Manager - Finance (Shared Services)

Key Responsibilities:

VAT Compliance & Regulatory Management

• Review VAT computations, reconciliations and supporting schedules prior to submission to the tax authorities.
• Perform detailed reviews of sales transactions, output VAT calculations and revenue reconciliations to identify compliance risks and reporting inaccuracies.
• Review purchase transactions and input VAT recovery assessments to ensure compliance with recoverability rules and documentation requirements.
• Oversee import and export VAT reconciliations, customs-related VAT treatments, reverse charge transactions and cross-border supplies.
• Monitor changes in VAT legislation and assess their impact on existing business processes and reporting requirements.
• Support tax authority audits, assessments, information requests, and investigations by preparing documentation and responding to queries.
• Identify VAT risks and control gaps and implement corrective actions to strengthen compliance.

Operations Governance

• Review and validate key VAT controls to ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor VAT-related KPIs, dashboards and compliance metrics.
• Ensure timely closure of VAT exceptions, unresolved reconciliations and reporting discrepancies.

• Drive standardization of VAT processes across entities, business units and jurisdictions.

  Tax Technology, Automation & Process Improvement

• Drive automation initiatives to improve VAT compliance, reconciliation, reporting and monitoring processes.
• Partner with IT, Finance Transformation and external vendors to implement tax technology solutions.
• Develop dashboards and analytical tools to improve visibility over VAT risks, compliance status and operational performance.

Reporting & Management Information

• Prepare and present VAT compliance status reports, risk assessments and operational dashboards to senior management.
• Monitor key performance indicators related to VAT compliance, filing accuracy, exception management and process efficiency.
• Support leadership with insights and recommendations to strengthen tax governance and operational effectiveness.

Preferred Profile:

• 6–7 years of experience in GCC VAT, Indirect Tax compliance or Shared Services operations.
• Strong knowledge of UAE VAT and exposure to KSA VAT regulations.
• Experience managing outsourced service providers and large-volume VAT operations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Prior experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Exposure to VAT automation, Tax Technology and process transformation initiatives.
• MBA Finance/ CA/ CMA/ ACCA (completed or part qualified)