Director, Tax Transaction Advisory Services

Director, Tax Transaction Advisory Services. Location - Saudi Arabia

As specialists in the investment management sector, our Transaction Tax Advisory team has a broad range of experience tackling complex tax issues that span jurisdictions and tax codes. We offer a broad range of transaction tax advisory services that evolve as client needs develop. We provide expert tax advice to our clients, working collaboratively with legal counsel and local specialists where required.

We offer you the opportunity to advance your business development skills as well as manage your own portfolio of clients seeking advice, within a work environment that offers variety and is challenging and rewarding. This is a technical, client facing role with the potential to hone a specialist field of technical knowledge and expertise is available.

Day to day responsibilities :

• Have technical and commercial oversight on tax matters within tax and Zakat due diligence projects for buy-side and sell-side transaction projects in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region

• Advise on pre-acquisition and post-acquisition tax structuring and other deal related matters e.g. tax input into legal documents and financial models

• Provide a range of inbound and outbound tax and Zakat advisory services, helping multinational companies and investors align their tax and Zakat strategies to their business

• Provide international and domestic tax / Zakat structuring and planning for clients in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region

• Oversee advice on international tax issues including earnings repatriation, tax credit planning, cross-border mergers, financing, intangibles planning and worldwide tax management strategies

• Act as a primary senior point of contact within the practice for clients in Saudi Arabia, responding to queries, anticipating requests, and maintaining regular contact with clients

• Undertake highly technical tax and Zakat advisory projects with managing director support and guidance

• Be responsible for coaching, mentoring and counselling junior staff

• Develop a professional network proactively seeking and identifying new business opportunities that drives workflow to the group

• Work as part of a collaborative team adding to the team spirit

Essential Traits :

• Successfully completed an economics degree with a focus on accounting, auditing and/or taxes (or equivalent)

• 9+ years’ of tax / transactions experience, including recent experience in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region

• Good understanding of the structure of, private equity and sovereign wealth funds. Ideally has advised funds, corporates or government entities on all matters across the investment lifecycle

• Awareness of other relevant taxes within the MENA region e.g. VAT, RETT, Customs, Social Security etc.

• Knowledge of the international tax environment and recent developments within the wider MENA region

• Proven expertise in tax and zakat matters and project oversight and management skills

• A strong work ethic and focus on personal excellence

• Ability to provide leadership and direction to team members

• Must be able to work productively in a high pressure environment and meet deadlines

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate complex tax issues with non-tax persons (e.g. deal teams, legal counsel)

• Must be able to manage several simultaneous work streams and projects.