International Tax Advisory - Wealth and Asset Management

Your key responsibilities

You will participate in the successful delivery of international tax engagements and assist managers or above with identifying and pursuing new business opportunities. You will contribute to building and maintaining client relationships by delivering exceptional client service and collaborate with a team of International Tax professionals across the MENA region and globally to combine diverse cross-border experience with local tax knowledge across a broad spectrum of industries.

You will work as part of a multi-jurisdictional / disciplinary team within tax and across other service lines (including working with colleagues from Transfer Pricing, Transaction Tax, Indirect Tax, People Consulting, etc.) in terms of pursuing and delivering engagements and assist in managing engagement economics by suggesting engagement budgets, tracking fees, and communicating issues to project managers.

You will build internal relationships within the international tax team and across other service lines and coach more junior staff through delegation and on-the-job training while taking ownership of continuous technical knowledge development through on-the-job learning and self-development.

Skills and attributes for success

If you are client-driven, strategically and commercially aware, an excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral, enthusiastic with a flexible attitude to work, a strong motivator, and interested in developing a career in international tax, you will be perfect for the role.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Tax, Economics, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• LLM / MA / MSc / MBA / PhD in a taxation-related field, or a professional tax qualification.
• A minimum of 4 to 5 years of relevant Tax experience, out of which at least 3 years in a Big 4 consultancy firm (or equivalent).
• Tax experience focused on international taxation, with an emphasis on inbound and outbound investments and tax structuring.
• Prior experience working with global and international clients.
• Prior exposure to the professional asset management industry in an advisory capacity (i.e., not purely limited to tax compliance or reporting).
• Strong organizational, project delivery, analytical, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Proven track record with a leading professional services firm.
• Experience of delivering on international tax projects and on-the-job coaching of more junior team members.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Proficiency in the Arabic language both written and spoken.
• 1 to 2 years in industry (i.e., tax manager or equivalent position in a global/regional asset management firm or large-sized family office) will be regarded as an element of added value to the profile considered.
• Experience working at a dedicated Financial Services Organization tax team (or Wealth and Asset Management tax team) will be regarded as an element of added value.
• Prior knowledge of UAE Corporate Tax is a plus.

What we look for

You’ll support our UAE-based growing International Tax practice with the set-up of a dedicated team of professionals focused on the Fund and Wealth and Asset Management Industry.

We will require individuals with a solid tax advisory background and good understanding of the industry/sector that our Tax team is currently targeting to further expand on.

You will be required to:

• Proactively maintain your technical knowledge by keeping abreast of global developments in the international tax landscape so that you can better advise our clients.
• Demonstrate ability to master different areas of taxation (direct/indirect) as relevant for the execution of our projects as well as proficiently interact with other service providers and clients' key stakeholders.
• Demonstrate industry knowledge and understanding of key structures, operational models adopted by professional operators in the Fund and Wealth and Asset Management space.
• Support go-to-market as well as internal development activities and trainings.

In return, we’ll provide investment in the right sort of training and offer you the opportunities on projects and assignments that will develop and challenge you so that you’re in the best place to develop your tax career.

The types of projects you’ll contribute towards may include:

• Set-up and/or re-organization of Fund/Investment management structures in the UAE or wider MENA region.
• Group structure reorganization and/or rationalization.

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.