Group Assistant Tax Manager; UAEN

A leading and well-established diversified business group in the UAE with a strong presence across automotive, real estate, retail, mobility, and technology sectors. With decades of market leadership, the organization is known for operational excellence, innovation, and a customer‑centric approach. The group offers a dynamic work environment, strong governance, and long‑term career growth opportunities for high‑performing professionals.

Group Assistant Tax Manager is responsible for assisting Group Senior Tax Manager in managing all aspects of Group’s tax management and tax operational support.

Expected to be well conversant to support developing tax strategy, tax management monitoring and controls, tax planning and tax optimization, tax advisory to operations & various internal departments/functions. Also expected to provide support for compliance on BEPS, transfer pricing, country‑by‑country reporting and other global tax compliances, efficiently managing effective tax rate (ETR), review and finalization of tax disclosures and deferred taxes, implementation of new taxes & tax automation and managing uncertain tax risks positions across countries and business lines of operations.

Will extensively require to work with multiple function owners to support on various tax requirements & guidance and review of tax scenarios and reporting’s.

• Expertise in international taxation; reviewed alternative tax positions in order to determine the most appropriate cost‑effective position.
• Supporting local and overseas jurisdiction on tax computation/calculation, tax accounting and tax internal reporting.
• Drafting various legal submissions/appeals and replies to notices and correspondences from the tax department and representing the organization in various tax assessments.
• Responsible for the overall Tax compliance monitoring, Tax litigation and Tax advisory in relation to International Tax, Corporate tax, VAT, Transfer pricing and other tax matters.
• Assisting the group Senior Tax Manager in the preparedness of upcoming CIT in UAE and interplay with OECD BEPS Pillar 1 and 2 and other Global Tax Reporting.
• Responsible for overall tax matters by supporting key stakeholders of multiple functions on various tax advisory, tax planning and restructuring matters across the retail businesses.
• Support/analyses and interprets proposed changes to legislation and business activities to determine tax impact and ability to administer. Educating non‑tax personnel on tax‑related matters.
• Maintained and analyzed all tax risks positions, corporate tax and deferred taxes provisions and prepare tax disclosure and tax footnote in global consolidated financial statement.
• Proactively identify tax risks for the business and work with advisors and stakeholders to ensure changes in tax law and regulations are duly complied with.
• Assist in the development, feasibility modeling, and implementation of Company's global tax strategies. Support key business initiatives; communicate financial impact of taxes in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Stay up to date with the latest relevant tax legislative changes and support prepare the group for implementation of changes in tax regimes. Perform tax impact assessment, transaction flows analysis, trainings & advisory and systems updates and implementation support.
• Keep account of tax contingencies (or potential contingencies) associated to key tax positions taken in operating jurisdictions. Identify tax risks by working together with corporate, regional and local finance and business personnel and optimize those tax risks.
• Withholding/foreign tax management and optimization for cross border transactions of Group’s subsidiaries. Effectively manage utilization of double tax avoidance treaties and withholding tax refunds.
• Effectively maintain a compliance tracker to plan & ensure tax compliances of subsidiaries.
• Coordinate with treasury to ensure tax‑efficient cash management, including investment, redeployment and repatriation of cash between the company and its foreign affiliates.
• Conduct a periodic tax health check of relevant business and legal entities from tax control…