Overview
Senior Consultant – Corporate Tax Jobs in Abu Dhabi, UAE at KPMG Lower Gulf Limited
Job Description
Department: Tax
Designation: Senior Consultant
Reports to: Manager/Senior Manager/Director/Partner – depends on project
Typical Experience/
Qualifications:
ADIT/Accounting (CA, ACCA, CPA) or legal qualification, with at least 4 years of international corporate tax consulting/ M&A experience.
Job
Role and Responsibilities:
Participates in proposals for tax projects and multifunctional projects including proposal writing, coordination with other parties for inputs into the proposal, and interacting with clients during the entire proposal process on occasion.
Delivers high quality tax engagements for manager/partner review in a timely manner.
Starts to build relationships with other functions and network offices, as well as lawyers, investment managers, and other relevant external contacts.
Coordinates with other offices in a multi-office engagement, and reviews inputs received from such offices to ensure the overall deliverable can be provided to senior management for review in a timely manner.
Ensures that risk processes are adhered to at all times; consults internally and with the risk team for engagement and/or client processes that deviate from the standard.
Maintains up-to-date practice management for projects including prompt submission of timesheets, client files, billing, collection, WIP review, payouts to other offices, multi-firm engagement documentation, and closure of engagements on the system.
Communicates regularly with the partner/director on client, people, risk, and practice management aspects and seeks inputs on all key decisions and issues.
Relevant Skills and Behaviors:
Core and Technical Skills:
Basic to good knowledge and experience in international corporate tax including international holding structures, tax treaty network, fund structuring, tax policy, and tax risk management.
Basic to good knowledge and experience in tax due diligence.
Basic to practical knowledge of tax accounting, transfer pricing, and International Executive Services related tax principles.
Basic experience in business development, client relationship, and client management.
Assists Partner and Director in identifying targets, preparing action plans for client development, and implementation of the plan, including identifying opportunities for cross-selling work of other functions.
Good risk management knowledge and application, including documentation and escalation of issues to risk management specialists for resolution, incorporating risk management into work processes.
Basic to good practice management skills including debtors, timesheets, billing, and follow-up on recovery with clients.
Good report writing skills including the ability to write simple tax reports and opinions.
Good project management skills including coordinating with multiple teams across various jurisdictions.
Person Specifications:
Good academic record.
Excellent oral and written communication skills (report writing, presentations).
Good interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Linguistic Skills:
Fluent in English – verbal & written;
Arabic skills are an added advantage.
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Title: Senior Consultant – Corporate Tax
Company: KPMG Lower Gulf Limited
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Category: Finance & Banking (Financial Compliance, Corporate Finance)
