Tax & Compliance Senior Accountant
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About the Role
The Independent Food Company seeks a highly qualified Tax & Compliance Senior Accountant to own day-to-day tax and statutory compliance across UAE and UK entities. The role involves UAE VAT and Corporate Tax, UK tax, transfer pricing, e-invoicing readiness, and regulatory obligations.
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Responsibilities
- Own the compliance calendar across all entities and jurisdictions
- Prepare and file UAE VAT returns reconciled to the GL
- Deliver UAE Corporate Tax registration and first filing
- Coordinate UK VAT/CT compliance with external advisors
- Maintain transfer pricing documentation and intercompany policy
- Quantify and remediate tax exposure and maintain penalty register
- Manage e invoicing readiness with ERP/digital team
- Own ESR/UBO/AML compliance and filings
- Support external audit and FTA queries
- Manage external advisors and internalise knowledge
- Coach Tax Junior and document SOPs
Requirements
- Qualified or part qualified ACCA/CA/CTA/CMA or equivalent
- 5 8 years in tax & compliance including hands on UAE VAT and UAE Corporate Tax
- Practical exposure to FTA processes, voluntary disclosures, and tax authority correspondence
- Familiarity with transfer pricing, ESR, UBO, and AML obligations in the UAE
- Strong ERP (NetSuite or equivalent) and Excel skills
- UK tax exposure or readiness to manage UK advisors advantageous
- F&B / multi outlet / e commerce experience an advantage
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Company Overview
- Independent Food Company is a UAE based hospitality company with multiple concepts including SALT, Parker's, Somewhere, Public, Soil, Shalwa and Kumo.
Role Overview
- Seeking a highly qualified Tax & Compliance Senior Accountant to own day to day tax and statutory compliance across UAE and UK entities.
- The role makes tax and regulatory compliance proactive and audit ready.
Scope of Function
- Indirect tax — UAE VAT: registration, periodic returns, input tax recovery, reverse charge, aggregator/e commerce treatment, voluntary disclosures, FTA audit support.
- Corporate tax — UAE CT: registration, first period filing, deferred tax, reliefs/elections, IFRS to tax reconciliation.
- UK tax — VAT and Corporation Tax for the Public (UK) entity, in coordination with UK advisors.
- Transfer pricing — intercompany policy, Master File/Local File documentation, factory to outlet pricing support.
- Regulatory & substance — Economic Substance (ESR), UBO registration, AML/KYC alignment; licensing/regulatory filings per GEO.
- E invoicing — readiness for UAE (and KSA/Egypt) mandates, coordinated with digital/ERP team.
- Payroll & social insurance tax — compliance touchpoints across UAE and other jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the compliance calendar: Build and run a single tax & statutory calendar across all entities and jurisdictions.
- Prepare & file UAE VAT: Accurate, on time returns reconciled to the GL; manage reverse charge and aggregator treatment; lead any voluntary disclosure remediation.
- Deliver UAE Corporate Tax: Confirm registrations; prepare the first CT filing; maintain IFRS to tax reconciliation, deferred tax workings, and reliefs/elections.
- Coordinate UK tax: Manage UK VAT/CT compliance for the Public entity with external advisors.
- Maintain transfer pricing documentation: Keep TP policy and Master/Local File current per OECD/UAE thresholds.
- Quantify & remediate exposure: Build and maintain the tax exposure and penalty register.
- Manage e invoicing readiness: Partner with ERP/digital team on UAE (and GCC) e invoicing mandates.
- Own ESR/UBO/AML compliance: Complete and maintain ESR notifications/reports, UBO registrations, and AML/KYC alignment.
- Support external audit & FTA: Provide tax schedules and reconciliations for external audit and FTA queries.
- Manage external advisors: Day to day liaison with Big 4/specialist advisors.
- Develop the junior & document: Coach the Tax Junior; document SOPs.
Qualifications & Experience
- Qualified or part qualified — ACCA/CA/CTA/CMA or equivalent; a recognised tax qualification or diploma preferred.
- 5–8 years in tax & compliance, including hands on UAE VAT and UAE Corporate Tax experience.
- Practical exposure to FTA processes, voluntary disclosures, and tax authority correspondence.
- Familiarity with transfer pricing, ESR, UBO, and AML obligations in the UAE.
- UK tax exposure (or readiness to manage UK advisors) advantageous; multi jurisdiction experience preferred.
- F&B / multi outlet / e commerce (aggregator) experience an advantage.
- Strong ERP (NetSuite or equivalent) and Excel skills; precise, deadline driven, and audit minded.
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