Tax Audit Expert(Large Taxpayer Indirect Audits)

Key Responsibilities

Case Planning & Scoping

• Reviews large taxpayer risk flags, sectoral profiles, refund history, and prior interventions to scope audit objectives, period, and materiality thresholds for complex or high-risk cases.
• Prepares audit plans, information requests, and sampling approaches aligned to identified risk factors (e.g., zero-rating, place-of-supply, mixed-use, complex group structures).
• Collaborates with and supports the Tax Compliance Risk & Data Analytics function by providing audit feedback and using risk insights to focus audit scope.

Fieldwork & Evidence Testing

• Examines financial statements, sub-ledgers, VAT returns, invoices, contracts, and import/export documentation to verify reporting accuracy and compliance with indirect tax laws.
• Performs walkthroughs of taxpayer systems and control environments; executes targeted testing on high-value and cross-border transactions.
• Verifies refund claims and input-tax credits for eligibility, apportionment, and sufficiency of supporting evidence.

Technical Analysis & Determinations

• Assesses complex technical issues (e.g., group structures, permanent establishments, place-of-supply, exemptions/zero-rating) and evaluates the adequacy of supporting documentation.
• Drafts calculation schedules, technical analyses, and proposed adjustments with clear factual and legal reasoning.
• Prepares draft assessments or position papers and penalty recommendations as permitted by law, ensuring sound reasoning, transparency, and communication of taxpayer rights.
• Recommends corrective or preventive measures where systemic compliance risks are identified.

Refund Verification & Fraud Risk

• Reviews high-materiality or high-risk refund claims and applies advanced anomaly checks (e.g., carousel arrangements, rapid refund cycling, supplier chain irregularities).
• Interprets and validates system-generated risk indicators to trace supply chains, counterparties, and transaction authenticity, escalating potential fraud to Investigations where warranted.
• Coordinates post-assessment recovery or offset actions with the Collections function for disallowed or over-claimed amounts.

Reporting & Case Closure

• Produces complete and defensible working papers, evidence logs, and audit trails that meet internal quality and litigation standards.
• Issues findings letters, conducts closing meetings, and documents taxpayer representations and final audit positions.
• Tracks sustained outcomes and implements improvements based on quality assurance or appeal feedback.

Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing

• Coordinates with Legal Affairs on technical interpretations, evidentiary sufficiency, and potential dispute cases.
• Supports joint or cross-functional audits with SME Indirect Audits, Investigations, or Customs where group or cross-border links exist.
• Develops and contributes specialized sector guidance, case studies, and technical examples to enhance audit manuals, checklists, and training material for audit teams.

Monitoring, Insights & Policy Feedback

• Analyzes audit outcomes (e.g., yield, sustain rate, cycle time) to identify trends and high-risk areas among large taxpayers.
• Provides structured feedback to Tax Compliance Risk & Data Analytics for refining audit risk indicators and to Policy & Legislation on gaps or ambiguities identified through casework.
• Supports the preparation of periodic dashboards, reports, and summaries covering audit coverage, refund verification outcomes, and recurring large-taxpayer compliance themes.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

Preferred qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Finance, Economics, or related field.

· Professional certification in tax or audit (e.g., CTA, ACCA, CPA, CIA) is an advantage.

Preferred experience

· 16+ years’ experience in indirect tax audits, including large/complex groups and high-value refund verifications.

· Demonstrated ability to analyze complex supply chains, contract structures, and VAT technical positions.

· Experience preparing defensible determinations and supporting litigation or dispute processes.

Technical & Other Skills

· Strong command of VAT audit techniques, sampling, evidence testing, and reconciliation methods.

· Proficiency with audit workpaper tools and data analysis (e.g., linking returns to ledgers, exception mining).

· Clear written analysis and calculations; ability to present positions and negotiate resolutions.

· Effective coordination across audit, investigations, legal, and collections functions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: QAR9,000.00 - QAR12,000.00 per month