The position is based in Dubai (UAE), a city that offers a unique geographical location to our clients as a hub for the Middle East, Africa and as the gateway between Europe and Asia. As a Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services Senior, you'll make technical contributions to your team's engagements and internal projects. You'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. You may participate in preparing or reviewing the tax provision for financial reporting purposes; reviewing and testing a client's tax reporting systems and suggesting improvements; and contributing to the design of effective tax risk management protocols. Working with supervision, you'll contribute to presenting our work and its findings to the client. With a clear focus on anticipating and identifying risks, you'll escalate issues as appropriate. Collaborating with colleagues, you'll determine whether the work is properly executed, documented and concluded in compliance with our Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) guidelines. As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop.
Client responsibilities
? Participate in tax accounting and risk advisory services engagements
? Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress
? Assist in preparing reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties
? Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel
? Build strong internal relationships within Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services and across other services
People responsibilities
? Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
? Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting and retaining tax accounting and risk advisory services professionals
? Maintain an educational program to develop personal skills on an ongoing basis
? Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures Technical skills requirements
? Experience with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting
? Commercial, legislative and industry knowledge
? Ability to apply our global methodologies and tools
? Ability to apply Q&RM procedures
Experience
•A minimum of four years related tax experience
•Experience working for a Big 4 accounting firm is preferred. However, we will consider candidates with relevant industry experience.
Skills
•Ability to build strong client relationships
•Excellent communicator in range of situations in both written and oral English
•Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards
•Client focused and commercially aware
•Team player with ability to build effective relationships at all levels
•Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget
•Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically
•Arabic language skills considered an advantage but not necessary
Additional qualifications (certifications and/or licences if applicable)
•ACA/CA or equivalent professional accountancy qualification or working towards gaining one
Who we are
Our tax practice revolves around helping our clients effectively manage their tax obligations proactively and responsibly. As part of a global team of 35,000 tax professionals in 150 countries, you will advise clients on planning, compliance and reporting wherever the client has needs. Our unwavering commitment to quality service and our technical networks enable you to help clients reduce inefficiencies, mitigate risk and improve opportunities within their tax functions. Groups (or, as we call them – sub-service lines) within Tax include Business Tax Services, Global Compliance and Reporting, Human Capital, Indirect Tax Services, International Tax Services and Transaction Tax Services.
Join a global network that understands what businesses need to have access, visibility and control. Our market-leading approach combines extensive local compliance and accounting experience with a standard global compliance process and web-based tools to help you execute your job. In one country or many, you have the opportunity to provide clients an integrated, consistent, quality service that unlocks the potential of the compliance function, with tax compliance, statutory accounts preparation and tax accounting calculation support.
With so many offerings, you have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services. Our 167,000 people are united by our shared values, which inspire our people worldwide and guide them to do the right thing, and our commitment to quality, which is embedded in who we are and everything we do.
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