VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax Advisory
Posted date [2026-08-27]
(ID: 50270)
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Job Description and Requirements
VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax AdvisoryJob Snapshot
Role: VAT Director - UAE 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 - UAE Indirect Tax Advisory in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Accounting hiring opportunity for an experienced tax professional with strong UAE VAT expertise, established client leadership skills, and the commercial capability to expand an indirect tax advisory practice. The role combines complex VAT advisory, executive stakeholder management, business development, technical governance, team leadership, 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 UAE VAT Advisory practice with responsibility for technical excellence, client retention, market development, and financial performance. The position requires a senior professional capable of resolving complex indirect tax matters while building trusted relationships with finance and tax leaders. By strengthening the advisory pipeline, developing specialist talent, and maintaining disciplined engagement economics, the director will directly influence the long-term growth of the practice.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead complex UAE VAT and wider Tax Advisory engagements from initial assessment through final client delivery.
* Advise businesses on UAE VAT treatment, transaction implications, compliance risks, operational tax matters, and indirect tax structures.
* Maintain senior relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Heads of Tax, and other executive stakeholders.
* Develop the UAE VAT Advisory service offering in response to regulatory changes and emerging client requirements.
* Identify new revenue opportunities across existing client accounts and prospective relationships.
* Lead proposals, pitches, engagement scoping, technical presentations, and commercial discussions.
* Review major technical deliverables and ensure recommendations are accurate, practical, and aligned with applicable UAE requirements.
* Oversee engagement planning, resource allocation, timelines, utilization, and delivery standards.
* Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing VAT advisory team.
* Monitor revenue pipelines, engagement pricing, margins, utilization, and practice profitability.
* Contribute to business planning, revenue forecasting, and service-line growth strategies.
* Track UAE Federal Tax Authority guidance, VAT legislation, administrative updates, and relevant GCC tax developments.
* Interpret regulatory changes and convert them into commercially useful guidance for clients.
* Maintain strong standards for technical review, engagement documentation, risk management, and client service.
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.
* Proven ability to lead technically complex advisory engagements involving senior decision-makers.
* Established experience managing relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive stakeholders.
* Successful background in business development, proposal preparation, client acquisition, and account expansion.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong understanding of revenue, pricing, utilization, margins, and profitability within an advisory environment.
* 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, negotiation, communication, commercial judgment, and stakeholder-management capability.
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
* Tax structuring
* VAT compliance advisory
* Technical tax review
* Client engagement management
* Executive stakeholder management
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Client acquisition
* Practice growth
* Service-line leadership
* Team mentoring
* Revenue forecasting
* Utilization management
* Engagement pricing
* Margin management
* Practice profitability
* 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 meaningful ownership of a specialist advisory practice, including client strategy, service development, team capability, revenue generation, and profitability. It is well suited to an established VAT leader seeking broader responsibility and direct influence over the growth of an advisory business.
About the Company
Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you operates across digital technology and media-focused business activities. Its evolving commercial environment provides experienced professionals with opportunities to contribute specialist expertise, strategic leadership, and business development capability.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead complex UAE VAT and wider Tax Advisory engagements from initial assessment through final client delivery.
* Advise businesses on UAE VAT treatment, transaction implications, compliance risks, operational tax matters, and indirect tax structures.
* Maintain senior relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Heads of Tax, and other executive stakeholders.
* Develop the UAE VAT Advisory service offering in response to regulatory changes and emerging client requirements.
* Identify new revenue opportunities across existing client accounts and prospective relationships.
* Lead proposals, pitches, engagement scoping, technical presentations, and commercial discussions.
* Review major technical deliverables and ensure recommendations are accurate, practical, and aligned with applicable UAE requirements.
* Oversee engagement planning, resource allocation, timelines, utilization, and delivery standards.
* Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing VAT advisory team.
* Monitor revenue pipelines, engagement pricing, margins, utilization, and practice profitability.
* Contribute to business planning, revenue forecasting, and service-line growth strategies.
* Track UAE Federal Tax Authority guidance, VAT legislation, administrative updates, and relevant GCC tax developments.
* Interpret regulatory changes and convert them into commercially useful guidance for clients.
* Maintain strong standards for technical review, engagement documentation, risk management, and client service.
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.
* Proven ability to lead technically complex advisory engagements involving senior decision-makers.
* Established experience managing relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive stakeholders.
* Successful background in business development, proposal preparation, client acquisition, and account expansion.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong understanding of revenue, pricing, utilization, margins, and profitability within an advisory environment.
* 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, negotiation, communication, commercial judgment, and stakeholder-management capability.
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
* Tax structuring
* VAT compliance advisory
* Technical tax review
* Client engagement management
* Executive stakeholder management
* CFO relationship management
* Finance Director engagement
* Business development
* Proposal development
* Client acquisition
* Practice growth
* Service-line leadership
* Team mentoring
* Revenue forecasting
* Utilization management
* Engagement pricing
* Margin management
* Practice profitability
* 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 meaningful ownership of a specialist advisory practice, including client strategy, service development, team capability, revenue generation, and profitability. It is well suited to an established VAT leader seeking broader responsibility and direct influence over the growth of an advisory business.
About the Company
Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you operates across digital technology and media-focused business activities. Its evolving commercial environment provides experienced professionals with opportunities to contribute specialist expertise, strategic leadership, and business development capability.
