Tax & Customs Accountant

Tax & Customs Accountant

Pays

Emirats Arabes Unis

Lieu

Dubai

Lieu de travail

DUBAI-U BORA TWRS(ARE)

Société employeur

TotalEnergies Renewables Development Middle East

Domaine

Finance

Type de contrat

CDD

Durée du contrat

1

Unité de durée

Années

Expérience

Minimum 6 ans

Profil du candidat

• Graduate / master’s in accounting, commerce with a professional certification in TAX/VAT.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in tax consulting and/or tax administration and/or tax compliance role in a multinational.

• Excellent knowledge about the VAT and Income Tax processes in the Middle East-Africa region and computer literacy especially in MS excel.

• Strong negotiation, verbal, and written communication with an effective leadership skill to deal with authorities and tax consultants.

• Must abide by strict confidentiality and non-disclosure requirements and ability to maintain quality and safety standards at all times.

• Data analytics skills (including proficiency in Excel) and problem- solving skills.

• Team player, Dedicated, Motivated.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Language: English & Arabic - highly preferred (written & spoken). French is a plus.

Activités

TAX: Act as the key point of contact and support for the affiliate's taxation, including VAT matters and manage the relationship of the MEA Hub and external tax consultants

• Ensure proper computation of tax liabilities through informed application of tax laws and regulations.

• Manage tax compliance, reporting and filling works.

• Establish systems and processes for tax risk management.

• Liaise with tax authorities and provide tax audit support.

• Prepare annual income & deferred tax calculation and operation revenue returns.

• Review income and deferred tax provisions.

• Ensure reconciliation of tax data with SAP and financial statements.

• Ensure all rebates and claims are followed and refunds obtained in a timely manner.

• Provide internal tax advisory services, training, and support on business operational matters.

• Providing guidance and advice to Finance team, Contract Engineers and Buyers on the most appropriate tax structuring in contracts, both general and specific.

• Assess Transfer Price risks.

• Update all concerned parties on any new tax regulations & enforce related action plan.

• Design and disseminate tax information and guides to company personnel including but not limited to Finance and miscellaneous budget holders.

• Handle All taxes issues related to mergers, acquisitions & divestment & propose cost related savings.

• Liaise with tax consultant & external auditor for any tax issues.

• Perform tax Activity and Entity Level Controls.

• Lead and coordinate ad-hoc tax driven business initiatives.

VAT: Identify and manage VAT risk. Act as the day-to-day contact between different departments with respect to VAT advisory matters and compliance.

• Prepare, validate and submit all required VAT returns, supporting schedules and any documentation/responses as may be required by the Tax Authorities across MEA Region for all the legal entities of the Hub.

• Implement VAT principles, policies, and processes to ensure completion and compilation of VAT mechanism across the hub.

• Ensure compliance of VAT data collection (including the goods import data from the Customs), review, consolidation, preparation, and payment of quarterly VAT liability.

• Perform monthly reconciliation of the VAT & Customs balances with the General Ledger and maintain the documentation.

• Coordinate with other affiliates and the IT to setup the VAT in SAP.

• Providing guidance and advice to Finance team on the booking of invoices with the appropriate VAT code.

Contexte et environnement

Internal:

Interaction with Regional Customer Success, Accounting, Tax & Treasury, Senior Accountant, Financial Controller and Other departments.

External:

Interaction with the Tax Authorities, External Tax Consultants.