Tax Analyst

Job Purpose

The Tax Analyst – Group Tax reports to the Group SVP – Tax who oversees the Group’s global Tax Affairs and is responsible for the overall tax strategy and tax management of Group Tax. The role of the Tax Analyst – Group Tax is to provide broad support across the Group Tax function. This will include supporting the management of the Group’s tax reporting processes and tax compliance processes, Country-by-Country Reporting, FATCA/ESR filings, updating the Group’s structure chart, and other tasks as required.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the Group Tax team during bi-annual global tax reporting process, i.e., preparation and collating the necessary information to set up the tax packs and other related documents received, and support in preparing the consolidation schedules for the DP World Group reporting entities.
• Supporting the team in respect of the new UAE Corporate Tax law, including the development of internal policies and procedures, assisting with analysis of tax positions and recording in the UAE tax Risk Register.
• Support in collecting data in relation to tax risks across the Group and updating the Group’s global Tax Risk Register. This includes coordinating with each tax and/or finance teams globally and collecting data on the tax risks of each legal entity.
• Preparing the relevant schedules for the monthly tax reporting review, in support of Group Finance’s monthly review of actuals vs budgets (management) reporting.
• Support collecting all data required for DP World’s – annual – Master File preparation and coordinating verifications with various departments throughout the process.
• Assist with any assignments in relation to the Group Tax Department’s Finance/ERP systems (Oracle Fusion/FCCS/TRCS), including the set-up of new entities, testing, data uploads, updating the Companies’ tax profile database, and other tasks as required
• Support in collecting the necessary data for Group Tax to prepare the annual Country-by-Country report (CbCR) and support checking completeness and accuracy, as so assigned. This includes identifying and addressing discrepancies or issues with the received input and working with the responsible counterparties to resolve them timely and effectively. Prepare all supporting back up documentation.
• Support in preparing of all supporting files for the review of the tax numbers in DP World’s annual budgeting cycle.
• Support collecting and preparing the necessary documentation and relevant notifications for the annual filing of UAE Economic Substance Regulation (“ESR”) report to the Ministry of Finance.
• Support and Review of the relevant documents and information to ensure correct FATCA/CRS classifications in order to provide accurate guidance to Group Treasury and BU FDs on the associated filing requirements.
• Assist in the quarterly update of the various structure charts as prepared by Group Tax.
• Support the Group SVP – Tax as well as the rest of the team with any other tasks/on-going projects as so assigned, such as updating of global corporate tax rates, implementation of tax legislative changes, including Pillar 2 obligations for example.
• Act as an ambassador for DP World at all times when working; promoting and demonstrating positive behaviors in harmony with DP World’s Principles, values and culture; ensuring the highest level of safety is applied in all activities; understanding and following DP World’s Code of Conduct and Ethics policies.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• University degree in Accounting/ Economics, followed by a CPA / ACA qualification
• Approx. 5 years tax experience (preferably as a member of a Big4 tax team and/or industry experience within the tax team of a global multinational)
• A proven ability to deal with a range of tax matters, specifically tax accounting/reporting, Corporate Tax advisory and tax compliance.
• Experience in using Oracle TRCs or equivalent web-based tax reporting tool is a plus
• Solid experience of using all MS applications (Excel/Visio/World/Power point)
• Good communicator with solid analytical and problem-solving skills, good commercial acumen
• Commercial awareness and understanding of business needs
• Fluency in English.