Manager - Finance (Shared Services)

Role Overview

Manager - Finance (Shared Services) at LandMark Group. This role oversees VAT compliance, regulatory management, and operational governance for the shared services finance function.

Role Purpose

Establish and maintain VAT compliance across entities, jurisdictions and business units. Lead process standardization, automation initiatives and control frameworks while supporting tax authority interactions and providing insights to senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

VAT Compliance & Regulatory Management

• Review VAT computations, reconciliations and supporting schedules prior to submission to tax authorities.
• Perform detailed reviews of sales transactions, output VAT calculations and revenue reconciliations to identify compliance risks and reporting inaccuracies.
• Review purchase transactions and input VAT recovery assessments to ensure compliance with recoverability rules and documentation requirements.
• Oversee import and export VAT reconciliations, customs-related VAT treatments, reverse charge transactions and cross-border supplies.
• Monitor changes in VAT legislation and assess their impact on existing business processes and reporting requirements.
• Support tax authority audits, assessments, information requests and investigations by preparing documentation and responding to queries.
• Identify VAT risks and control gaps and implement corrective actions to strengthen compliance.

Operations Governance

• Review and validate key VAT controls to ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor VAT-related KPIs, dashboards and compliance metrics.
• Ensure timely closure of VAT exceptions, unresolved reconciliations and reporting discrepancies.
• Drive standardization of VAT processes across entities, business units and jurisdictions.

Tax Technology, Automation & Process Improvement

• Drive automation initiatives to improve VAT compliance, reconciliation, reporting and monitoring processes.
• Partner with IT, Finance Transformation and external vendors to implement tax technology solutions.
• Develop dashboards and analytical tools to improve visibility over VAT risks, compliance status and operational performance.

Reporting & Management Information

• Prepare and present VAT compliance status reports, risk assessments and operational dashboards to senior management.
• Monitor key performance indicators related to VAT compliance, filing accuracy, exception management and process efficiency.
• Support leadership with insights and recommendations to strengthen tax governance and operational effectiveness.

Qualifications & Experience

• 6–7 years of experience in GCC VAT, Indirect Tax compliance or Shared Services operations.
• Strong knowledge of UAE VAT and exposure to KSA VAT regulations.
• Experience managing outsourced service providers and large-volume VAT operations.
• MBA Finance, CA, CMA, or ACCA (completed or part qualified).

Skills & Competencies

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Prior experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Exposure to VAT automation, Tax Technology and process transformation initiatives.