Tax & Legal Services - Corporate Tax Advisory - Director

About PwC Middle East

Role Overview

Client Leadership and Delivery

• Advise on UAE Corporate Tax matters including group structuring, free zone regimes, participation exemption, interest limitation, deductibility, loss utilisation, restructuring, and permanent establishment analyses.
• Lead complex transactions and reorganisations covering due diligence, tax structuring, SPA tax clauses, step-plan design, post-deal integration, and tax accounting.
• Set engagement strategy, scope, budgets, and staffing plans and ensure high-quality delivery under global methodologies and risk requirements.
• Review and sign off technical analyses, memoranda, models, and client reports under UAE law and OECD standards.
• Oversee registrations, elections, group relief, returns, tax accounting, disclosures, documentation, and workpapers for complex groups.

Market and People Leadership

• Drive business development, pipeline conversion, proposals, thought leadership, and market eminence across priority sectors.
• Build executive-level relationships with CFOs and Tax Directors and provide insights on regulatory developments and market trends.
• Lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams across grades through training, feedback, sponsorship, and inclusive leadership.
• Collaborate across transfer pricing, deals, legal, audit, and consulting service lines.

Risk and Operations

• Uphold quality, independence, confidentiality, information security, and engagement risk standards.
• Ensure accurate work in progress, billing, and cash collection while delivering profitable growth against targets.

Qualifications and Experience

• 12+ years of relevant corporate or international tax experience, including significant experience in a Big Four or leading law or consulting firm.
• Strong UAE and GCC exposure and deep technical command of UAE Corporate Tax law and guidance are required.
• Experience leading large, multi-jurisdictional engagements, managing senior client stakeholders, and originating and closing advisory projects is required.
• Strong understanding of IFRS tax accounting, including IAS 12, and group reporting is required.
• Experience with Revenue Authority interactions, audits, rulings, clarifications, and dispute strategies is advantageous.

Education and Credentials

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Economics, or a related field is required.
• An advanced degree and recognised tax or accounting qualification such as ADIT, CTA, ACA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent are preferred.
• Fluency in English is required, while Arabic language skills are advantageous.

Technical and Leadership Skills

• The role requires expert written and oral communication, practical interpretation of complex rules, financial modelling, data literacy, negotiation, project management, team building, and coaching.
• The role requires proficiency with MS Office and tax compliance platforms, plus familiarity with data extraction, transformation, AI, automation, and analytics for tax compliance and reporting.

Working at PwC

• PwC offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, continuous learning, digital upskilling, and a collaborative environment focused on innovation, mentorship, well-being, and personal growth.