Manager Tax Litigation

Grade Level: L3

Location: Islamabad

Last date to apply: 13th Feb, 2026

Role

Manager Tax Litigation is a critical role that requires strong tax and legal expertise, the ability to develop effective tax strategies and manage a variety of responsibilities, including monitoring existing and upcoming tax disputes, maintaining close coordination with tax consultants & legal advisors to effectively managing tax litigation, overseeing stay management, ensuring updated litigation data and accurate risk reporting. This position is responsible for overseeing and managing all tax-related disputes and litigation for PMCL Group.

The role reports directly to the Stream Head Tax Litigation and has two direct reports.

What does Manager Tax Litigation do?

• Work closely with tax consultants, legal team and lawyers to develop and implement strategic plans for handling tax-related disputes and litigations.
• Stay up-to-date with changes in tax laws and regulations and conduct thorough legal research to support litigation strategies.
• Collate data/information from relevant departments & prepare, review and file underlying evidences / information, legal responses, stay applications and other documents related to tax litigation.
• Ensure all documentation is accurate, complete, and submitted within specified deadlines.
• Represent PMCL Group in hearings, trials, and discussions with Tax Authorities. Present arguments effectively and advocate for the best interests of the organization.
• Oversee the management of stays, ensuring compliance with orders and procedural requirements.
• Coordinate with relevant teams and tax consultants proactively to address stay-related challenges.
• Maintain comprehensive dashboards and lists for stays, tracking critical information and deadlines related to ongoing tax litigation cases.
• Provide regular tax-related litigation updates to relevant teams and management
• Prepare risk reports detailing the status and exposure of tax litigation cases, potential risks, and mitigation strategies. Provide recommendations to senior management for risk management and decision-making.
• Evaluate Uncertain Tax Positions from provisioning point of view and preparation of related position papers
• Prepare quarterly reports for the Head Quarter tax team
• Identifying Taxation matters impacting Telecom industry and onboarding industry counterparts for mutually effective Tax Litigation to achieve success on a shared vision
• Run detailed risk assessment on each tax-related dispute and ensure that relevant impacts, if any, are reported and recorded correctly and timely

Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Requirements

• Qualified CA or ACCA/ Part qualified CA / MBA.
• 10+ years of experience. Telecom sector experience will be preferred.
• Ideally candidate’s most recent experience should be in the tax department of a multinational corporation/local company/professional accounting firm with similar responsibilities as this role
• Candidates with 5+ years of managerial experience in tax department of Top 10 accounting firms will be preferred
• Strong knowledge of income tax and sales tax laws and experience of handling tax litigation in Pakistan
• Strong tax accounting and analytical skills.
• Experience of tax compliance processes
• Candidates who can demonstrate that they have relationships in Islamabad tax field offices and provincial revenue authorities will be preferred
• Experience of accounting and financial reporting at a senior level along with above-mentioned tax knowledge is preferred
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience of internal and external stakeholder management.
• Experience of working with ERP’s such as Oracle Fusion
• Experienced in Windows OS and MS Office suite of products particularly MS Excel in which candidate should have advanced level skills.

Benefits

Why Join Jazz?

As one of the leading employers in the country, Jazz epitomizes the philosophy that each Jazz employee is passionately living a better every day inspired and enabled by visionary leadership, a unique professional culture, a flourishing lifestyle, and continuous learning and development.

Our core values include qualities essential for a positive organizational culture - truthfully guiding entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets, harnessing professional and interpersonal collaboration, and fostering across-the-board customer-obsession.

As one of the largest private sector organizations in Pakistan, our objective is to continue to change the lives of our 75 million customers for the better. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of something transformative, someone who can play a critical role in driving our success. Together, we can empower millions more with the tools necessary to progress in an increasingly digital economy.