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Key Responsibilities:
VAT Compliance & Regulatory Management
- Review VAT computations, reconciliations and supporting schedules prior to submission to the tax authorities.
- Perform detailed reviews of sales transactions, output VAT calculations and revenue reconciliations to identify compliance risks and reporting inaccuracies.
- Review purchase transactions and input VAT recovery assessments to ensure compliance with recoverability rules and documentation requirements.
- Oversee import and export VAT reconciliations, customs-related VAT treatments, reverse charge transactions and cross-border supplies.
- Monitor changes in VAT legislation and assess their impact on existing business processes and reporting requirements.
- Support tax authority audits, assessments, information requests, and investigations by preparing documentation and responding to queries.
- Identify VAT risks and control gaps and implement corrective actions to strengthen compliance.
Operations Governance
- Review and validate key VAT controls to ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor VAT-related KPIs, dashboards and compliance metrics.
- Ensure timely closure of VAT exceptions, unresolved reconciliations and reporting discrepancies.
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Drive standardization of VAT processes across entities, business units and jurisdictions.
Tax Technology, Automation & Process Improvement
- Drive automation initiatives to improve VAT compliance, reconciliation, reporting and monitoring processes.
- Partner with IT, Finance Transformation and external vendors to implement tax technology solutions.
- Develop dashboards and analytical tools to improve visibility over VAT risks, compliance status and operational performance.
Reporting & Management Information
- Prepare and present VAT compliance status reports, risk assessments and operational dashboards to senior management.
- Monitor key performance indicators related to VAT compliance, filing accuracy, exception management and process efficiency.
- Support leadership with insights and recommendations to strengthen tax governance and operational effectiveness.
Preferred Profile:
- 6–7 years of experience in GCC VAT, Indirect Tax compliance or Shared Services operations.
- Strong knowledge of UAE VAT and exposure to KSA VAT regulations.
- Experience managing outsourced service providers and large-volume VAT operations.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Prior experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics.
- Exposure to VAT automation, Tax Technology and process transformation initiatives.
- MBA Finance/ CA/ CMA/ ACCA (completed or part qualified)
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