Indirect Tax - Deals Tax (VAT) Manager

Job description / Role

Tax & Legal Services - Tax - Indirect Tax - Deals Tax (VAT) Manager - Dubai

Line of Service
Tax

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
VAT/GST

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
A career in our Indirect Tax practice, within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.

Our team helps our clients optimise cash flow and reduce risk by managing challenges related to indirect taxes. You'll support our clients with all aspects of indirect taxation related to global, regional and domestic projects as well as comprehensive restructuring and reporting value added tax projects.

Please apply only if the above required Job Requirements are satisfied. 

Responsibilities:

This role supports the wider tax function within Deals Tax/M&A, along with large-scale, cross-functional business process reviews. You will experience the complete deal cycle, from due diligence to negotiations, Day One planning, and business optimization. In this regard, successful candidates must be able to demonstrate intimate abilities with, and/or a proven record of success including:

- Leading teams across the deal spectrum (due diligence, integration, separation, etc.);
- Planning and overseeing integration and separation projects, including Day One readiness and execution, business process, and dependency and risk management;
- Building relationships and communicating effectively to positively influence peers and stakeholders;
- Scoping, planning, and managing client engagements and economics; and,
- Contributing to solution development, including sales and delivery content, thought leadership, and client qualifications.
- Leading large teams and multiple clients simultaneously;
- Leveraging prior M&A experience;
- Demonstrating proven analytical skills and systematic problem solving ability;
- Taking initiative and working with ambiguous, changing requirements and constraints in a fast paced environment actively;
- Possessing thorough project management skills and ability to structure work;
- Having robust interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work well with others effectively in teams;
- Communicating effectively in written and oral formats to various situations and audiences; and,
- Willing and able to travel.

Requirements

Job requirements:

- 4-5 years experience in VAT with a reputable tax consultancy firm (preferably Big4)
- Specialist knowledge and experience with M&A VAT deals is a must
- Regional GCC VAT experience is a plus
- Arabic fluency is a plus

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.