Tax GCR Director - Senior Manager at EY Jeddah

About EY and the Role

EY invites you to join their MENA Tax - Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) team as a Senior Manager based in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. This position offers a chance to become part of a globally connected, diverse workforce devoted to career growth and excellence in tax services.

Key Responsibilities

In this leadership role, you will spearhead complex client engagements within the GCR practice, combining technical tax expertise with practical commercial, legislative, and sector insights. Your duties include overseeing client compliance and reporting tasks, managing daily engagement operations, ensuring standardized procedures are established and followed, assessing risks, resolving issues, and fostering continuous performance enhancement. You will guide a high-achieving team, promoting a constructive learning environment and mentoring junior members. Maintaining adherence to EY's Tax Quality standards will also be critical.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, taxation, or a similarly relevant discipline with notable academic achievement.
• Advanced qualifications such as an MBA, master's degree, or professional certifications like CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, or ADIT are required.
• At least five years of in-depth experience in domestic and international tax regulations, ideally within a major professional services firm, with strong expertise in tax accounting and auditing.
• Proven managerial, organizational, and project management capabilities.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience engaging with multinational clients and effectively operating in a multicultural environment.
• Extensive knowledge of commercial, legislative, and industry-related tax matters.

Personal Qualities

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, an excellent communicator, and adept with managing large datasets across borders. The role demands a self-motivated professional who can think critically, navigate changing priorities, coordinate with diverse teams, and ambitiously pursue career advancement within a dynamic corporate landscape.

Benefits and Culture

EY promises developmental opportunities through skill enhancement and rich global experiences. The company promotes a flexible workplace backed by a diverse and inclusive culture of interconnected teams worldwide.