Senior Consultant - Corporate Tax

ACCA Careers Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Senior Consultant - MA and International Tax

Job Description

Department: Tax
Designation: Senior Consultant
Reports to: Manager/Senior Manager/Director/Partner - depends on project

Typical Experience/Qualifications: ADIT/Accounting (CA, ACCA, CPA) or legal qualification, with at least 4 years of international corporate tax consulting/M&A experience.

Job Role And Responsibilities

• Participates in proposals for tax projects and multifunctional projects including proposal writing, co ordination with other parties for inputs, and client interaction throughout the proposal process.
• Delivers high quality tax engagements for manager/partner review in a timely manner.
• Builds relationships with other functions and network offices, lawyers, investment managers, and other relevant external contacts.
• Co ordinates with other offices in a multi office engagement and reviews inputs to ensure the overall deliverable can be provided to senior management for timely review.
• Ensures risk processes are adhered to at all times; consults internally and with the risk team for engagements or client processes that deviate from the standard.
• Manages practice management tasks including timesheet submission, client files, billing, collection, WIP review, payouts, multi firm engagement documentation, and closure on the system.
• Communicates regularly with the partner/director on client, people, risk and practice management aspects, seeking inputs on key decisions and issues.

Relevant Skills And Behaviors Core and Technical Skills

• Basic to good knowledge of international corporate tax, holding structures, tax treaty networks, fund structuring, tax policy and risk management.
• Experience in tax due diligence.
• Knowledge of tax accounting, transfer pricing and international executive services related tax principles.
• Business development, client relationship and management experience.
• Assists Partner and Director in identifying targets, preparing action plans for client development, and cross selling opportunities.
• Risk management knowledge and application, ability to elevate issues; integrates risk management into engagement processes.
• Practice management skills: debtors, timesheets, billing, collection follow up.
• Report writing skills, ability to produce clear tax reports and opinions.
• Project management skills, coordinating multiple teams across jurisdictions.

Person Specifications

• Good academic record.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Fluent in English (verbal & written); Arabic skills are an added advantage.

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