BDO Middle East
Assistant Manager - Corporate Tax
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 08/04/2026
Job overview
Date posted
22/02/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Job description
The Assistant Manager - Corporate Tax at BDO UAE is a senior advisory role within the Corporate Tax service line, responsible for delivering corporate tax advisory and compliance services to clients across multiple jurisdictions. The role combines technical corporate tax expertise with business development responsibilities, including managing pursuit lists, conducting follow-ups, delivering presentations, and identifying market opportunities. The incumbent will be responsible for providing advisory on UAE and international corporate tax matters, intermediate guidance on transfer pricing, FATCA/CRS compliance, CbCR reporting, ESR requirements, and OECD Pillar 1.0 and 2.0 frameworks. Additionally, the role requires familiarity with UAE legal and regulatory licensing requirements, permissible operations in free zones, and basic knowledge of GCC customs and VAT. The Assistant Manager will coordinate on-site and off-site support teams, ensuring projects are executed efficiently, deadlines are met, and client expectations are exceeded. Responsibilities include project management tasks such as preparing work progress trackers, creating responsibility matrices, scheduling status updates, and closure procedures, as well as training and developing team members, conducting technical sessions, and fostering strong client relationships. This role requires exceptional verbal and written communication skills, strong multitasking ability, advanced advisory and compliance experience in high-performance teams, and the ability to navigate complex multi-jurisdictional corporate tax matters, ensuring high-quality service delivery and regulatory compliance for BDO clients.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Provide corporate tax advisory and compliance services to clients across UAE and international jurisdictions, including advisory, structuring, and compliance support.
- Drive business development initiatives by managing pursuit lists, conducting follow-ups, delivering initial presentations, and identifying new market opportunities to expand client engagements.
- Coordinate on-site and off-site support teams to ensure seamless project execution, monitoring work progress, scheduling status updates, and implementing closure procedures efficiently.
- Prepare and monitor project work trackers, responsibility matrices, and project schedules to manage multiple requests and deadlines across advisory and compliance engagements.
- Train and develop team members by conducting technical sessions, knowledge-sharing, mentoring, and providing guidance on advisory, structuring, and compliance matters.
- Ensure adherence to audit independence conflict protocols, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance while delivering high-quality advisory services.
- Assist with intermediate-level transfer pricing, FATCA/CRS, CbCR, ESR, and OECD Pillar 1.0 and 2.0 compliance, aligning client operations with global tax standards.
- Maintain and strengthen client relationships, providing high-level corporate tax guidance and fostering trust and long-term engagement.
- Apply knowledge of UAE legal and regulatory requirements, free zone licensing rules, and basic GCC VAT and customs regulations to advisory services.
- Contribute to internal knowledge management and professional development initiatives to enhance team capabilities and ensure consistent delivery of BDO’s corporate tax services.
Experience & skills
- Minimum of 4–6 years post-qualification experience in a large accounting firm with multi-jurisdictional presence, preferably in corporate tax advisory and compliance.
- Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT, or equivalent, with a basic degree in accounting.
- Strong technical knowledge of corporate tax laws in UAE and international jurisdictions, with hands-on practical experience in advisory, compliance, litigation, or related functions.
- Advanced business development capabilities, including client pursuit management, presentations, and identifying growth opportunities.
- Proven project management skills, including preparation of work trackers, responsibility matrices, scheduling, and progress monitoring.
- Ability to train, mentor, and develop junior team members in advisory, structuring, and compliance matters.
- Intermediate understanding of transfer pricing, FATCA/CRS, CbCR, ESR, OECD Pillar 1.0 and 2.0 frameworks.
- Basic knowledge of UAE legal/regulatory requirements, licensing, permissible operations in free zones, and GCC VAT and customs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to establish, retain, and manage client relationships effectively.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, multitask across internal and external requests, and operate efficiently under pressure in high-performance environments.