Manager Direct Tax

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Manager, Direct Tax | Holding | Finance

The primary objective of the candidate shall be to support the Tax Operations vertical – Direct Tax in overseeing the Direct Tax Operations focused on compliance and audit and serving various markets in which the Group operates. The focus will be on streamlining operational tax compliance for businesses and working closely with the Group’s shared service centre in Egypt (GS) to promote efficiency and ensuring quality service delivery.

• Prepare and maintain documentation to substantiate the basis of preparation and tax positions for compliances as needed.
• Ensure Withholding Tax compliance including filing returns, taking treaty benefits and documenting positions for each type of payment.
• Provide input into Transfer Pricing compliance such as local files, master files and disclosure form and maintain requisite benchmarking evidence and inter-company agreements as undertaken by the GS team.
• Work closely with GS teams and provide the required support with their mandate and delivery.
• Identify and ideate tax optimisation opportunities to create value for the group.
• Involve in tax audit management and socialize progress and learnings with other verticals.
• Monitoring tax developments and regulatory changes impacting on the scope of existing covered compliances and taking appropriate action/ recommendation.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly reporting pack and dashboards for CFOs and Risk Committee highlighting areas of risk, opportunities and compliance status.

• Minimum 5+ years of similar experience, having worked in a Tax environment in a large organization, managing tax operational matters and leading tax teams.
• Having work in a Big 4 Audit firm in the UAE or any tax consulting role is recommended.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting is a must.
• Must be a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA/ ACCA/ CPA/ ICAEW).
• Good practical and technical tax knowledge in taxes including Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing, Withholding Tax and strong understanding of global tax regulations and trends.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.