Tax Specialist
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About the Role
A confidential company seeks a Tax Specialist in Abu Dhabi to handle Corporate Tax, VAT, international tax, and e-invoicing compliance. The role involves preparing returns, supporting transfer pricing, and advising on tax matters.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare and support filing of UAE Corporate Tax returns via EmaraTax
- Maintain Corporate Tax registrations and ensure compliance with deadlines
- Own preparation, review, and timely submission of periodic VAT returns via EmaraTax
- Support transfer pricing compliance including Local File and Master File documentation
- Contribute to OECD Pillar Two / UAE DMTT workstreams
- Support group's readiness for UAE e invoicing mandate
- Research technical tax positions and document conclusions
- Support responses to FTA audits, queries, and information requests
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, law, economics, or related field
- Professional qualification such as CTA, ACCA, CPA, CA, or equivalent
- 6 8 years of relevant tax experience (2 3 years UAE Tax experience)
- Strong current knowledge of UAE Corporate Tax and VAT, including EmaraTax filing experience
- Demonstrated ability to research and apply primary legislative and tax authority sources
- Experience managing deliverables and deadlines independently
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Role summary
- Seeking a Tax Specialist to support direct and indirect tax compliance, reporting, and advisory activities in the UAE and across Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia.
Corporate Tax
- Prepare and support filing of UAE Corporate Tax returns via EmaraTax.
- Maintain Corporate Tax registrations and ensure all entities meet deadlines.
- Assess and document tax treatment of group entities and transactions.
- Monitor developments to the Corporate Tax regime and assess impact.
- Support tax provisions, disclosures, and effective tax rate analysis.
Value Added Tax (VAT)
- Own preparation, review, and timely submission of periodic VAT returns via EmaraTax.
- Determine and document correct treatment of supplies.
- Manage input VAT recovery, apportionment methodologies, and reconciliations.
- Handle VAT registrations, amendments, deregistrations, refund claims, and voluntary disclosures.
- Review contracts, pricing, invoicing, and new business initiatives for VAT implications.
International tax
- Support transfer pricing compliance including Local File and Master File documentation.
- Assist in reviewing intercompany arrangements for arm's length pricing.
- Contribute to OECD Pillar Two / UAE DMTT workstreams.
- Support analysis of double tax treaties, withholding taxes, and PE questions.
E invoicing and tax technology
- Support group's readiness for and transition to UAE e invoicing mandate.
- Support mapping of ERP and billing data to FTA's mandatory data fields.
- Support embedding e invoicing into AP/AR and tax reporting processes.
Advisory, business partnering, and controversy
- Research technical positions using primary sources and document conclusions.
- Support responses to FTA audits, queries, and information requests.
- Work with external tax advisors to scope work and review deliverables.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, law, economics, or related field.
- Professional qualification such as CTA, ACCA, CPA, CA, or equivalent.
- 6 8 years of relevant tax experience (2 3 years UAE Tax experience).
- Strong current knowledge of UAE Corporate Tax and VAT, including EmaraTax filing experience.
- Demonstrated ability to research and apply primary legislative and tax authority sources.
- Experience managing deliverables and deadlines independently.
Desirable
- Real estate sector experience.
- Experience with Oracle Fusion and e invoicing/tax technology implementation.
- GCC indirect tax experience.
- Transfer pricing and/or OECD Pillar Two / DMTT experience.
Skills and competencies
- Strong technical judgment and attention to detail.
- Comfort working with primary sources.
- Strong MS Suite skills and comfort with large data sets.
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Organised and deadline driven.
- Collaborative and proactive.
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