Assistant Manager Full Time

Main Duties:

• Researching, analysing and interpreting changing tax legislation in both inside UAE and in GCC.
  
  
  
• Working with tax laws in UAE and update the changes to the management
• Responsible for Corporate Tax implementation in co-ordination with Tax experts within Aldar Group and external parties
• Responsible to maintain AE group tax profile up to date with tax regulatory authorities
• Responsible for Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) for Aldar Education entities
• Point of contact for any compliance requirements from tax regulators and ADEK
• Responsible for Internal and External audit queries for the areas under the purview of this job role

Specific Duties:

Value Added Tax

• Prepare input and output registers (payables and receivables), reconcile with the actual invoices and GL balances and ensure the VAT calculation is accurate and in compliance with the FTA law
• Initiate the registration of new legal entities under AE VAT group, submit amendments whenever applicable and submit the required documents to FTA to keep the account information up to date
• Responsible for VAT filing on a monthly and quarterly basis for the VAT groups and claim VAT refunds from FTA on a timely manner
• Providing accounting and clerical support to ensure that financial transactions are in compliance with VAT regulations.
• Prepare and manage all documents in line with VAT regulations and other related activities
• Handle VAT audit requirements from FTA
• Maintain controls by adhering to the accounting department’s policies and procedures and ensure Tax practices are in compliance with UAE financial reporting statutes, standards and financial reporting best practices
• Conduct day-to-day transactional processing and reporting on taxation. This includes the accurate posting of all tax related entries

Corporate Taxation

• Work closely with internal and external advisors to successfully implement new corporate tax for the AE group across all regions within the GCC
• Ensure compliance with the international taxation policies and transfer pricing legislation in all regions where the organisation operates. Recommend suggestions to facilitate business processes
• Accurately file corporate income tax compliance in accordance with country specific requirements in a timely manner
• Ensure to review and ensure tax provision/balances are accurate in the General Ledger accounts
• Provide training to the team to ensure the team abide to tax compliance laws

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure to review the gaps identified as part of Risk Assessment, work with the stakeholders to resolve them to ensure 100% compliance with the regulatory requirements (ADAA)
• Finance point of contact for Internal Audit requirements with regards to risk assessment and responsible to resolve all gaps on a timely manner by providing evidence
• Point of contact for ADEK reg

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance
• Professional Tax Qualification is highly desirable

Minimum Experience:

• 5-8 years of experience within a tax role is MUST
• Implementation of VAT and Corporate Tax is must
• Expert in taxation and able to provide guidance to the management and finance team

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong team management٫ negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Experience of working with large amounts of data. Advanced knowledge of excel is mandatory.
• Strong analytical and presentational skills
• Deadline oriented with excellent organizational ability, of self and extended team.
• Capable of influencing people and talented in networking with cultural sensitivity.