Job Board

The role will oversee regional tax compliance, governance, implementation, and advisory activities across multiple GCC markets, ensuring the business stays aligned with evolving tax regulations and requirements.

The successful candidate will play a key role in managing complex tax matters, strengthening regulatory compliance, and working closely with Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Legal, and other business functions.

This position requires a hands-on tax professional with strong GCC experience, a proven track record of engaging with tax authorities, and the ability to lead a team while managing tax responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement regional tax strategies across multiple GCC markets, ensuring alignment with business objectives and local regulations

• Oversee Corporate Tax, VAT, Excise Tax, Customs and Transfer Pricing matters, ensuring accurate reporting, timely filings and compliance with statutory requirements

• Manage the implementation of new and evolving tax regulations, ensuring operational readiness and effective coordination across business functions

• Act as the primary point of contact for tax authorities, external auditors and advisors, managing regulatory engagements, tax audits, investigations and dispute resolution

• Partner with Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, Commercial and other business functions to assess tax implications across operations, commercial agreements and strategic initiatives

• Oversee tax accounting, provisioning, deferred tax calculations and financial reporting in accordance with IFRS and applicable reporting requirements

• Identify and manage tax risks, ensuring compliance with internal control frameworks, governance standards and applicable regulatory requirements

• Monitor developments in GCC tax legislation and proactively advise senior management on potential business implications and required actions

• Lead and develop a tax team, ensuring effective collaboration, accountability and consistent execution across locations

• Drive improvements in tax processes, reporting and controls through automation, standardization and digitalization

• Provide practical tax advice on business planning, commercial transactions, investments and operational decisions

• Travel regularly across regional markets to support regulatory engagement, implementation and stakeholder alignment

Key Ingredients

• Must have strong GCC tax experience with proven expertise in Corporate Tax, VAT and Excise Tax

• Must have previous in-house tax experience within a corporate environment, with demonstrated responsibility for operational tax execution and compliance

• Must have strong experience engaging with tax authorities, managing regulatory relationships, tax audits, and compliance matters

• Must have experience leading tax teams and managing responsibilities across different locations

• Must demonstrate excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills across Finance and other business functions

• Must be willing and able to travel extensively across GCC markets

• Must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics or a related discipline, together with a professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent

• Must have a minimum of 8 years of progressive tax experience, including relevant leadership responsibilities

• Must have strong knowledge of Customs, Transfer Pricing and regional tax governance requirements

• Preferably have experience within FMCG, manufacturing or multinational corporate environments

• Preferably have Arabic language capabilities

• Preferably hold a Master’s degree in Taxation, Finance, or Business Administration

Please note that only candidates with relevant experience will be contacted to discuss the position in more detail.