Tax & Legal Services - Corporate Tax Advisory - Senior Manager
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About the Role
PwC Middle East seeks an accomplished Senior Manager to lead complex corporate tax advisory and compliance engagements in Dubai or Abu Dhabi. You will drive business development, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and ensure technical quality and risk management.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead end to end delivery of sophisticated Corporate tax mandates, including advisory and compliance
- Serve as technical lead on UAE Corporate tax law and implementing decisions
- Provide authoritative technical reviews, develop internal knowledge assets, and contribute to thought leadership
- Originate and convert opportunities by managing pipelines, crafting proposals, pricing engagements, and presenting to C suite and boards
- Cultivate long term relationships with key accounts, intermediaries, and free zone authorities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high performing team including Managers, Senior Associates and Associates
- Uphold the firm’s risk and independence policies, manage engagement economics and working capital
- Implement robust project management disciplines and ensure documentation and deliverables meet quality standards
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Law, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred
- Recognised professional qualification (e.g., Attorney, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CTA, ADIT, or LLM in Tax) strongly preferred
- 8–12 years of post qualification experience in Corporate tax within a Big 4 or leading international firm
- Demonstrable track record leading complex advisory projects, managing multi jurisdictional compliance, and navigating tax authority interactions
- Expert Corporate tax knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of UAE Corporate tax law and implementing decisions is an advantage
- Proficiency in Tax Accounting is an advantage
- Familiarity with double tax treaties and cross border taxation is an advantage
- Proven ability to lead teams, manage stakeholders, and deliver high quality work under tight timelines
- Strong business development skills, including pipeline management, proposal development, and solution selling
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fluency in English required; Arabic is an advantage
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Role Overview
- We are seeking an accomplished Senior Manager to join our Corporate tax team in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai or Abu Dhabi office). This leadership role will drive complex advisory and compliance engagements under the UAE Corporate tax regime and related cross border tax matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end to end delivery of sophisticated Corporate tax mandates, including Corporate tax advisory and compliance and reporting.
- Serve as a technical lead on UAE Corporate tax law and implementing decisions.
- Provide authoritative technical reviews, develop internal knowledge assets, and contribute to thought leadership.
- Originate and convert opportunities by managing pipelines, crafting proposals, pricing engagements, and presenting to C suite and boards.
- Cultivate long term relationships with key accounts, intermediaries, and free zone authorities.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high performing team, including Managers, Senior Associates and Associates.
- Uphold the firm’s risk and independence policies, manage engagement economics and working capital.
- Implement robust project management disciplines and ensure documentation, deliverables, and communications meet quality standards.
Required Experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Law, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- Recognised professional qualification (e.g., Attorney, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CTA, ADIT, or LLM in Tax) strongly preferred.
- 8–12 years of post qualification experience in Corporate tax within a Big 4 or leading international firm.
- Demonstrable track record leading complex advisory projects, managing multi jurisdictional compliance, and navigating tax authority interactions.
- Expert Corporate tax knowledge and experience.
- Knowledge of UAE Corporate tax law and implementing decisions is an advantage.
- Proficiency in Tax Accounting is an advantage.
- Familiarity with double tax treaties and cross border taxation is an advantage.
- Proven ability to lead teams, manage stakeholders, and deliver high quality work under tight timelines.
- Strong business development skills, including pipeline management, proposal development, and solution selling.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Fluency in English required; Arabic is an advantage.
Why You’ll Love Working at PwC
- Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and programs that promote well being, balance, and personal growth.
- Access to continuous learning, digital upskilling, and a collaborative environment that values innovation, mentorship, and diversity.
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