ITS - Manager

Job description / Role

Our clients include a number of Shariah compliant banks so there is opportunity to be involved in Islamic Finance work as well.

- Advising clients on the choice of vehicles to undertake business pursuant to Saudi Arabia’s laws and regulations as well as assisting clients to set up their businesses in KSA (e.g. formation of companies).
- Drafting and reviewing documents and agreements (e.g. articles of association, shareholders’ agreements, service agreements) and dealing with the relevant ministries.
- Advising multinational clients to structure their investments and operations in KSA and the wider Middle East region in a tax efficient manner.
- Advising large Saudi and GCC clients (including sovereign wealth funds) on the tax efficient structuring of their global investments (e.g. private equity, real estate, infrastructure, listed securities etc) across multiple territories.
- M&A work including tax due diligence, tax efficient structuring of acquisitions (e.g. shares v assets, holding structures etc) and input into SPA and includes both inbound into the region as well as outbound acquisitions by strategic Saudi clients.

Requirements

- A strong academic background with a good Bachelors degree from a reputable university
- A tax, accounting or legal professional qualification is necessary (e.g. ACA/CA, CTA etc) – a legal background would be preferred.
- Between 5-7 years of corporate tax experience at a Big 4 firm, a tax department of a multinational company or a leading international law firm.

Specific skills required:
- A good understanding of international tax issues (e.g. holding structures, double tax treaties, permanent establishment issues, withholding taxes, taxation systems of other countries etc).
- M&A tax experience would be useful, but is not required.
- Strong technical and report writing skills – including the ability to interpret legislation and by-laws and review and draft agreements.
- Excellent project management skills - including managing multiple projects simultaneously across a number of jurisdictions as well as management of resources, budget, billing, collection.
- Fluency in written and spoken English (fluency in Arabic is also preferred but not essential).
- Coaching, developing, mentoring and training junior staff.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.