Sr Counsel - Tax

Saudi Aramco; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 30,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Tax Counsel to join their Tax Law Department. This role involves providing high-quality tax legal advice to internal clients, coordinating with external tax advisors, and reviewing legal submissions related to tax matters. With a commitment to excellence, the company offers a challenging and rewarding work environment, focusing on professional development and innovative solutions in the energy sector. If you're a proactive legal expert with a strong background in tax law and a passion for the energy industry, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in tax law, preferably in energy-related industries.
• Licensed to practice law in the US, Canada, UK, EU, or equivalent jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality tax legal advice to internal clients and coordinate with external advisors.
• Review legislation and advise on tax and legal issues affecting operations.

Skills

Legal Research

Tax Law

Legal Analysis

Tax Planning

Advisory Skills

Education

Juris Doctorate

LL.M. in Taxation

Job description

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Tax Counsel for our Tax Law Department within Saudi Aramco’s Law Organization. The Tax Law Department is responsible for providing tax legal advice to Saudi Aramco’s business units, subsidiaries, and joint ventures while working closely with other members of the Law Organization.

The Tax Counsel’s primary role is to ensure the provision of high-quality tax legal advice to internal clients and coordinate with external tax advisors. This includes providing tax advice on transactions as well as day-to-day business operations, reviewing outside counsel draft submissions, reviewing, and preparing draft responses to government or court correspondence, and assisting in handling sensitive correspondence and tax legal matters.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

1. Advising internal clients by analyzing facts and conducting legal research, preparing legal analysis and opinions, planning tax efficient structures for major projects, and advising and making recommendations to Company management regarding tax and legal issues.
2. Reviewing current legislation, treaties, and governmental regulations pertinent to Company operations and advising Law Organization management and senior-level attorneys with regard to the same.
3. Assisting and coordinating with outside tax advisors with respect to ongoing transactions, as well as providing responses to inquiries raised in connection with tax examinations of Saudi Aramco and its subsidiaries.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will have:

1. A juris doctorate degree or equivalent from a recognized and accredited university. An LL.M. in Taxation is preferred.
2. Minimum 12 years of experience.
3. Currently licensed, admitted to practice, and in good standing in the United States, Canada, England & Wales, the European Union, or an equivalent jurisdiction.
4. A minimum of six years of experience in tax in a leading US law firm, Big 4 accounting firm, and/or an in-house tax department of a multinational company.
5. Experience in the oil and gas, refining, chemicals, power or other energy-related industries (including renewable energy and new energies).
6. A self-starting, flexible, pragmatic, and commercially-oriented approach to practicing law.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. As a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, and we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.