Job description

The UAE and GCC Tax Manager, Vice President role at Citi in Dubai is a senior finance leadership position within the bank’s tax function, responsible for overseeing and managing tax activities across the UAE and GCC region. The role provides strategic tax oversight for direct and indirect tax processes, reporting, compliance, and advisory matters across multiple jurisdictions including the UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. The position manages relationships with tax consultants and tax authorities, leads tax audits, investigations, and litigation matters, and acts as a business tax advisor to senior stakeholders across banking operations. The role involves monitoring and interpreting local tax law changes, executing timely tax filings and payments, implementing and managing Tax GRC frameworks and controls, optimizing the bank’s tax position, managing tax balance sheet accounts such as deferred tax assets and FIN 48 reserves, coordinating transfer pricing documentation, supporting global and cluster tax requests, and advising business and functional teams on tax implications. The role operates within a global financial institution, contributing to directional tax strategy while ensuring regulatory compliance and effective risk management across GCC jurisdictions.