Legal Senior Advisor1
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About the Role
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority seeks a Legal Senior Advisor in Riyadh to lead work activities and provide legal guidance on tax and zakat matters. Responsibilities include preparing complex legal studies for committees on withholding taxes, VAT, and real estate transaction taxes.
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Responsibilities
- Stay up to date with all tax/zakat laws and regulations through research and legal advice
- Prepare case files and ensure data entered are complete and error free
- Study cases related to withholding tax including double taxation agreements and provide legal studies
- Study cases related to value added taxes and provide legal studies
- Study cases related to selected goods taxes and related fines
- Study cases related to real estate transactions taxes and related fines
- Develop accurate and timely periodical and customized reports for Section
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, or equivalent is required
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Master’s degree in related field is preferred
- Advanced research and analysis skills
- Advanced legal advisory skills
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Purpose of Job
- Jobholders at this level are responsible for leading work activities and working autonomously with minor direction towards predetermined long term objectives.
- Jobholders might act as internal consultants and facilitators through providing guidance to deliver and perform operational activities.
- Their main operational role includes preparing complex legal studies to Committees on withholding taxes and value added taxes and real estate transactions taxes, providing legal opinion for consultation requests, and developing action plans for issues.
Job Resposiblites
- Stay up to date with all tax/zakat laws and regulations through research and legal advice
- Request required documents/ data from relevant stakeholders within specified period to prepare and study case files
- Prepare case files and ensure data entered are complete and error free to guarantee in depth revision of file
- Correct errors of data entered into the case files based on information available
- Study accurately and objectively cases related to withholding tax including double taxation agreements and verify tax exceptions/ exclusions and exemptions and provide Committees with legal studies in a timely manner
- Study accurately and objectively cases related to value added taxes, and cases between individuals and provide Committees with legal studies in a timely manner
- Study accurately and objectively cases related to selected goods taxes, and related fines and provide Committees with legal studies in a timely manner
- Study accurately and objectively cases related to real estate transactions taxes and related fines and provide Committees with legal studies in a timely manner
- Study accurately and objectively cases related to clauses on statutes of limitations on assessments related to all zakat and tax issues and provide Committees with legal studies in a timely manner
- Study accurately and objectively any legal clause raised by the Appellant or Respondent and provide Committees with legal studies in a timely manner
- Perform generic and specialized legal studies related to Appeals as requested and submit reports accordingly
- Study accurately and objectively requests for legal advice submitted by the Technical and Accounting Studies Function to the Appeals Committee and provide Committees with legal studies in a timely manner
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, or equivalent is required
- Master’s degree in related field is preferred
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Competencies
- Research and Analysis Advanced
- Legal Advisory Advanced
- Collaboration and Communication Developing
- Professionalism Proficient
- Legislations and Regulations Proficient
- Data Gathering and Assessment Advanced
- Results Oriented Proficient
- Stakeholder Management Proficient
- Legal Writing and Policy Drafting Advanced
- Customer Focus Proficient
- Enablement of Change and Innovation Developing
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