About this opening
XB4 - CPAs & Advisors (Dubai Branch) is hiring a Tax Associate in Dubai to work across UAE Corporate Tax and VAT for a portfolio of corporate and group clients. The associate joins a specialist tax advisory team, works directly with senior advisers on compliance, advisory and Federal Tax Authority matters from day one, and prepares Corporate Tax computations and VAT returns on EmaraTax while supporting registrations, transfer pricing documentation and FTA audits. The listing body states the role is based in Dubai.
What the role involves
- Prepare and review Corporate Tax computations and returns on EmaraTax, including taxable income adjustments, exempt income, interest limitation and loss relief
- Support Corporate Tax registrations, de-registrations, Tax Group applications and Qualifying Free Zone Person assessments
- Draft technical memoranda and position papers on specific transactions, restructurings and group arrangements
- Assist with transfer pricing compliance: related-party and connected-person disclosures, Local File and Master File preparation, and benchmarking support
- Prepare and review VAT returns, including input tax apportionment, reverse charge, Designated Zone and zero-rating analysis
- Handle VAT registrations, amendments, voluntary disclosures and refund claims
- Conduct VAT health checks and transaction reviews, and advise on VAT treatment of contracts and supply chains
- Conduct tax compliance procedures and testing of supporting documents
- Act as day-to-day contact for assigned clients, managing deadlines and information requests
- Support FTA audits, clarification requests and reconsideration applications
- Monitor new legislation, Cabinet and Ministerial Decisions, FTA guides and public clarifications, and summarise their impact for the team and clients
- Prepare clear, well-referenced deliverables in Word and Excel to the firm’s quality standard
Requirements noted by the source board
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Law or a related field (as listed on the board)
- Two to four years of tax experience in the UAE or GCC, in a professional services firm or an in-house tax function (as listed on the board)
- Working knowledge of UAE Corporate Tax and VAT law, their Executive Regulations, and the main Cabinet and Ministerial Decisions (as listed on the board)
- Hands-on experience with EmaraTax filings and FTA correspondence (as listed on the board)
- Ability to read legislation and FTA guidance closely and apply it to client facts, with sound judgement on when to escalate (as listed on the board)
- Strong written English: able to draft a clear, referenced technical memo with minimal rework (as listed on the board)
- Solid Excel skills and comfort working with trial balances, ledgers and IFRS financial statements (as listed on the board)
- Organised and reliable under filing deadlines, managing several clients at once (as listed on the board)
- Desirable: professional qualification in progress or complete (ACCA, CPA, CA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent); exposure to transfer pricing documentation or benchmarking; experience with Free Zone entities, Tax Groups, or Pillar Two / Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax questions; familiarity with Excise Tax or Economic Substance matters; Arabic language skills for reading FTA correspondence and client documents (all as listed on the board)
Not stated by the source: the salary — the source listing does not state one, so confirm the pay and package on the source listing before you apply.
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