Milaha - Tax Manager

Job title: Tax Manager

Job Objective

Take lead on establishing tax function within Milaha policies, processes, and structure for the Tax department. Responsible for managing all aspects of tax function for the group including but not limited to advising on complex tax issues in various jurisdictions, tax for M&A, joint ventures and global tax structuring, tax planning, provision, compliance, audit, reporting etc.

Key focus areas are

- Tax expertise for M&A, joint ventures and global tax structuring: Tax due diligence and deal structuring for acquisition and joint ventures, preparation and review of transfer pricing documentation across all regions

- Compliance: To be well acquainted with Tax laws, structures and region wise implications.

- Taxation and reporting: To establish a system complying with tax laws and to ensure appropriate payment of taxes and effective reporting.

Key roles & responsibilities

- Conduct tax due diligence on companies to be acquired or while entering into new jurisdictions or forming new JVs/company and recommend appropriate deal structures.

- Review group tax strategy of the group in a post BEPS environment to mitigate the tax risk of the group and ensure tax controversy is reduced to an acceptable level.

- Support international expansion, and take lead on understanding tax impact of various options, conduct analysis and provide recommendation to minimize tax liability, while complying with all laws

- Prepare and review of transfer pricing documentation across all regions.

- Prepare country by country reporting for the group.

- Ensure tax efficient repatriation of cash back to Qatar and tax efficiently manage group cash across regions.

- To ensure all tax compliance for the group (including corporation tax, VAT, transfer pricing, WHT etc) and supervise the calculation and payments of all kind of taxes.

- Responsible to legally minimize tax liabilities through informed application of tax laws and regulations; to identify and mitigate tax risks.

- Manage and lead the VAT implementation project across the company and organize deliverables with external advisers; also manage external tax authorities and consultants locally and regionally.

- Develop standard reports / presentations / processes to provide critical information related to tax to management and make actionable recommendations

- Work closely with the EVP - Finance & Investments to establish tax department's long-term and short-term goals and objectives, based on Milaha's vision, mission and overall guidelines

- Carry out any other task assigned and comply with Milaha QHSSE and ISO requirements