SENIOR MANAGER TRANSACTION TAX BAHRAIN

Our client a Big Firm is looking for an Transaction Tax Senior Manager for their Bahrain Office.

Client responsibilities

Lead Transaction Tax engagements on a day-to-day basis
Project manage a team of Transaction Tax professionals to combine diverse cross-border transaction experience with local tax knowledge across a broad spectrum of industries
Represent Transaction Tax at 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
Take responsibility for 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 engagement economics and communicate significant issues, fees and estimates-to-complete to partners and clients
Assist partners with generating new business opportunities and develop client networks and relationships
Build strong internal relationships within the Transaction Tax practice and across other service lines
Understand our service offerings and actively identify opportunities to serve clients better

People responsibilities

Help people to develop through the effective supervision, coaching and mentoring of all levels of staff
Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff
Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting, retaining and training Transaction Tax professionals
Maintain an educational program to develop technical personal skills
Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures and communicate them to all levels of staff

Technical skills requirements

A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials - accounting, business, finance or a related field desirable but not essential. MBA, Masters of Tax, JD and LLM a plus.
Five years' plus post-qualification experience

Additional skills requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication
An ability to draw conclusions and to make recommendations based on often equivocal or conflicting data
Highly-developed project management skills
Proficiency in Arabic skill is highly desirable