
EY
Assistant Manager, Tax Global Compliance and Reporting
- Permanent
- Al Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 27/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
13/10/2026
Location
Al Kuwait City, Kuwait
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Experienced
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
27/11/2026
Job description
Global Compliance and Reporting is one of six sub-service lines in EY's Tax practice, and its Kuwait team handles direct and indirect tax compliance, statutory accounting, financial reporting and tax accounting for clients across a range of industries. At Assistant Manager level, you run client engagements day to day, tracking progress and deliverables and putting standardized processes in place. Larger projects add coordination across the MENA region, with service delivery, issue resolution and contract management handled through EY teams in several countries. Spotting risks early and escalating issues when needed is part of the job, as is driving performance improvements. Every engagement follows EY's Tax Quality guidelines. Junior colleagues look to you for coaching, counseling and a positive learning culture. Relationships inside the firm and with clients need steady attention too. A Kuwaiti CPA is mandatory, along with at least 3 years of experience in domestic and international tax rules and a background in tax accounting and tax auditing.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead a team providing tax compliance and reporting services to clients
- Manage client engagements day to day
- Monitor progress and deliverables across engagements
- Implement standardized processes for compliance and reporting work
- Anticipate and identify risks, escalating issues as appropriate
- Drive performance-improvement solutions
- Coordinate the delivery of tax services by EY teams across the MENA region on large-scale projects
- Oversee issue resolution and contract management on multi-country engagements
- Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships
- Supervise and coach junior team members while building a positive learning culture
- Ensure adherence to EY Tax Quality guidelines
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or a related field
- Possess the Kuwaiti CPA qualification (mandatory)
- Bring a minimum of 3 years of experience in domestic and international tax rules and regulations, ideally within a large professional services firm
- Demonstrate a strong background in tax accounting and tax auditing
- Show a track record of management experience
- Apply practical commercial, legislative and industry knowledge to client work
- Handle large volumes of data while working across borders with a wide network of colleagues