Tax Analyst

Role Overview

Tax Analyst at Ghobash Group. The role supports the Group's tax function by executing day-to-day compliance, reporting, and documentation activities across VAT, Corporate Tax, and other regulatory obligations.

Company Overview

Ghobash Group is actively engaged in multi-asset class investment activities across various geographies, carried out by a highly qualified and experienced in-house team of investment professionals. Investment activities include direct investments in startups, taking stakes in established businesses, acquisitions of business enterprises, and setting-up new businesses through collaborative joint venture routes. Ghobash Trading & Investment is also active in private financial investments, including private equity and debt, venture capital, real estate, and publicly listed financial investments.

Role Purpose

The Tax Analyst is responsible for preparing first-level tax computations, performing reconciliations, maintaining compliance calendars, and ensuring accurate tax treatment of purchases, sales, imports, and exports. The role maintains tax registers, documentation archives, and audit trails, while supporting tax audits, assessments, and regulatory filings in collaboration with business units, Finance, and SSC teams.

Key Responsibilities

Tax Reporting and Compliance Management

• Prepare working files and first-level computations for VAT and corporate tax returns.
• Perform reconciliations between tax returns, GL accounts, and source data; ensure any discrepancies are fixed in the system for errors.
• Compile documentation for tax audits, assessments, and queries.
• Maintain documentation for intercompany transactions, TP master files, and local files under guidance.
• Maintain compliance calendar for VAT returns, corporate tax filings, ESR notifications, and other compliance deadlines.
• Support reviews of related-party transactions and intercompany invoices for accuracy.
• Assist in validating tax rules, rates, and classifications tagged to all group transactions (purchase, sales, imports, and exports).
• Support tax impact analysis by gathering data and preparing initial assessments.
• Assist in compliance tasks related to ESR, UBO, FATCA/CRS, and CbCR documentation.

Operational Tax Management

• Execute day-to-day tax compliance tasks including data extraction, tax coding checks, and documentation updates.
• Maintain filing archives, audit trails, tax registers, and compliance documentation.
• Prepare monthly tax reports, reconciliations, and schedules for management review.
• Assist business units with routine tax queries and data requests.

Tools and Automation

• Operate tax tools and ERP modules, ensuring proper tax coding and data accuracy.
• Support automation initiatives by preparing test data, validating outputs, and highlighting discrepancies.
• Ensure correct VAT treatment on e-invoicing data extracted from government-approved ASPs.

Stakeholder Support

• Collaborate with Business Finance and SSC teams to collect data for tax filings and reconciliations.
• Communicate pending documentation and follow up for timely tax submissions.
• Participate in training sessions and continuously update tax knowledge.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree complemented by professional certification in Tax (e.g., CTA).
• Additional professional certification in Accounting (e.g., ACA, CPA, ACCA) preferred.
• 3 years of experience in corporate taxation, including direct and indirect taxes.
• Strong knowledge of accounting fundamentals and tax concepts.

Skills & Competencies

• Proficiency in MS Excel (lookups, pivot tables) and basic financial analysis.
• Ability to extract, clean, and reconcile data from ERP systems.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
• Good communication and coordination skills for cross-functional interaction.