VAT Director - Indirect Tax Advisory
Posted date [2026-08-27]
(ID: 50264)
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Job Description and Requirements
VAT Director - Indirect Tax AdvisoryJob Snapshot
Role: VAT Director - Indirect Tax Advisory
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Accounting
Function: Tax Accounting
Experience: Several years of VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory experience with strong UAE market exposure
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
VAT Director - Indirect Tax Advisory in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Accounting hiring opportunity for an experienced UAE VAT professional with the technical depth, commercial judgment, and leadership capability to manage complex indirect tax engagements and expand a high-performing advisory practice. The role combines UAE VAT expertise, executive-level client management, business development, team leadership, service-line growth, and responsibility for revenue and profitability.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Accounting
Function: Tax Accounting
Salary: 42000-60000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality:
Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The VAT Director will lead the strategic and technical development of the UAE VAT Advisory practice while managing major client relationships and commercially significant engagements. The position requires a senior tax professional who can interpret complex VAT requirements, provide practical advice to businesses, maintain strong relationships with finance leaders, develop new revenue opportunities, and build a capable advisory team. The role has direct influence on technical quality, market positioning, utilization, client retention, and overall practice profitability.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead technically complex UAE VAT and broader Tax Advisory engagements from planning and scoping through final delivery.
* Advise clients on UAE VAT legislation, transaction treatment, registration considerations, compliance risks, structuring, and operational tax matters.
* Manage senior relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Heads of Tax, business owners, and other key decision-makers.
* Expand the UAE VAT Advisory service offering by identifying emerging client needs and developing commercially relevant solutions.
* Generate new business through client development, referrals, networking, account expansion, and targeted market opportunities.
* Lead pitches, proposals, scope discussions, fee negotiations, and conversion of prospective advisory mandates.
* Review technical deliverables and ensure advice is accurate, practical, consistent, and delivered within agreed timelines.
* Build and mentor a high-performing VAT team through coaching, delegation, technical review, and clear performance expectations.
* Oversee engagement economics including fees, margins, utilization, resource allocation, revenue forecasting, and collection considerations.
* Contribute directly to practice revenue, profitability, and broader service-line performance.
* Strengthen relationships with existing clients by identifying additional indirect tax and advisory requirements.
* Track Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT legislative developments, tax authority practices, and relevant GCC tax changes.
* Translate regulatory updates into practical client guidance and internal technical direction.
* Maintain appropriate quality, risk, documentation, and engagement-management standards across the practice.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of relevant professional experience in VAT, Indirect Tax Advisory, or a closely related tax discipline.
* Strong UAE and Dubai market experience is essential.
* Advanced practical knowledge of UAE VAT legislation and its application across different business models and transactions.
* Demonstrated experience leading complex VAT advisory engagements involving senior client stakeholders.
* Proven ability to manage relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive decision-makers.
* Track record of developing new business, expanding accounts, and converting advisory opportunities into revenue.
* Experience managing or helping grow a tax practice, VAT service line, or substantial client portfolio is preferred.
* Commercial understanding of utilization, pricing, margins, revenue targets, and practice profitability.
* Big 4, leading professional services, or established tax advisory experience is preferred.
* CA, CTA, ACCA, CPA, ADIT, or an equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
* Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder-management capability.
Skills Set
* UAE VAT
* Indirect Tax Advisory
* Tax Accounting
* VAT advisory
* UAE tax legislation
* Federal Tax Authority guidance
* GCC tax developments
* VAT risk assessment
* VAT transaction analysis
* VAT compliance oversight
* Tax structuring
* Technical tax review
* Client engagement leadership
* Executive stakeholder management
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Advisory sales
* Practice development
* Service-line management
* Team leadership
* Tax team mentoring
* Revenue management
* Utilization management
* Engagement profitability
* Commercial pricing
* Practice P&L
* CA
* CTA
* ACCA
* CPA
* ADIT
Why Join Us
The continued development of the UAE indirect tax environment has created strong demand for senior professionals who can combine technical VAT expertise with commercial leadership and client advisory skills. This position offers the opportunity to shape a growing VAT practice, influence market strategy, manage high-value client relationships, develop specialist talent, and take meaningful responsibility for revenue and profitability. It is well suited to an established tax leader seeking broader ownership of both technical delivery and business growth in Dubai.
