Manager - Tax Back Office Finance Shared Service Center Corporate Services

Manager - Tax Back Office Finance Shared Service Center Corporate Services

Al-Futtaim Group is seeking a Tax Manager to oversee tax compliance processes and activities within the Tax Tower, ensuring timely and effective delivery of tax compliance and reporting deliverables.

Overview Of The Role

The Tax Manager will collaborate closely with various stakeholders, including the Head of Tax Operations, Tax Accountants, businesses, service providers, and other tax professionals, to ensure compliance and efficiency. The role includes developing processes, integrating new tax requirements, providing training, and supporting audits and inquiries from Tax Authorities.

What You Will Do

• Tax Compliance: Keep track of tax compliance and reporting deadlines and deliverables, ensure Al-Futtaim Group companies are compliant with tax compliance and reporting obligations, and provide relevant tax technical, system, and process training to businesses and Tax Tower Accountants.
• Process Improvement: Create, automate, and improve templates for capturing information needed for reporting existing and new filing requirements, develop and improve on existing tax record to report processes, and draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across all relevant tax operational processes.
• Audit and Enquiries Support: Assist businesses in responding to audits and inquiries from Tax Authorities, provide continuous support to Group Tax, businesses, and Tower Heads on process improvement initiatives, and assist in the monthly preparation of VAT and WHT returns.

Required Skills To Be Successful

• Proficient tax technical skills and analytical mindset.
• Strong process orientation, organizational skills, and ability to identify gaps/risks in end-to-end tax processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with individual accountability.
• Proactive attitude with strong problem-solving and analytical skills, demonstrating personal integrity.

What Qualifies You For The Role

• Tax, Finance or Accounting certification such as MBA, ACA, ACCA, CFA, or CIMA.
• Minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience within a large organization at a managerial level.
• Regional and international tax knowledge, along with experience in process improvement methodologies like Six Sigma or Lean.
• Exposure to ERP systems, preferably SAP.