VAT Director - Advisory Practice

Role: VAT Director - Advisory Practice

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Accounting

Function: Tax Accounting

Experience: Several years of senior VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory experience

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

VAT Director - Advisory Practice in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Accounting opportunity for an experienced UAE tax professional with strong VAT expertise, executive client-management capability, and a proven record of growing advisory services.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Accounting

Function: Tax Accounting

Salary: Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Role Context

The VAT Director will oversee the strategic development and technical performance of the UAE VAT Advisory practice. This position requires a leader who can combine deep tax knowledge with strong commercial execution, ensuring that complex client matters are handled accurately while the practice continues to grow. The director will influence service development, senior stakeholder relationships, team capability, engagement economics, and the overall financial performance of the advisory function.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex UAE VAT and Tax Advisory engagements across a broad range of commercial and operational scenarios.
• Advise clients on VAT treatment, transaction implications, indirect tax exposure, compliance risks, and implementation requirements.
• Interpret UAE VAT legislation and Federal Tax Authority guidance and apply regulatory requirements to practical business situations.
• Manage senior relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other executive stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership on challenging VAT matters and act as an escalation point for high-risk engagements.
• Develop the UAE VAT Advisory service offering in response to changing legislation and emerging client needs.
• Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and across the wider UAE market.
• Lead pitches, proposals, scope discussions, pricing negotiations, and commercial engagement planning.
• Convert client relationships and market opportunities into sustainable advisory revenue.
• Maintain an active pipeline of VAT and Tax Advisory opportunities and support practice growth objectives.
• Oversee engagement quality, technical review, documentation, resource planning, and delivery timelines.
• Ensure client reports, recommendations, and tax positions are accurate, clear, and commercially relevant.
• Review budgets, utilisation, realization, margins, and engagement profitability.
• Contribute to practice revenue targets, financial forecasts, and overall P&L performance.
• Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing team of VAT and tax advisory professionals.
• Develop team capability through coaching, delegation, technical review, and exposure to complex client assignments.
• Monitor UAE VAT developments, FTA guidance, and relevant GCC tax changes.
• Assess how regulatory updates may affect client operations, transactions, compliance obligations, and tax risk.
• Coordinate with Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing, finance, accounting, legal, and transaction specialists on multidisciplinary engagements.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate will be a senior VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory professional with substantial experience in the UAE market and a strong understanding of Dubai's commercial environment. Advanced knowledge of UAE VAT is essential, together with practical experience managing complex advisory engagements and senior client relationships. The candidate should be confident presenting technical recommendations to CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and other decision-makers. Experience within a Big 4 firm, leading professional services organization, or established tax advisory practice is preferred. Previous responsibility for business development, account growth, service-line management, or practice leadership will be highly valuable. CA, CTA, ACCA, CPA, ADIT, or an equivalent professional qualification is preferred. The ideal candidate will combine technical authority with commercial awareness, leadership presence, strong communication, and the ability to manage quality, revenue, people, client expectations, and profitability simultaneously.

Skills Set

• UAE VAT
• VAT Advisory
• Tax Advisory
• Indirect Tax Advisory
• UAE VAT legislation
• Federal Tax Authority guidance
• GCC tax developments
• VAT technical analysis
• VAT risk assessment
• Transaction VAT analysis
• VAT compliance advisory
• Indirect tax structuring
• Technical tax review
• Senior client management
• CFO relationship management
• Executive stakeholder engagement
• Business development
• Client account growth
• Proposal development
• Commercial negotiations
• Practice development
• Service-line management
• Revenue growth
• P&L management
• Utilisation management
• Engagement profitability
• Pipeline development
• Team leadership
• Technical quality assurance
• Tax advisory reporting

Why Join Us

This Dubai role offers broad leadership responsibility within a tax environment where demand for sophisticated VAT advice continues to grow. The position allows an experienced professional to influence technical standards, shape the advisory offering, deepen senior client relationships, develop new revenue streams, and build a stronger specialist team. It provides a clear opportunity to combine tax expertise with practice ownership and long-term commercial impact.

About the Company

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