Senior Consultant – Business Tax Advisory

The focus will be on assisting the team in business advisory related service delivery. You will prepare tax research memos and tax advisory reports. Assist with local State tax return preparation and therefore understand tax adjustments and tax provisioning work. Attend meetings with the local Tax Authority on client related tax matters. Build strong internal relationships and across other services. Establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships with clients to help ensure that the services delivered to clients by our offices are of the highest standards and are done on a timely basis.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions.

You will support the team in marketing and business development initiatives to grow our BTA client base in the region and help to create positive culture, coach and counsel junior team members to help them develop professionally and personally.

Skills and attributes for success

If you are an energetic and motivated professional with strong analytical and problem- solving skills, you will get the experience to develop within the Tax practice and be exposed to major clients and projects throughout the Middle East. Understand concepts of taxation (primarily for inbound activity) and be able to interpret tax law. You will have some exposure to international tax concepts (and understanding thereof) - Double Tax Treaties, BEP's/ Transfer Pricing, PE'

Requirements

To qualify for the role you must have

- A degree in a relevant field (Accountancy/ Commerce/ Law)
- 2-3 years of relevant big-4 experience with focus and knowledge of tax advisory services