Senior Consultant, Assistant Manager

Your key responsibilities

You will be participating in the successful delivery of international tax engagements and assisting 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 Advisory Services etc.) in terms of pursuing, and delivering engagements and assist in managing engagement economics by suggesting engagement budget, tracking fees and communicating issues to project managers.

You will be building internal relationships within the international tax team and across other service lines and coaching more junior staff through delegation and on-the-job training whilst 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
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant Tax experience, in either business or industry
• Prior exposure to international taxation with a focus on inbound and outbound investments
• Strong organisational, 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

• An approved professional qualification or equivalent (e.g. ADIT / ATT / ACCA / CPA / ACA / CA / LLB or MBA, or MA, MSc or PhD in Tax, Economics, Accounting or Finance)
• Proficiency in Arabic language

What we look for

You’ll proactively maintain your technical knowledge by keeping abreast of global developments in the international tax landscape so that you can better advise our clients. 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:

• Group structure reorganization and/or rationalisation
• Review of operating model including permanent establishment risk, withholding taxes, transfer pricing etc.
• Review of holding structure, capital structure and financing arrangements
• Review of IP structure

Whatever the projects and assignments you work on, you can be confident that you’re contributing towards helping our clients to develop and execute their international tax strategy ensuring technical excellence and providing the highest levels of client service.

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.