Experienced Consultant

This role will be to provide variety of tax advisory and compliance services to clients. Your primary responsibility will be VAT advisory and compliance however you will be expected to be part of Economic Substance Regulations (ESR) and Country by Country Reporting (CbCR) engagements. Your responsibilities include:

• Responsible to complete allocated complex VAT advisory and compliance assignments/tasks 
• Coordinate with clients in respect of allocated assignments at the start of the allocation and prepare detailed project plan and communicate / agree on dates and schedules with the client. 
• Understand the client's requirement in detail. Discuss with colleagues, organize ideas logically and present thoughts rationally and confidently. 
• Guide and train sub-ordinates on both technical and operational matters 
• Review of deliverables to ensure quality deliverables are delivered to Managers/Partners for review 
• Demonstrate effective two way communication and skills to resolve the issues and guide other team members to in these aspects. 
• Be a team player, treat everyone equally & respectfully. Be open to accept the work. Support senior colleagues in the allocated work. Demonstrate the ability to handle multiple engagements. Demonstrate the ability to find a solution of any technical or project management issue faced. Demonstrate and encourage collaboration. 
• Identify VAT advisory issues and draft technical positions for review of Managers/Partners 
• Prepare reports and communicate findings and recommendations to the client and agree with them. 
• Follow the evolution of the clients needs, commercial focus and business objectives, and timely anticipate issues and questions. Propose relevant services and solutions before being asked. Seek opportunities. Start looking for ways to exceed client expectations, offer your view-point, display a high level of commitment and technical knowledge. 
• Take ownership of self assessment, ensure to complete appraisal at the end of each file, quarter & year, be receptive and accept constructive feedback. To lead self by being open to constructive feedback and showing improvements on the points communicated by senior team members. 
• Provide continuous feedback in a timely manner to the engagement team members.
• Follow and make others understand BDO core values; Ownership, Collaboration, Respect & Ethics and demonstrate exceptional client services (ECS). Actively promote the brand visibility externally and increase market exposure whenever possible. Uphold the brand values at all times.
• Ensure continuous professional development. Identify your key technical improvements areas and put efforts to develop required skills. 
• Contribute effectively in the organized training sessions and help in engaging other audience to achieve required results.
• On behalf of the client check, review and verify the expense claim submitted by their employees and ensure those are processed in accordance with clients management guidelines.
• Based on privileges assigned manage the bank of accounts for the client/on behalf of the client to process the salary payment, suppliers payment and other expense payment. 
• Review and uphold allocated time schedules per client.
• Prepare the report for funding request and cash flow forecast and co-ordinate with the client for timely payment

The ideal candidate should have:

• Good communication skills both written and verbal 
• Confident and comfortable in client interactions 
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams 
• Able to assimilate and communicate new information (e.g. legal and practice developments) quickly and accurately 
• Able to draft proposals, reports and other documentation to a high standard as per the internal guidelines 
• Flexible - able to adapt quickly to market and practice changes .

Key Experience Parameters:

• The applicant should have minimum 2 years of experience in the established VAT consulting practices
• Knowledge of UAE & KSA VAT is an advantage.
• Good command of written and spoken English 
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, and Excel Which includes preparing PowerPoint presentation)