Provide advice to the Tax Compliance and Enforcement Director on compliance and risk management and audit methodologies, manuals, and strategies. Put in place field training protocol and train auditors on inspections and audit techniques. In addition to help prepare the annual audit plan.
Duties & Responsibilities
Operational Roles
Provide input and advice to the Tax Compliance Affairs Head on the development of Audit manuals for each sector to help and unify the audit procedures conducted by all auditors.
Prepare processes and strategies related to department functions
Provide tax technical expertise and advice across the department functions.
Advice on the development and updating of risk parameters used to develop the annual audit plan to enhance the audit case selection strategies.
Support on the definition of compliance, audit, and inspection practices.
Provide Training to department staff on appropriate VAT & Excise audit and inspection techniques.
Develop a standardised office and field training protocol, and train field auditors on those protocols.
Assist with initial inspections/audits in order to transfer skills on-the-job.
Keep the team up to date with the VAT and Excise Tax legislation and changes.
Support the Tax Compliance and Enforcement Director in terms of all tax compliance and enforcement related issues.
Develop training material to the public aiming at increasing the level of tax literacy among various Taxable Persons’ segments.
Educational Qualifications and Certifications
Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred: Master’s Degree or other relevant degree and/or CFA and/or CPA and/or ACCA and/or CTA and or ATT and/or CTP certificates
Work Experience
Minimum: 8+ years’ experience in a relevant function
Preferred: 1) 3+ years’ experience in a managerial or supervisory role
2) Big 4 Experience
3) Experience in a Government Entity
Languages: Excellent communication skills in Arabic and English
NOTE: THIS ROLE IS OPEN TO NATIVE ARABIC SPEAKERS ONLY