Group Assistant Tax Manager !! ONLY EMIRATI Reliant HR Consultancy

Reports to: Group Tax Director

Business unit/Department: Tax

Job purpose

Group Assistant Tax Manager is responsible for assisting Group Senior Tax Manager in managing all

aspects of Group’s tax management and tax operational support.

Expected to be well conversant to support developing tax strategy, tax management monitoring and

controls, tax planning and tax optimization, tax advisory to operations & various internal

departments/functions. Also expected to provide support for compliance on BEPS, transfer pricing, country-

by-country reporting and other global tax compliances, efficiently managing effective tax rate (ETR), review

and finalization of tax disclosures and deferred taxes, implementation of new taxes & tax automation and

managing uncertain tax risks positions across countries and business lines of operations.

Will extensively require working with multiple function owners to support on various tax requirements &

guidance and review of tax scenarios and reporting’s.

Job responsibilities

• Expertise in international taxation; reviewed alternative tax positions in order to determine the most

appropriate cost-effective position.

• Supporting local and overseas jurisdiction on tax computation/calculation, tax accounting and tax

internal reporting.

• Drafting various legal submissions/appeals and replies to notices and correspondences from the tax

department and representing the organization in various tax assessments.

• Responsible for the overall Tax compliance monitoring, Tax litigation and Tax advisory in relation to

International Tax, Corporate tax, VAT, Transfer pricing and other tax matters.

• Assisting the group Senior Tax Manager in the preparation of upcoming CIT in UAE and interplay

with OECD BEPS Pillar 1 and 2 and other Global Tax Reporting.

• Responsible for overall tax matters by supporting key stakeholders of multiple functions on various

tax advisory, tax planning and restructuring matters across the retail businesses.

• Support/analyses and interprets proposed changes to legislation and business activities to

determine tax impact and ability to administer. Educating non-tax personnel on tax-related matters.

• Maintained and analyzed all tax risks positions, corporate tax and deferred taxes provisions and

prepare tax disclosure and tax footnote in global consolidated financial statement.

• Proactively identify tax risks for the business and work with advisors and stakeholders to ensure

changes in tax law and regulations are duly complied with.

• Assist in the development, feasibility modeling, and implementation of Company's global tax

strategies. Support key business initiatives; communicate financial impact of taxes in a timely and

appropriate manner.

• Stay up to date with the latest relevant tax legislative changes and support prepare the group for

implementation of changes in tax regimes. Perform tax impact assessment, transaction flows

analysis, trainings & advisory and systems updates and implementation support.

• Keep account of tax contingencies (or potential contingencies) associated to key tax positions taken

in operating jurisdictions. Identify tax risks by working together with corporate, regional and local

finance and business personnel and optimize those tax risks.

• Withholding/foreign tax management and optimization for cross border transactions of Group’s

subsidiaries. Effectively manage utilization of double tax avoidance treaties and withholding tax

refunds.

• Effectively maintain a compliance tracker to plan & ensure tax compliances of subsidiaries.

• Coordinate with treasury to ensure tax-efficient cash management, including investment,

redeployment and repatriation of cash between the company and its foreign affiliates.

• Conduct a periodic tax health check of relevant business and legal entities from tax control

perspective and put in place the required mitigates.

• Review major contracts from tax perspective and participate with legal and functional teams on

finalization of negotiations and dealings.

• Work with tax automation mindset. Continuously explore opportunities to improve tax controls,

framework and tax reporting.

• Analyses cross-border mobility risk for corporate and individual tax consequences and provides

suitable tax recommendations.

• Manage relationships with tax authorities and advisors. Liaison with external auditors as required.

• Perform Tax modeling to optimize tax and profit at group level. Continually update key business

processes across tax regulatory changes within operating jurisdictions and collaborating with

responsible divisions to ensure testing successfully conducted before new tax process

implementation.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this job

function. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed. Management reserves the right to

revise or amend duties at any time.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Commerce / Economics / Finance/ Taxation with professional

qualifications such as a CA, CPA, CTA, or other relevant to tax specialization is necessary.

Work Experience

• 5+ years in similar function.

Competencies

• Excellent presentation skills and the ability to train on system usage.

• Awareness of counties laws, rules and regulations and quickly able to analyze and adapt laws

changes.

• MS Office Package (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Operating Systems such as JDE,

SAP and Oracle will be added value

• A good mix of Industry and Advisory firm experience is expected.

Languages

• English