Standard Chartered Hiring for Manager, Tax Job at Dubai Full Time

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Scope

• Reporting to the Head of Tax, assisting to manage the end to end UAE tax affairs for both Direct and Indirect Taxes, group reporting, AEoI regimes including but not limited to tax matters relevant to business, operations, products, Group Tax’s initiatives as well as a support the Country’s tax compliance with Group’s requests; as well as a strong focus on tax risk-management. Role also has exposure to advisory and compliance support for other Middle East markets.
• This role should appeal to a tax professional interested in further developing their career in financial services in a dynamically evolving environment.

Strategy

• Effective monitoring of controls and processes required by Group Tax policies and Procedures as process owner for issues including, but not limited, to direct, indirect taxes and FATCA/CRS (hereinafter refer “taxes”).
• Promoting general awareness of tax developments amongst stakeholders.

Business

• Assist in providing advice and propose solutions to support business requirements (including assisting in industry engagement and liaison with local tax authorities)
• Respond to routine tax queries from the local business and support functions.

Processes

• Manage, review and submit tax returns in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including managing Tax Centre of Excellence support centre staff (GFS Tax CoE).
• Manage, review, validate and reconcile Accounting records with tax returns and source systems and ensuring Tax GL accounts are substantiated periodically.
• Support periodic audits by tax authorities (including preparing tax authority audit files) thereby ensuring effective and efficient resolution of all audit issues raised.
• Provide support in ensuring all tax related documentation, statutory records, registers are maintained as per legal requirements.
• Assist reviewing, interpreting and analysing existing, new and amended regulations related to GCC tax regimes to ensure compliance, applicability and implementation throughout the bank’s branches ensuring to undertake impact assessments
• Maintain effective control procedure over all aspects of the tax processes including process note and documentation. Proactively advise on processes that are required as well as assisting in the design, development and implementation of new policies and procedures (and review of existing process notes, guidance notes, manuals etc.)
• Provide support in performing health check reviews on Target Operating Model and compliance activities including identification of deficiencies in processes, systems and procedures, perform tax compliance checks and recommend control improvements/corrective actions with tax processes to ensure that any tax non-compliance is addressed, and all tax related reporting submissions are done on timely basis.
• Monitoring changes in local country’s business, product, strategy, etc & provide input into the sign-off of key governance documents such as Country Addendums, changes in group corporate structure, etc
• Provide regular updates to Regional Tax Leads on compliance status, obtain buy-in to recommendations, escalate issues and manage risks within Enterprise Risk Framework.
• Review and submit periodic group and local tax reporting and forecasting of UAE entities; including extending support to Country Finance Managers for other Middle East countries.
• Provide support to Group Tax projects and initiatives.

People and Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values
• Work in collaboration with Group Tax, GFS Tax CoE, risk owners and process owners
• Participate in training operated by the Group, keep abreast of local developments and participate in delivery of training to business and other support functions/internal stakeholders to ensure awareness of applicable tax regimes including the GFS Tax CoE.

Risk Management

• Support in embedding tax processes in business activities in accordance with group tax policies and standards ensuring the control environment adequately mitigates the inherent tax risks as assessed through the risk framework.
• Support the Process Owner under the Group’s Risk Management Framework (including relevant Operational Risk Framework ownership for Tax.
• Identify, document and escalate risks and ensure appropriate management

Governance

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Continue to develop and improve framework to assist CFO as risk owner and discharge first line obligations and responsibilities for taxes.
• Engage with finance teams & assist in local stakeholder management on Tax requirements, including assisting the RCO periodic tax declarations for Group in explaining reporting processes, governance & control models & other processes implemented.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Support the Finance Teams to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles:
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• All Business and Functions within the Bank at Group/Regional and Country levels
• CFO
• Group and Regional Tax Teams
• GFS Tax CoE teams
• Tax Authorities

Other Responsibilities

• Embed the Group’s values and code of conduct to ensure adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under relevant Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

• Professional Accountancy or Taxation qualification, CA/ACCA / CPA or CTA equivalent
• Experience in Big 4 accounting firm and familiar with taxation in Banking
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadline.
• Strong written and verbal communications skill in English, Arabic is advantageous
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to simplify complex tax matters for business stakeholders
• General knowledge of international tax legislation together with understanding of banking products
• Experience with UAE VAT, tax regulations for branches of foreign Banks, FATCA and CRS compliance is desirable