VAT Associate, EY Kuwait

As a member of staff within the Indirect Tax practice, you'll join a globally-integrated team that helps leading organizations identify risk areas and sustainable planning opportunities for indirect taxes throughout the tax life cycle. Your work will impact the supply chain and the financial and accounting systems of your clients, particularly those engaged in international trade in goods and services. You'll assist in devising and providing recommendations to address a wide range of issues and problems. In doing so, you'll help clients meet their compliance obligations and business goals around the world.

Client responsibilities

•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

•Collaborate with a team of indirect tax professionals to combine diverse cross-border experience with local tax knowledge across a broad spectrum of industries

•Participate and assist in preparing for meetings with management teams

•Assist in preparing reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties

•Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel

•Build strong internal relationships within Indirect Tax and across other service lines

People responsibilities

•Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting and retaining indirect tax professionals

•Maintain an educational program to develop personal skills on an ongoing basis

•Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

Technical skills requirements

► A bachelor's degree in accounting, actuarial science, business, finance, human resources or a related field (MBA, Masters of Tax, JD and LLM a plus) with strong academic credentials

► One to three years' experience

► PC proficiency

Additional skills requirements

► Excellent written and verbal communication

► Proficiency in Arabic skill is highly desirable

Who we are

Indirect taxes affect the supply chain and the financial and accounting systems of all businesses but particularly those engaged in international trade in goods and services. They can have significant impacts on cash flow, absolute costs and risks exposures. As an indirect tax services professional at Ernst & Young, you'll help leading organizations to identify risk areas and sustainable planning opportunities for indirect taxes throughout the tax life cycle. This will involve devising and providing recommendations that address a wide range of issues and problems and helping clients to meet their compliance obligations and business goals around the world. We'll give you access to leading methodologies and tools and help you to develop the skills you need to be a successful advisor. You'll also gain valuable wide-ranging experience across industries and geographies and receive support and encouragement to grow and become a leader in the tax profession.

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