SENIOR MANAGER / DIRECTOR TRANSACTION TAX SAUDI

We act for a Big 4 firm looking to appoint a Senior Manager / Director for its Transaction Tax team in Jeddah.
As a Transaction Tax Senior Manager, you'll join an integrated global network of talented advisors working in a dynamic, fast-moving and commercially-driven environment. You'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships and identify and escalate opportunities for our client. You'll make a technical and operational contribution to projects and engagements supervising and reviewing the work of more junior team members and confirm it's of a high standard that complies with our client's Quality & Risk Management policies. You'll draw on your knowledge and experience to help clients understand and address the tax implications of the transactions that are strategically important to them - acquisitions, disposals, refinancing, restructurings or initial public offerings - and you'll be actively involved in the technical development and delivery of ideas to help clients mitigate transaction risk, enhance opportunity and negotiate effectively.
The influx of foreign investment and local companies expanding their outbound activities offers a great opportunity for Transaction Tax professionals to gain hands-on experience in an emerging market in a growing and dynamic team.
Job purpose
 To lead the efficient and successful delivery of Transaction Tax services.
 
Client responsibilities
► Participate in Transaction Tax engagements on a day to day basis, focusing on tax due diligence, tax structuring, SPA and tax model review
► Work effectively as a member of a worldwide network of professional advisors, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress
► Be comfortable with a demanding project management/central role in Riyadh for inbound/through-bound investment into MENA and beyond 
► Collaborate with a team of Transaction Tax professionals to combine diverse cross-border transaction experience with local tax knowledge across a broad spectrum of industries
► Work as part of a multi-jurisdictional/disciplinary team in terms of pursuing, managing and delivering engagements. As part of this there must be a drive to ensure that all deliverables meet the client's quality standard
► Quickly form strong relationships within our tax network and focus on developing links with our client's Transaction Advisory Practice. Such relationships are essential in order to be able to efficiently and professionally handle multi-geographical projects
► Participate and assist in preparing for meetings essential to the transaction process, e.g., meetings with the management teams of the buyer, seller or target or with their other advisors and providers of finance
► Manage the preparation of reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties
► Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel. Manage a personal client portfolio in terms of dealing with and managing all the tax affairs of that client account, keeping them abreast of tax developments and advise on how it might affect their group 
► Assist in managing engagement economics by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders
► Participate in business development initiatives