Tax Audit Expert(SME Taxpayer Indirect Audits)

Key Responsibilities

Case Planning & Scoping

• Reviews SME risk flags, sector profiles, refund history, and prior interventions to define audit scope, period, and materiality for complex and high-risk cases.
• Prepares audit plans, information requests, and right-sized sampling aligned to common SME risk drivers (e.g., documentation sufficiency, place-of-supply for domestic/ GCC trade, zero-rating eligibility).
• Collaborates with and supports the Tax Compliance Risk & Data Analytics teams by providing audit insights, obtaining relevant datasets, and applying risk models to refine SME testing patterns.

Fieldwork & Evidence Testing

• Examines VAT returns, ledgers, invoices, contracts, and import/export documents; reconciles returns to books and bank activity where relevant.
• Performs walkthroughs of basic processes and controls; executes sample and targeted tests on high-risk transactions to verify compliance and identify potential risks or irregularities.
• Verifies refund claims and input-tax credits for eligibility, apportionment, and documentation completeness.

Technical Analysis & Determinations

• Assesses issues typical to SMEs (cash vs. accrual timing, proof of export/zero-rating, mixed-use apportionment, domestic vs. cross-border supplies).
• Drafts calculation schedules and proposed adjustments with clear legal and factual support.
• Prepares determinations and penalty recommendations as permitted by law; documents taxpayer rights communications and recommends corrective actions where non-compliance is identified.

Refund Verification & Fraud Risk

• Applies anomaly checks tailored to SMEs (unusual refund-to-turnover ratios, rapid claim cycles, high-risk supplier chains), where not already automated.
• Traces transactions and counterparties where indicators arise; escalates suspected fraud for investigation and supports implementation of remedial measures.
• Supports post-determination recovery or offset actions for disallowed/over-claimed amounts.

Reporting & Case Closure

• Compiles complete working papers, evidence logs, and audit trails meeting review and litigation standards.
• Issues findings letters, documents representations, conducts closing meetings, and finalizes positions within SLAs.
• Captures sustained outcomes and lessons learned to improve SME audit playbooks and inform future audit planning.

Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing

• Coordinates with Legal Affairs on technical positions and documentation sufficiency.
• Works with Large Taxpayer or Investigations units on linked parties or schemes when relevant.
• Develops and contributes advanced checklists, sector notes, and illustrative examples to enhance manuals, templates, and training content for audit teams.

Monitoring, Insights & Campaign Support

• Tracks KPIs (yield, sustain rate, cycle time, refund denials) and highlights recurring SME error themes.
• Feeds insights to Tax Compliance Risk & Data Analytics for rule calibration and to Policy & Legislation on observed gaps or ambiguities to support continuous improvement and policy refinement.

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 with significant SME caseloads and refund verification.

· Proven ability to prepare defensible determinations and support dispute processes.

· Experience collaborating with analytics, investigations, and legal teams on risk-based selections.

Technical & Other Skills

· Strong command of VAT audit techniques, sampling, reconciliations, and evidence management.

· Ability to analyze transactional data and detect anomalies; link returns to ledgers and supporting documents.

· Clear written analyses and calculations; confident presenting positions and handling representations.

· Effective case management and coordination, with attention to cycle time, quality, and documentation completeness.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: QAR9,000.00 - QAR12,000.00 per month