Transaction Tax Assistant Manager - Doha

Ernst & Young

Doha, Qatar

Ref: NP946-97

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

As a Transaction Tax Senior, you'll join an integrated global network of talented advisors working in a dynamic, fast-moving and commercially-driven environment. In your role, you'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships and identify and escalate opportunities for Ernst & Young on existing engagements. You'll make a technical contribution to projects and deliver work of a high standard that complies with our Quality & Risk Management guidelines.

As part of an engagement team, you'll help clients understand and address the tax implications of the transactions that are strategically important to them - acquisitions, disposals, refinancing, restructurings or initial public offerings. You'll also be actively involved in the development of ideas to help clients mitigate transaction risk, enhance opportunity and negotiate effectively.

Client responsibilities
- Participate in Transaction Tax engagements focusing on tax due diligence, tax structuring, SPA and tax model review etc.
- Work effectively as a member of a worldwide network of professional advisors, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress
- Collaborate with a team of Transaction Tax professionals to combine diverse cross-border transaction experience with local tax knowledge across a broad spectrum of industries
- Participate and assist in preparing for meetings essential to the transaction process, e.g., meetings with the management teams of the buyer, seller or target or with their other advisors and providers of finance
- Assist in preparing reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel
- Build strong internal relationships within the Transaction Tax practice and across other service lines

People responsibilities
- Contribute to performance feedback for staff
- Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting and retaining Transaction Tax professionals
- Maintain an educational program to develop your technical and personal skill
- Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

Requirements

- A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials - accounting, business, finance or a related field desirable. MBA, Masters of Tax, JD and LLM a plus.
- Relevant professional qualification such as CTA, ADIT.
- Four years post-qualification experience
- Experience within M&A and cross-border taxation
- Big 4 or similar consulting experience in a mature market preferred

Additional skills requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Well-developed analytical and research skills and an ability to draw conclusions from often equivocal or conflicting data
- The ability to manage a project efficiently

About the Company

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available on our site.

The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region

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