
• Prepare guidelines for the implementation of tax laws including tax rulings and interpretation bulletins and set coordination standards for tax law queries resolution in coordination with related stakeholders
• Manage the development of periodical reports highlighting impact of new legislative documents, implementation issues, lessons learned and improvement actions
• Prepare tax technical presentations and training material
  
  
  

Organization and Operations

• Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
• Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
  
  
  

Job Details

Communication and Contacs

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Law or equivalent is required
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Law, or equivalent is preferred
  
  
  

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

Competencies

Collaboration and Communication - Developing

Legislations and Regulations - Advanced

Professionalism - Proficient

Research and Analysis - Proficient

Tax and Customs Treaties - Advanced

Results Oriented - Proficient

Stakeholder Management - Proficient

Legal Writing and Policy Drafting - Advanced

Customer Focus - Proficient

Enablement of Change and Innovation - Developing

Negotiation and Influence - Proficient