Associate | Tax | Indirect Tax | VAT | UAE (Nationals)

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During your tenure as an Associate in Indirect Tax, you will demonstrate and develop your capabilities in the following areas:

• Develops knowledge of relevant tax rules and regulations and their associated processes to formulate solutions for client problems
• Conducts research and uses appropriate facts, analysis, and conclusions to draft technical advice, reports, memoranda, and other deliverables relevant to tax laws and rules
• Recognizes the key capabilities required to deliver a high-quality service experience to the client
• Collects, assimilates, and analyzes data and uses standard processes and tools to help surface and support solutions in the Tax and Legal business
• Applies technology knowledge to address client business challenges
• Prepares basic tax returns and refunds by referencing tax implications, opportunities, and their optimization
• Establishes relationships with tax authorities and learns the local tax organizational structure, responsibilities, rights and obligations of taxpayers, tax authorities, and Deloitte
• Follows the principles and structure of legislation and related concentration, development in law, published tax authority positions, and court cases
• Applies customs laws, rulings, and jurisprudence (fiscal and non-fiscal) principles and the interaction of customs and global trade (CGT) laws with non-CGT disciplines to projects
• Applies laws effectively in compliance matters, and identifies further opportunities when undertaking client work
• Identifies business needs and opportunities based on a client’s business and industry
  
  

Leadership Capabilities

• Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact
• Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent
• Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track
• Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills
• Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business
  
  

Qualifications

• Excellent research skills and strong written and verbal communications skills required.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or another business-related field
• 2 – 3 years of Relevant work experience
• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work on multiple assignments
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels
• Fluent in English (Reading, Speaking and Writing). Preference will be given to Bilingual candidates (Arabic/English)