Senior Manager - Tax

Industry Type Banking / Financial Services / Broking
Functional Area Accounts / Tax / CS / Audit
Location of Job Eastern Province , Jeddah , Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Other Benefits Tax less salaries
Job Description
Position Senior Manager Reports To Director / Partner Reports In Supervisor / Assistant Manager / Manager Position Overview To provide a wide range of corporate tax advisory and compliance services to a large portfolio of clients and managing all aspects of tax engagements. To grow and develop the business unit by targeting new clients, developing new products/service offerings and building on existing client relationships. To mentor, train and grow teams. Main Responsibilities Tax o Drafting and review of corporate tax opinions on various tax issues, including inward and outbound investments, treaty interpretation, mergers and acquisitions and listings/IPO. o Extensive experience in any of the following industries, namely, financial services (including Islamic Finance), telecommunications, oil and gas and private equity/venture capital. o Assisting with transaction services tax, including tax due diligences, deal structuring and implementation, and post deal implementation tax assistance. o Responsibility for managing the tax compliance review process for a large number of corporate tax clients. o Develop relevant tools and processes to assist and improve compliance workflow. o Preparing responses to and liaison with relevant tax authorities. o Management of a client portfolio and liaison with overseas counterparts to ensure global service criteria are met. o Keeping up to date with changes to legislation relating to the relevant tax legislation and disseminating tax information to the team and clients. o Ensuring that all engagements are compliant with firm risk management procedures. o Analyze problems, identify core issues, investigate, evaluate and integrate information. Management o Providing leadership and direction to designated teams. o Mentoring and guiding junior employees. o Evaluating performance of team. o Supervising and coaching junior members of staff to help them realize their full potential. o Keeping managers and partners up to date with the progress of engagements and team members. o Monitors and upholds high quality of service and products to clients (internal and external). Client Management o Acting as a first choice point of contact for clients and managing project costs, raising fees and agreeing dates for cash collection. o Building strong relationships with existing clients and actively engaging in business development initiatives, including preparing for and presenting tax seminars, training and lectures and writing press articles and tax newsletters. o Ensuring effective and timeous communication with clients on tax engagements. o Drafting key documents such as tax opinions, tax due diligence reports, tax computations, etc, and presenting to clients. o Keeping up to date with KPMG's product and service offerings and identifying the sales opportunities that will grow audit / tax / advisory work. o Building the reputation of KMPG through quality of work, knowledge and experience. o Targeting and securing new clients, with a specific focus on non-audit clients and seeking new opportunities from existing clients. o Cross selling of tax work (corporate, expat tax, international tax, etc) and ability to identify opportunities for other business units (advisory etc). o Identify opportunities to develop new ''products'' to market to clients. Key Interfaces • Engagement team and fellow advisory/audit colleagues • Client employees • Tax authority representatives KPMG colleagues in other practices Competencies Tax o High level of attention to detail. o Able to understand and interpret tax regulations and laws. o Able to take a commercial view on advice. o Highly analytical. o Specialization in one or or more the industries mentioned above. o Able to process large volumes of information quickly and efficiently. o Strong business development skills/experience. o Able to assess and quality check tax work. o Able to assess all areas pertaining to risk management, independence and compliance. Communication o Fluent in English, written and verbal. o Proficiency in Arabic an advantage. o Able to clearly communicate in a concise manner. o Able to confidently present at public forums. o Able to effectively communicate complicated tax consequences in an easy and understandable manner. o Proven ability of good listening skills. o Able to provide honest and constructive feedback. Interpersonal o Confident and friendly approach. o Excellent team playing ability. o Ambitious. o Hardworking. o Diligent. o Prepared to work the hours required of the role. o Flexible and adaptable. o Sustain a high level of drive. o Demonstrate enthusiasm and a positive attitude when coping with pressure at work. o Continuously learn from experiences. o Seek out feedback and development opportunities. Management o Able to manage and motivate tax teams. o Capable of setting clear team objectives and ensuring they are achieved. o Able to set out in depth tax work and action plans. o Capable of supporting and mentoring employees. o Capable of taking full responsibility for own and teams work. o Able to manage in a motivational and respectful way. Experience/Qualifications Required • Graduate with a GPA of 2.5 / 4 or above, preferably in an Accounting or Law related degree. • 8 Years relevant work experience in a Tax Advisory role . • Qualified Tax Accountant or Tax Lawyer • Proven business development experience • Self-starter. Deliverables Short Term o Ability to “hit the ground running”. o Able to quickly engage with clients so as to comprehensively manage client relationships. o Managing all aspects of tax engagements. Medium Term o Delivery of new business opportunities and leads. o Leading multiple teams across multiple clients. Long Term o Moved from mainly delivery focussed role to a shared business development and delivery based role. o Ability to close-out new business opportunities.

Desired Candidate's Profile
Profile
To provide a wide range of corporate tax advisory and compliance services to a large portfolio of clients and managing all aspects of tax engagements. To grow and develop the business unit by targeting new clients, developing new products/service offerings and building on existing client relationships. To mentor, train and grow teams.

Experience 9 - 12 years
Education Basic - Bachelor of Commerce ( Commerce ) , PG - Master of Laws (LLM) ( Law )
Nationality Egyptian, Indian, Jordanian, Lebanese
Gender Male

Contact Details
Reference Code Zakat & Tax
Name Ansari - Recruiter
Email muhammadansari@kpmg.com
Website http://www.kpmg.com