VAT Director - Indirect Tax Advisory
Posted date [2026-08-27]
(ID: 50300)
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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
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 tax professional with strong technical expertise in VAT, indirect taxation, client advisory, and practice development. The role combines complex VAT advisory work with executive stakeholder management, business development, team leadership, technical quality control, and commercial responsibility for revenue, utilization, 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 UAE VAT Advisory practice and take ownership of both technical delivery and commercial growth. The position requires a senior professional capable of advising clients on complex VAT matters, maintaining trusted relationships with finance and tax leaders, developing new service opportunities, and building a strong advisory team. The director will also influence engagement economics, utilization, pricing, quality standards, and overall practice profitability.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead complex UAE VAT and Tax Advisory engagements across different industries and transaction types.
* Advise clients on VAT treatment, indirect tax implications, transaction structuring, compliance risks, and operational tax matters.
* Maintain senior relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other executive stakeholders.
* Develop and expand the UAE VAT Advisory service offering in response to regulatory developments and client demand.
* Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and across prospective client relationships.
* Lead proposals, pitches, engagement scoping, technical presentations, and commercial negotiations.
* Oversee technical quality and review significant VAT advice before final client delivery.
* Ensure engagements are completed within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.
* Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing VAT team with strong technical and client-facing capability.
* Monitor team utilization, engagement pricing, margins, revenue pipelines, and profitability.
* Contribute to practice planning, revenue forecasting, budgeting, and wider P&L performance.
* Track Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT legislation, administrative developments, and relevant GCC tax changes.
* Convert regulatory updates into practical recommendations for clients and internal stakeholders.
* Maintain strong engagement governance, documentation, technical review, and risk-management standards.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of relevant professional experience in VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory.
* Strong UAE and Dubai market experience is essential.
* Advanced technical knowledge of UAE VAT and its practical application to commercial transactions and business operations.
* Proven experience leading complex indirect tax engagements involving senior client stakeholders.
* Strong track record managing relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive decision-makers.
* Demonstrated success in business development, account expansion, proposal preparation, and winning advisory assignments.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong commercial understanding of pricing, utilization, revenue forecasting, margins, and 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, commercial judgment, and stakeholder-management skills.
Skills Set
* UAE VAT
* Indirect Tax Advisory
* Tax Accounting
* Federal Tax Authority guidance
* UAE VAT legislation
* GCC indirect tax developments
* VAT transaction analysis
* VAT risk assessment
* Indirect tax structuring
* VAT compliance advisory
* Technical tax review
* Tax engagement management
* Executive client advisory
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Client account growth
* Practice development
* Service-line leadership
* Team mentoring
* Revenue forecasting
* Utilization management
* Engagement pricing
* Margin management
* Practice profitability
* P&L performance
* CA
* CTA
* ACCA
* CPA
* ADIT
Why Join Us
The UAE indirect tax environment continues to create strong demand for senior VAT professionals who can combine technical expertise with commercial leadership. This Dubai opportunity provides significant scope to shape a specialist advisory practice, expand executive client relationships, develop a capable tax team, and influence revenue and profitability. It is well suited to an established VAT leader seeking broader ownership across technical delivery, market development, team performance, and commercial strategy.
About the Company
Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you operates across digital technology and media-related commercial activities. The organization provides a performance-focused environment where experienced professionals can contribute specialist expertise, strategic leadership, and business development capability.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead complex UAE VAT and Tax Advisory engagements across different industries and transaction types.
* Advise clients on VAT treatment, indirect tax implications, transaction structuring, compliance risks, and operational tax matters.
* Maintain senior relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other executive stakeholders.
* Develop and expand the UAE VAT Advisory service offering in response to regulatory developments and client demand.
* Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and across prospective client relationships.
* Lead proposals, pitches, engagement scoping, technical presentations, and commercial negotiations.
* Oversee technical quality and review significant VAT advice before final client delivery.
* Ensure engagements are completed within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.
* Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing VAT team with strong technical and client-facing capability.
* Monitor team utilization, engagement pricing, margins, revenue pipelines, and profitability.
* Contribute to practice planning, revenue forecasting, budgeting, and wider P&L performance.
* Track Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT legislation, administrative developments, and relevant GCC tax changes.
* Convert regulatory updates into practical recommendations for clients and internal stakeholders.
* Maintain strong engagement governance, documentation, technical review, and risk-management standards.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of relevant professional experience in VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory.
* Strong UAE and Dubai market experience is essential.
* Advanced technical knowledge of UAE VAT and its practical application to commercial transactions and business operations.
* Proven experience leading complex indirect tax engagements involving senior client stakeholders.
* Strong track record managing relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive decision-makers.
* Demonstrated success in business development, account expansion, proposal preparation, and winning advisory assignments.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong commercial understanding of pricing, utilization, revenue forecasting, margins, and 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, commercial judgment, and stakeholder-management skills.
Skills Set
* UAE VAT
* Indirect Tax Advisory
* Tax Accounting
* Federal Tax Authority guidance
* UAE VAT legislation
* GCC indirect tax developments
* VAT transaction analysis
* VAT risk assessment
* Indirect tax structuring
* VAT compliance advisory
* Technical tax review
* Tax engagement management
* Executive client advisory
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Client account growth
* Practice development
* Service-line leadership
* Team mentoring
* Revenue forecasting
* Utilization management
* Engagement pricing
* Margin management
* Practice profitability
* P&L performance
* CA
* CTA
* ACCA
* CPA
* ADIT
Why Join Us
The UAE indirect tax environment continues to create strong demand for senior VAT professionals who can combine technical expertise with commercial leadership. This Dubai opportunity provides significant scope to shape a specialist advisory practice, expand executive client relationships, develop a capable tax team, and influence revenue and profitability. It is well suited to an established VAT leader seeking broader ownership across technical delivery, market development, team performance, and commercial strategy.
About the Company
Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you operates across digital technology and media-related commercial activities. The organization provides a performance-focused environment where experienced professionals can contribute specialist expertise, strategic leadership, and business development capability.
