UAE and GCC Tax Manager, Vice President

United States Citigroup

Team/Role Overview

The Tax manager is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. This position requires developed communication and diplomacy skills in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. They will provide advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business.

What you ll do

The GCC Tax manager coordinate, review, monitor or plan for each of the following;

• Oversight and management of all direct and indirect tax processes and reporting in UAE, Qatar and Iraq.
• Management of tax consultant and tax authorities relationship for UAE, Qatar and Iraq.
• Management of Tax audits, investigations and tax litigations etc. for UAE, Qatar and Iraq.
• Act as business tax advisor for GCC countries (UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia).
• Review of Local tax law changes and implications (and inform senior management appropriately) for GCC countries.
• Timely execution of tax payments / filing and preparation for UAE, Iraq and Qatar.
• Implementation and management of Tax GRC and related controls.
• Review the tax position of the Bank and searching for opportunities for its optimisation.
• Direct/ Indirect tax accruals, Contingent tax reserves and Effective Tax Rate management for UAE.
• Review of tax rules and compliance with the requirements, implementation of changes in the ongoing process.
• Review and Assessment/notice orders negotiations with tax authorities.
• Management of Tax balance sheet accounts including deferred tax assets, FIN 48 reserves etc.
• Assistance with execution of global/ cluster tax requests for GCC countries.
• Advisory to business and functional teams on tax implications for UAE and GCC countries.
• Coordination and timely preparation of transfer pricing documentation.

What we ll need from you

• Strong understanding and proven experience of UAE and GCC tax laws and regulations.
• Experience within a banking organisation would be preferential.
• Preferable to hold a Accounting qualification.