About the Company
Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you operates across digital technology and media-related services. The organization supports evolving digital business models and commercial initiatives, offering experienced professionals an environment where specialist advisory, leadership, and growth expertise can contribute to wider business development.
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The VAT Director will lead the strategic and technical development of the UAE VAT Advisory practice while managing major client relationships and commercially significant engagements. The position requires a senior tax professional who can interpret complex VAT requirements, provide practical advice to businesses, maintain strong relationships with finance leaders, develop new revenue opportunities, and build a capable advisory team. The role has direct influence on technical quality, market positioning, utilization, client retention, and overall practice profitability.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead technically complex UAE VAT and broader Tax Advisory engagements from planning and scoping through final delivery.
* Advise clients on UAE VAT legislation, transaction treatment, registration considerations, compliance risks, structuring, and operational tax matters.
* Manage senior relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Heads of Tax, business owners, and other key decision-makers.
* Expand the UAE VAT Advisory service offering by identifying emerging client needs and developing commercially relevant solutions.
* Generate new business through client development, referrals, networking, account expansion, and targeted market opportunities.
* Lead pitches, proposals, scope discussions, fee negotiations, and conversion of prospective advisory mandates.
* Review technical deliverables and ensure advice is accurate, practical, consistent, and delivered within agreed timelines.
* Build and mentor a high-performing VAT team through coaching, delegation, technical review, and clear performance expectations.
* Oversee engagement economics including fees, margins, utilization, resource allocation, revenue forecasting, and collection considerations.
* Contribute directly to practice revenue, profitability, and broader service-line performance.
* Strengthen relationships with existing clients by identifying additional indirect tax and advisory requirements.
* Track Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT legislative developments, tax authority practices, and relevant GCC tax changes.
* Translate regulatory updates into practical client guidance and internal technical direction.
* Maintain appropriate quality, risk, documentation, and engagement-management standards across the practice.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of relevant professional experience in VAT, Indirect Tax Advisory, or a closely related tax discipline.
* Strong UAE and Dubai market experience is essential.
* Advanced practical knowledge of UAE VAT legislation and its application across different business models and transactions.
* Demonstrated experience leading complex VAT advisory engagements involving senior client stakeholders.
* Proven ability to manage relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive decision-makers.
* Track record of developing new business, expanding accounts, and converting advisory opportunities into revenue.
* Experience managing or helping grow a tax practice, VAT service line, or substantial client portfolio is preferred.
* Commercial understanding of utilization, pricing, margins, revenue targets, and practice profitability.
* Big 4, leading professional services, or established tax advisory experience is preferred.
* CA, CTA, ACCA, CPA, ADIT, or an equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
* Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder-management capability.
Skills Set
* UAE VAT
* Indirect Tax Advisory
* Tax Accounting
* VAT advisory
* UAE tax legislation
* Federal Tax Authority guidance
* GCC tax developments
* VAT risk assessment
* VAT transaction analysis
* VAT compliance oversight
* Tax structuring
* Technical tax review
* Client engagement leadership
* Executive stakeholder management
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Advisory sales
* Practice development
* Service-line management
* Team leadership
* Tax team mentoring
* Revenue management
* Utilization management
* Engagement profitability
* Commercial pricing
* Practice P&L
* CA
* CTA
* ACCA
* CPA
* ADIT
Why Join Us
The continued development of the UAE indirect tax environment has created strong demand for senior professionals who can combine technical VAT expertise with commercial leadership and client advisory skills. This position offers the opportunity to shape a growing VAT practice, influence market strategy, manage high-value client relationships, develop specialist talent, and take meaningful responsibility for revenue and profitability. It is well suited to an established tax leader seeking broader ownership of both technical delivery and business growth in Dubai.
About the Company
Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you operates across digital technology and media-related services. The organization supports evolving digital business models and commercial initiatives, offering experienced professionals an environment where specialist advisory, leadership, and growth expertise can contribute to wider business development.
