Tax & Legal Services - Legal - FinTech - Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP639-1851

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Line of Service
Tax

Specialism
Legal Services - Employment & Pensions

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
A career in our Internet Technology, Intellectual Property and Commercial Law practice, within Legal Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients adopt a more strategic approach to global entity governance across their organisations. We help our clients and their legal entities with the incorporation of new companies, on going compliance with local legislation, and restructuring of their global businesses to manage governance and compliance risks.

Our team provides our clients with legal expertise related to Intellectual Property and Information Technology privacy and security in addition to contract review for commercial entities. You'll help our team support legal aspects such as transaction structuring and procurement, contract reviewing, drafting and negotiation, project implementation and exit arrangements.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

- 5 years experience in financial services and/or banking & finance at a law firm;
- Experience in handling regulatory and legal issues related to capital markets, funds, asset managers & broker-dealers in the UAE and the wider GCC;
- Experience with matters related to digital payments, crowdfunding, blockchain and crypto assets; &
- Dealing with UAE and GCC financial services regulators including central banks, capital markets authorities & financial services free zone authorities;
- Develop new skills outside of comfort zone;
- Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively;

Requirements

- Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development;
- Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations;
- Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations;
- Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations;
- Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making;
- Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients;
- Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties;
- Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points;
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

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.

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