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Role

• Rank: Assistant Manager and Manager
• SSL: ITTS (ITS Core)
• Sector focus: Funds, Wealth and Asset Management, Private Wealth Management
• Professional language: English

Qualification for the Role

• Bachelor's Degree in Tax, Economics, Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• CA/ LLM / MA / MSc / MBA / PhD in Taxation / International Taxation
• For manager - A minimum of 4 to 5 years of relevant Tax experience, out of which at least 3 years in a Big 4 consultancy firm (or equivalent) in FS Sector (or Wealth and Asset Management tax team).
• Professional profile centred on international taxation with focus on inbound and outbound investments and tax structuring – combined with prior experience working with global / international clients.
• Prior knowledge of UAE Corporate Tax is not a must but will be considered as an element of added value to the profile considered.
• Strong organisational, project delivery, analytical and verbal/written communication skills
• Experience of delivering on international tax projects and on the job coaching of more junior team members required specifically for a managerial candidate

What we look for

• You’ll support our UAE based growing International Tax practice with the set-up of a dedicated team of professionals focused on the Fund and Wealth and Asset Management Industry.
• We will require individuals with a solid tax advisory background and good understanding of the industry / sector that our Tax team is currently targeting to further expand on.

You will be required to

• proactively maintain your technical knowledge by keeping abreast of global developments in international tax landscape so that you can better advise our clients.
• demonstrate ability to master different areas of taxation (direct) as relevant for the execution of our projects – as well as proficiently interact with other service providers and client’s key stakeholders.
• demonstrate industry knowledge and understanding of key structures, operational models adopted by professional operators in the Fund and Wealth and Asset Management space.
• support go-to-market as well as internal development activities and trainings.

In return we’ll provide investment in the right sort of training and offer you the opportunities on projects and assignments that will develop and challenge you so that you’re in the best place to develop your tax career.

The types of project you’ll contribute towards may include:

• Set-up and/or re-organization of Fund / Investment management structures in the UAE or wider MENA region
• Group structure reorganization and / or rationalisation
• Review of operating models and agreements from a tax standpoint (Investment Management Agreements, Investment Advisory Agreements, Private Placement Memoranda, Limited Partnership Agreements, etc.) that are commonly encountered in the industry when approaching tax set-up / re-organization projects.
• Agency Permanent Establishment risk assessment and application of specific exemptions for the professional fund / investment advisory sector (Investment Manager exemption rules).
• Review of holding structure, capital structure and financing arrangements
• Development of tax risk management guidelines and review of governance structures from a tax standpoint.

Whatever the projects and assignments you work on you can be confident that you’re contributing towards helping our clients to develop and execute their international tax strategy ensuring technical excellence and providing the highest levels of client service.

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