Job description

The Tax - Global Compliance and Reporting (GCR) Manager role in Kuwait operates within EY’s globally coordinated tax practice, delivering connected services across all tax disciplines to support clients in managing tax policies, tax laws, regulatory obligations, and compliance requirements in an era of rapid change. The GCR service line focuses on delivering efficient and effective tax resources, improving quality, managing risk, creating efficiency, and driving value through standard and efficient processes, highly effective tools, and an extensive network of local tax and accounting professionals. The role supports clients with direct and indirect tax compliance, statutory accounting, financial reporting, and tax accounting while coordinating service delivery across MENA teams and managing large-scale projects. The Manager combines strong technical skills with practical commercial, legislative, and industry knowledge to lead teams in providing corporate tax, tax compliance, tax accounting, and tax auditing services, ensuring high-quality service delivery and adherence to Tax Quality guidelines. Responsibilities include day-to-day client engagement management, monitoring progress and deliverables, implementing standardized processes, identifying and escalating risks, driving performance-improvement solutions, managing engagement economics including staffing and fee tracking, and coordinating tax services across EY regional teams. The role also involves contract management, issue resolution, new business generation, building client networks, and supporting multinational clients in multi-cultural environments. A strong background in domestic and international tax rules and regulations, Kuwait Corporate tax and tax compliance experience, and exposure to BEPS P2 compliance are highly valued, alongside professional qualifications such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, or ADIT.