Senior Accountant - Revenue Tax And Finance Operations

Job Description:

Ensure accurate revenue accounting, timely VAT and corporate tax compliance, effective banking coordination, and controlled payroll and expense disbursements across the group.

The role requires a hands‑on finance professional who can independently manage reconciliations and tax compliance processes, investigate discrepancies, coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, and provide management with clear reports on exceptions and corrective actions.

• VAT compliance and reporting
  • Prepare VAT computations and supporting schedules, reconcile them with the general ledger, and arrange timely return filing and payment after internal review and approval.
  • Prepare annual VAT reconciliations and applicable adjustments, including input VAT apportionment where relevant.
  • Prepare and follow up on input VAT refund applications, maintain supporting documentation, and respond to requests for additional information.
  • Review input VAT claims for eligibility, correct treatment and adequacy of supporting tax invoices.
  • Review business practices— including sales packages, discounts, promotions, customer refunds and intercompany transactions—to a VAT compliance perspective.
  • Coordinate VAT registrations, tax group amendments, updates to registration details and deregistrations, where applicable.
  • Maintain complete VAT records and coordinate with tax advisers, auditors and the Federal Tax Authority as required.
• Corporate tax compliance and reporting
  • Prepare corporate tax computations and annual returns for individual entities and the corporate tax group, as applicable, and arrange timely filing and payment following internal review and approval.
  • Reconcile tax computations with financial statements and the general ledger, maintaining schedules for tax adjustments, deductible and non‑deductible expenditure, exemptions and applicable reliefs.
  • Manage corporate tax registrations, amendments to registration details and deregistrations, where applicable, through Emara Tax.
  • Coordinate corporate tax group formation, additions or removal of members, changes to group details and related applications.
  • Monitor continuing tax group eligibility, including changes in ownership, entity structure, financial year and other relevant conditions, and escalate potential issues.
  • Prepare or coordinate tax group computations, including aggregation of members’ financial results, applicable eliminations and supporting reconciliations.
  • Maintain entity‑wise schedules of tax losses, utilization, permitted transfers and balances carried forward, including pre‑grouping losses where applicable.
  • Maintain related‑party and connected‑person transaction schedules and coordinate applicable transfer pricing disclosures, documentation and benchmarking with tax advisers.
  • Review transactions and business practices for corporate tax implications and recommend corrective action where necessary.
  • Maintain a tax compliance calendar and complete supporting records; coordinate responses to FTA queries, assessments, corrections and voluntary disclosures where required.
  • Track relevant tax developments and communicate their practical implications to the Head of Finance.
• Revenue reconciliation and accuracy
  • Reconcile daily store revenue recorded in point‑of‑sale systems with collection reports, card processor settlements, cash deposits and revenue recorded in the general ledger.
  • Reconcile gross card collections with net bank settlements, accounting for merchant fees, settlement timing differences, refunds and chargebacks.
  • Verify that cash collections are deposited completely and promptly, and investigate cash shortages, excesses or delayed deposits.
  • Identify missing settlements, duplicate transactions, revenue posting errors, unusual…