Zakat/Tax Senior Specialist

Purpose of Job

Jobholders at this level are capable of operating with minimal supervision. They work within guidelines and procedures in order to prepare more complex, specialized or ad-hoc reports in their related field. They contribute to the completion of milestones or operational targets within the assigned functional area. They undertake operational activities including collecting, consolidating, categorizing, and prioritizing Direct Tax settlement requests, ensuring that all required documents are collected from stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

Direct Tax Studies

• Collect, consolidate and register Direct Tax settlement requests and accordingly prioritize/categorize them according to urgency and criticality.
• Request and gather appropriate documents from key stakeholders in relation to Direct Tax requests that need hearing sessions, and accordingly archive them in the database system.
• Review received data and documentation, conduct needed technical studies and assessments, and accordingly come up with preliminary conclusions.
• Develop consolidated study/assessment reports highlighting preliminary conclusions, results, and needed action plans of Direct Tax settlement cases and accordingly submit proposals for related committees.
• Develop Direct Tax cases court hearing schedule with related traders/taxpayers to solve related lawsuits and disputes as well as answer any Tax related inquiries.
• Prepare notification form for presentation, final minutes, invoices, and declarations to report to taxpayers and implement final decisions issued by the committee.
• Archive documents in the database system in line with archiving guidelines.

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.
• Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly.
• Perform other duties as requested.

People Management

• Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how, when applicable.
• Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/junior staff.
• Support junior staff or direct reports in order to execute their duties according to set policies and processes.

Job Details

Communication and Contacts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, or equivalent is required.

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Competencies

Tax Audit Management - Proficient

Tax Audit Techniques and Execution - Developing

Transfer Pricing Management - Developing

Collaboration and Communication - Developing

Professionalism - Developing

Tax Audit Planning - Developing

Broad Taxation Awareness - Proficient

Results Oriented - Developing

Post-Clearance Audit Management - Developing

Customer Focus - Developing

Enablement of Change and Innovation - Developing