Manager Tax - Indirect

Etihad Aviation Group
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingExperience: 7-12 yearsSkills: ["Proactive","Commercially minded","Strong communication","Team player","Flexibility"]

Manage and strengthen indirect tax support for Etihad Airways and its group companies, with a hands-on focus on planning, advisory, compliance, reporting, and audit. Monitor global tax developments, ensure UAE VAT and other obligations are met, lead audits and disputes, and maintain governance and internal controls. Drive tax transformation initiatives involving technology, ERP, and e-invoicing, while briefing stakeholders and coordinating consultants, budgets, procurement, and people responsibilities.

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Etihad Aviation Group
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Manager Tax - Indirect

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Job Summary

Manage and strengthen indirect tax support for Etihad Airways and its group companies, with a hands-on focus on planning, advisory, compliance, reporting, and audit. Monitor global tax developments, ensure UAE VAT and other obligations are met, lead audits and disputes, and maintain governance and internal controls. Drive tax transformation initiatives involving technology, ERP, and e-invoicing, while briefing stakeholders and coordinating consultants, budgets, procurement, and people responsibilities.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Monitor global tax developments and ensure compliance and readiness for change.
  • •Advise the business on indirect tax implications across contracts, operations, overseas branches, and commercial activities.
  • •Manage UAE VAT and other tax compliance obligations, including calculations, filings, payments, and documentation.
  • •Lead tax audits, reviews, disputes, exemptions, and risk matters globally.
  • •Support tax transformation and improvement projects, including new taxes, technology, ERP, e-invoicing, and tax function reviews.

Key Requirements

  • •A recognised accounting or tax qualification.
  • •7–12 years of tax advisory and compliance experience.
  • •Strong hands-on experience in international indirect tax, including return preparation, review, and submission.
  • •Experience managing tax authority interactions (audits, reviews, requests, and correspondence).
  • •A solid understanding of VAT/GST and related tax areas such as excise, customs, UAE Corporate Tax, and OECD Pillar 2.
Experience:7-12 years
Skills:ProactiveCommercially mindedStrong communicationTeam playerFlexibility
Languages:English (UK)
Tech Stack:ERPE-invoicingHireVue

Eligibility

Nationality:UAE National

Company Brief

Etihad Aviation Group
Etihad Aviation Group (Etihad Airways) is the national airline of the UAE, operating passenger and cargo services worldwide from Abu Dhabi and providing aviation-related services across hospitality, maintenance and cargo sectors.
Industry: Airlines
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Government Funded
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2003
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