VAT Director - Indirect Tax Leadership
Posted date [2026-08-27]
(ID: 50295)
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Job Description and Requirements
VAT Director - Indirect Tax LeadershipJob Snapshot
Role: VAT Director - Indirect Tax Leadership
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 Leadership in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Accounting opportunity for an experienced indirect tax professional with deep UAE VAT knowledge, strong executive client management skills, and the commercial ability to grow a specialist advisory practice. The role combines complex VAT advisory, practice development, technical quality oversight, team leadership, business development, and direct 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 UAE VAT Advisory practice with responsibility for technical direction, client growth, team capability, and commercial performance. The position requires a senior tax leader who can resolve complex VAT matters, advise decision-makers on practical implications, and develop trusted relationships with finance and tax executives. The director will also shape the service offering, strengthen the advisory pipeline, and maintain disciplined control over engagement quality, utilization, margins, and profitability.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead technically complex UAE VAT and Tax Advisory engagements across a range of commercial sectors.
* Advise clients on VAT treatment, transaction implications, indirect tax risks, compliance considerations, and operational structures.
* Maintain strategic relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, business owners, and other senior stakeholders.
* Develop the UAE VAT Advisory practice by identifying emerging client needs and expanding the service offering.
* Generate new business through account development, referrals, professional networks, targeted outreach, and market relationships.
* Lead proposals, pitches, engagement scoping, technical presentations, and fee negotiations.
* Review significant technical advice and client deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, and practical relevance.
* Oversee engagement planning, staffing, deadlines, utilization, and resource deployment.
* Build and mentor a high-performing VAT team while strengthening technical depth and client-facing capability.
* Track revenue pipelines, pricing, margins, utilization, conversion rates, and overall practice profitability.
* Contribute to service-line budgeting, revenue forecasting, commercial planning, and P&L performance.
* Monitor Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT legislation, administrative developments, and relevant GCC tax changes.
* Translate regulatory updates into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams.
* Maintain strong standards for risk management, engagement documentation, technical review, and quality control.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of relevant professional experience in VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory.
* Strong UAE and Dubai tax market experience is essential.
* Advanced practical knowledge of UAE VAT legislation and its application to commercial transactions and business operations.
* Proven experience leading complex indirect tax engagements involving senior 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 work.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong commercial understanding of engagement 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 leadership
* Executive client management
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Client account expansion
* Practice development
* Service-line management
* Tax team 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 role offers the opportunity to shape a specialist advisory practice, deepen executive client relationships, develop a capable tax team, and influence revenue and profitability. It provides an established VAT leader with 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 technically complex UAE VAT and Tax Advisory engagements across a range of commercial sectors.
* Advise clients on VAT treatment, transaction implications, indirect tax risks, compliance considerations, and operational structures.
* Maintain strategic relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, business owners, and other senior stakeholders.
* Develop the UAE VAT Advisory practice by identifying emerging client needs and expanding the service offering.
* Generate new business through account development, referrals, professional networks, targeted outreach, and market relationships.
* Lead proposals, pitches, engagement scoping, technical presentations, and fee negotiations.
* Review significant technical advice and client deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, and practical relevance.
* Oversee engagement planning, staffing, deadlines, utilization, and resource deployment.
* Build and mentor a high-performing VAT team while strengthening technical depth and client-facing capability.
* Track revenue pipelines, pricing, margins, utilization, conversion rates, and overall practice profitability.
* Contribute to service-line budgeting, revenue forecasting, commercial planning, and P&L performance.
* Monitor Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT legislation, administrative developments, and relevant GCC tax changes.
* Translate regulatory updates into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams.
* Maintain strong standards for risk management, engagement documentation, technical review, and quality control.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of relevant professional experience in VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory.
* Strong UAE and Dubai tax market experience is essential.
* Advanced practical knowledge of UAE VAT legislation and its application to commercial transactions and business operations.
* Proven experience leading complex indirect tax engagements involving senior 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 work.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong commercial understanding of engagement 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 leadership
* Executive client management
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Client account expansion
* Practice development
* Service-line management
* Tax team 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 role offers the opportunity to shape a specialist advisory practice, deepen executive client relationships, develop a capable tax team, and influence revenue and profitability. It provides an established VAT leader with 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.
