Head of Tax
Job Location : Doha, Qatar
Responsibilities :
• Developing and maintaining effective company tax strategy, including formulation of overall tax philosophy and approach to tax compliance, tax planning, and tax risk management
• Ensuring fulfilment of tax law provisions relevant to Qatar and all countries within the company’s operations
• Analysing and verifying the tax treatment of significant budget items
• Ensuring effective tax planning and providing strategic tax analysis of significant anticipated deals, investment projects, business reorganisations and other material transactions
• Providing regular monitoring of changes in tax legislation. Coordinating effective political and industry tax lobbying
• Developing and maintaining proper tax risk management standards, policies and procedures
• Establishing and maintaining proper group tax accounting and reporting policies and procedures. Developing, managing and updating the tax-related KPI’s system
Profile :
• Degree qualification in Law, Finance, or Business Administration, preferably with an MBA or master’s in International Tax
• At least 8-10 years’ experience in international tax, with 4-5 years in a similar role
• Ideally have previously worked for international companies in the energy industry
• Familiarity with Qatari corporate and tax laws and regulations
• Ideally have Big4 experience in the field of international tax
• Fluent in spoken and written English