Tax Compliance Senior officer

Full time at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Saudi Arabia

Posted on December 15, 2024

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Job Title: Tax Compliance Senior Officer Job Description & Summary The Firm Tax team is a part of the PwC Middle East Group's OneFinance function. The team supports all levels of the firm’s tax activity and is organized into three subfunctions: Compliance & Audit; Governance & Risk; and Legal & Tax Advisory. This role is intended to support the Compliance & Audit subfunction. The ME Firm Tax Compliance & Audit Senior Associate’s role is for a tax accountant who is responsible for handling tax activities for the PwC ME Group entities under the supervision of the ME Firm Tax Compliance & Audit (Subfunction) Lead, working together with the wider Firm Tax team and finance tax specialists across the ME region. The main focus of the tax accountant is to support the Compliance & Audit subfunction in all tax compliance and audit-related matters for the region. This includes optimizing PwC’s tax position, minimizing tax leakage, managing tax risks, and understanding the tax implications of cross-border transactions and the business operating model. Specifically, this will require data collection, validation, and preparation of various tax compliance and reporting requirements across the region. Activities and responsibilities will include:

Preparation of corporate income tax, withholding tax (WHT), and value-added tax (VAT) returns.
Preparation of responses to tax authority audits and inquiries.
Responding to tax-related questions posed by other internal firm services (IFS) functions as well as, at times, client-facing (Line of Service (LoS)) teams on tax issues encountered in their day-to-day operations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: Compliance

Prepare corporate income tax returns for the PwC ME Group entities for review by the Firm Tax Compliance & Audit (subfunction) Lead, ensuring submission deadlines are adhered to.
Prepare WHT returns for the PwC ME Group entities for review by the Firm Tax Compliance & Audit (subfunction) Lead, ensuring submission deadlines are adhered to.
Prepare VAT returns for the PwC ME Group entities for review by the Firm Tax Compliance & Audit (subfunction) Lead, ensuring submission deadlines are adhered to.
Reconcile tax to statutory accounts.
Reconcile and validate accounts and accounting entries as required (including payroll taxes, customs and excise duties, stamp duty, etc).
Deliver internal analysis/reports to Firm Tax Compliance & Audit (subfunction) Lead, flagging key risks, exposures, etc., as well as tax opportunities.
Work with the wider Firm Tax team and local Tax LoS Specialists to understand tax laws and regulations in various jurisdictions within the Middle East.
Guide transactions within the wider OneFinance team to optimize the management of tax liabilities.

Audit

Provide inputs for all tax audits conducted by Firm Tax/Global Team/External Auditors.

Other

Organize and conduct special analysis as required.
Assist with effective tax training and appropriate support for the business.
Consolidate, analyze, and challenge tax report inputs from LoS/local teams/other finance teams as appropriate.
Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and solve complex tax challenges.
Refine tax policy and procedure documentation and ensure proper implementation and adherence across the ME Group.
Develop strong working relationships and interface with all stakeholders across the ME Group.
Be actively involved in and a positive influence on team recruiting, development, training, and retention.

Qualifications:

Bi-lingual English/Arabic. Fluency in written and spoken English & Arabic.

Overall Experience:

3+ years of tax experience.
Previous experience with corporate tax, withholding tax, VAT, and payroll is required.
An understanding of other taxes would be an advantage.

Specific Experience:

Must have corporate income tax accounting and compliance experience.
Experience in the Professional Services industry in a top-tier (Big 4) firm would be an advantage.

Knowledge and Skills:

Understanding of general/international accounting standards and practices.
High level of analytical and quantitative ability required to perform complex financial and transactional tax and accounting functions and ad hoc reporting functions, including proficiency with computer-based modeling and analytic techniques.
Ability to adhere to procedures, controls, and policies for functional areas of responsibility.
Organization, thoroughness, eye for detail, time management skills, and proactivity required.
Excellent people management skills required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills required to effectively work with professionals.

Company Industry: Accounting & Auditing Department / Functional Area: Accounts, Taxation, Audit, Company Secretary Keywords: Tax Compliance Senior Officer #J-18808-Ljbffr

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