Head of Tax

About the Company

Our client is a global multinational pharmaceutical organisation with a strong and growing footprint across the Middle East. Known for its commitment to innovation, compliance excellence, and patient impact, the business continues to expand in both commercial scale and operational complexity across the region.

Reporting into senior regional finance leadership, the Head of Tax will own and lead the end-to-end tax agenda for the UAE and relevant regional scope, based in Dubai. This includes direct and indirect tax, tax reporting, governance, and proactive risk mitigation. You will act as the key tax advisor to the business, partnering closely with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and commercial leadership to ensure the organisation remains fully compliant while optimising its tax position in line with corporate policy and local regulations.

• Tax Strategy and Advisory: Lead the tax strategy across the UAE and assigned regional markets, providing proactive advisory to business leaders in support of growth and operational decision‑making.
• Corporate Tax Compliance: Oversee UAE Corporate Tax requirements and filings, ensuring robust governance, timely submissions, and strong audit readiness.
• Indirect Tax Management: Manage VAT compliance, reporting, and advisory, including complex transactions, cross‑border implications, and evolving regulatory changes.
• Transfer Pricing and Intercompany Governance: Partner with global tax teams to support transfer pricing policies, intercompany agreements, and documentation requirements where applicable.
• Tax Reporting and Controls: Ensure accurate tax accounting and reporting in line with internal and external reporting standards, maintaining strong internal controls and governance.
• Risk and Audit Management: Lead tax risk assessments, manage tax authority interactions, and support audits and queries with clear documentation and structured responses.
• Business Partnering: Work closely with Commercial, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Medical teams to advise on tax implications for contracts, tenders, pricing, and business models.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the key point of contact for internal stakeholders and external advisors, ensuring clear guidance and consistent, compliant execution.
• Team Leadership: Lead and develop the tax function (or manage a matrix structure), driving a culture of accountability, precision, and continuous improvement.

We are seeking a commercially astute tax leader with strong technical depth and experience operating in a regulated, multinational environment. The ideal candidate will bring the confidence to advise senior stakeholders, navigate complexity, and establish robust tax governance across the region, based from Dubai.

• Proven experience in a senior tax role within a multinational organisation, ideally within Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, or similarly regulated industries.
• Strong working knowledge of UAE Corporate Tax and VAT, with demonstrated experience implementing or operating governance frameworks in‑market.
• Experience advising on complex business transactions, contracts, and cross‑functional commercial activities.
• Familiarity with transfer pricing principles and intercompany governance in a multinational context.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across Finance, Legal, and the wider business.
• Experience managing tax audits, authority engagements, and external advisors.
• Professional qualification preferred (for example ACA, ACCA, CTA, CPA, or equivalent).
• Dubai‑based (or open to relocation to Dubai).

This is a high‑visibility opportunity to step into a strategic tax leadership role within a global pharmaceutical organisation at a time of significant regulatory change and growth. Based in Dubai, you will play a key role in shaping tax governance, protecting the business, and supporting long‑term expansion across the region, while working closely with senior leadership in a market where tax has become a board‑level priority.

If you are a tax leader ready to take on a pivotal role within a global pharmaceutical organisation in Dubai, we would love to speak with you. Please contact NTS Group for a confidential discussion.