VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax Practice
Posted date [2026-08-27]
(ID: 50308)
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Job Description and Requirements
VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax PracticeJob Snapshot
Role: VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax Practice
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Accounting
Function: Tax
Experience: Several years of VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
VAT Director - UAE Indirect Tax Practice in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Accounting hiring opportunity for an accomplished indirect tax professional with extensive UAE VAT expertise and proven practice leadership capabilities. The position combines complex tax advisory, executive client management, business development, technical governance, team leadership, and commercial responsibility for growing a profitable VAT advisory portfolio.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Accounting
Function: Tax
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 take strategic ownership of
the UAE VAT Advisory practice, combining technical authority with responsibility for market growth and commercial performance. The position requires the ability to resolve sophisticated indirect tax matters, translate regulatory requirements into practical business guidance, and build trusted relationships with senior finance executives. Developing the advisory pipeline, strengthening team capability, and maintaining profitable engagement delivery will be central to the role.
Key Responsibilities
* Direct complex UAE VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory engagements across diverse industries, transactions, and operating models.
* Provide practical advice on VAT treatment, indirect tax exposure, transaction implications, compliance requirements, and business structures.
* Serve as a senior adviser to CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other executive stakeholders.
* Shape the development of the UAE VAT Advisory service offering around evolving legislation and client requirements.
* Identify opportunities to expand existing accounts and originate new tax advisory mandates.
* Lead client pitches, proposals, technical presentations, engagement scoping, and commercial discussions.
* Review significant VAT opinions, recommendations, and deliverables before final client presentation.
* Maintain high technical standards while ensuring advice remains commercially practical and relevant.
* Oversee engagement planning, resource allocation, deadlines, utilization, and delivery performance.
* Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing VAT team with strong technical and client-facing capabilities.
* Monitor engagement pricing, revenue pipelines, margins, utilization, and overall practice profitability.
* Contribute to annual planning, revenue forecasts, growth targets, budgets, and P&L performance.
* Track Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT developments, and relevant changes across GCC tax regimes.
* Assess regulatory developments and translate them into actionable recommendations for clients.
* Maintain robust technical review, risk management, documentation, and engagement governance standards.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of substantial experience in VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory.
* Strong UAE and Dubai tax market experience is essential.
* Advanced technical knowledge of UAE VAT and its application across commercial transactions and business operations.
* Proven ability to lead technically demanding indirect tax engagements.
* Senior client management experience involving CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other decision-makers.
* Demonstrated success in originating business, expanding client relationships, and winning advisory assignments.
* Experience preparing proposals and leading competitive client pitches.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong 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 commercial judgment, leadership, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management capability.
Skills Set
* UAE VAT
* Indirect Tax Advisory
* VAT strategy
* UAE tax legislation
* Federal Tax Authority guidance
* GCC tax developments
* VAT transaction analysis
* Indirect tax risk assessment
* VAT structuring
* Tax compliance advisory
* Technical tax review
* Tax engagement leadership
* Executive tax advisory
* CFO relationship management
* Senior stakeholder management
* Client account development
* Business development
* Proposal management
* Practice development
* Service-line leadership
* Tax team mentoring
* Engagement pricing
* Revenue forecasting
* Utilization management
* Margin management
* Practice profitability
* P&L management
Why Join Us
UAE VAT and the wider GCC tax landscape continue to create demand for senior professionals capable of combining technical depth with commercial leadership. This position offers the opportunity to influence the direction of an established advisory practice, develop senior client relationships, build specialist tax capability, and take meaningful ownership of revenue and profitability. The scope makes it particularly attractive for an experienced VAT professional ready to shape both market strategy and technical delivery.
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-oriented environment where experienced professionals can apply specialist expertise, strategic leadership, client development skills, and commercial judgment to support sustainable growth.
Key Responsibilities
* Direct complex UAE VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory engagements across diverse industries, transactions, and operating models.
* Provide practical advice on VAT treatment, indirect tax exposure, transaction implications, compliance requirements, and business structures.
* Serve as a senior adviser to CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other executive stakeholders.
* Shape the development of the UAE VAT Advisory service offering around evolving legislation and client requirements.
* Identify opportunities to expand existing accounts and originate new tax advisory mandates.
* Lead client pitches, proposals, technical presentations, engagement scoping, and commercial discussions.
* Review significant VAT opinions, recommendations, and deliverables before final client presentation.
* Maintain high technical standards while ensuring advice remains commercially practical and relevant.
* Oversee engagement planning, resource allocation, deadlines, utilization, and delivery performance.
* Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing VAT team with strong technical and client-facing capabilities.
* Monitor engagement pricing, revenue pipelines, margins, utilization, and overall practice profitability.
* Contribute to annual planning, revenue forecasts, growth targets, budgets, and P&L performance.
* Track Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT developments, and relevant changes across GCC tax regimes.
* Assess regulatory developments and translate them into actionable recommendations for clients.
* Maintain robust technical review, risk management, documentation, and engagement governance standards.
Ideal Profile
* Several years of substantial experience in VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory.
* Strong UAE and Dubai tax market experience is essential.
* Advanced technical knowledge of UAE VAT and its application across commercial transactions and business operations.
* Proven ability to lead technically demanding indirect tax engagements.
* Senior client management experience involving CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other decision-makers.
* Demonstrated success in originating business, expanding client relationships, and winning advisory assignments.
* Experience preparing proposals and leading competitive client pitches.
* Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
* Strong 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 commercial judgment, leadership, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management capability.
Skills Set
* UAE VAT
* Indirect Tax Advisory
* VAT strategy
* UAE tax legislation
* Federal Tax Authority guidance
* GCC tax developments
* VAT transaction analysis
* Indirect tax risk assessment
* VAT structuring
* Tax compliance advisory
* Technical tax review
* Tax engagement leadership
* Executive tax advisory
* CFO relationship management
* Senior stakeholder management
* Client account development
* Business development
* Proposal management
* Practice development
* Service-line leadership
* Tax team mentoring
* Engagement pricing
* Revenue forecasting
* Utilization management
* Margin management
* Practice profitability
* P&L management
Why Join Us
UAE VAT and the wider GCC tax landscape continue to create demand for senior professionals capable of combining technical depth with commercial leadership. This position offers the opportunity to influence the direction of an established advisory practice, develop senior client relationships, build specialist tax capability, and take meaningful ownership of revenue and profitability. The scope makes it particularly attractive for an experienced VAT professional ready to shape both market strategy and technical delivery.
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-oriented environment where experienced professionals can apply specialist expertise, strategic leadership, client development skills, and commercial judgment to support sustainable growth.
