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Tax | Business Tax | Senior Associate 

During your tenure as a Senior in Business Tax, you will demonstrate and develop your capabilities in the following areas:

• Applies knowledge and skills of relevant practices and processes (or relevant tax rules and regulations) in area of specialization to client problems.
• Presents findings and recommends and implements advice independently relevant to tax and consults others as needed.
• Reviews written technical advice, reports, memoranda and/or other deliverables relevant to tax laws and rules for adequacy of research conducted and appropriateness and accuracy of conclusions.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of the key capabilities required to deliver a high-quality service experience to the client.
• Selects appropriate methods for collecting and analyzing data, and develops informed recommendations.
• Interprets and synthesizes data, exercises professional skepticism to challenge data, and identifies meaningful insights to develop recommendations that most effectively support a client’s business objectives.
• Articulates how technology enables the business and communicates this effectively to clients while ensuring appropriate technologies and methodologies are used on projects.
• Assists client in completing timely and accurate tax and financial filings/compliance activities to meet obligations.
• Identifies and sets timelines to the main tasks within the framework of the tax compliance work.
• Drafts reports, identifies key issues/risks, and proposes solutions for clients on tax planning and implementation strategies.
• Prepares advice to clients on filing requirements and documentation, as well as the effects of tax advice for tax provisions.
• Identifies and bridges gaps between the information provided by the client and information required by the tax authorities.
• Drafts clear and succinct formal response letters or dispute application letters.
  
  

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

• Experience with a Big 4 firm, law firm, or large corporate tax department of a multinational company is required.
• 3 - 5 years of general tax experience, preferably with at least a year focused on taxation.
• Consulting and compliance experience is needed.
• Experience with inbound and outbound international tax is preferred.
• Excellent research skills and strong written and verbal communications skills required.
• Good knowledge of tax and business laws and regulations.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or another business-related field.
• Advanced degree such as MST, JD or LLM preferred. CPA preferred.
• Fluency in English is a must. Fluency in Arabic is a plus.