Corporate Tax - Manager, Tax Advisory

Job Type: Full Time
Location: Bahrain
Department: Tax Advisory, Grant Thornton Abdulaal
Designation: Manager - Corporate Tax

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of corporate tax compliance and advisory engagements across various industries, ensuring high-quality service delivery and compliance with statutory deadlines.
• Review and approve corporate income tax returns, tax computations, tax provisions, estimated tax calculations, deferred tax computations, and tax disclosures prepared in accordance with applicable tax legislation and IFRS/IAS 12.
• Provide technical advice on corporate tax matters including business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate reorganizations, group restructuring, tax-efficient investment structures, holding company structures, financing arrangements, cross-border transactions, capital restructuring, business expansion, and exit strategies.
• Advise clients on domestic and international tax matters including OECD Guidelines, Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), Pillar Two (Global Minimum Tax), Permanent Establishment (PE), Double Tax Treaties, Withholding Tax (WHT), Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) rules, Foreign Tax Credits, Economic Substance requirements, and General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR).
• Lead tax due diligence engagements for acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, and financing transactions by identifying tax exposures, quantifying risks, and recommending practical tax solutions.
• Prepare and review technical tax memoranda, tax opinions, position papers, ruling requests, and client advisory reports supported by legislation, tax authority guidance, case law, and international tax principles.
• Manage tax audits, tax authority enquiries, assessments, objections, appeals, and negotiations with regulatory authorities while minimizing tax exposures and ensuring timely resolution of tax matters.
• Review current and deferred tax provisions, effective tax rate (ETR) calculations, uncertain tax positions, tax reconciliations, and financial statement disclosures in accordance with IFRS and applicable accounting standards.
• Identify tax planning opportunities and develop tax-efficient structures while ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, substance requirements, transfer pricing regulations, and corporate governance principles.
• Work closely with Transfer Pricing specialists on matters relating to Master File, Local File, Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR), benchmarking studies, DEMPE analysis, intercompany agreements, and OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines.
• Conduct tax health checks, tax risk assessments, and tax governance reviews, assisting clients in designing and implementing effective Tax Control Frameworks (TCF) and robust tax risk management processes.
• Monitor changes in tax legislation, international tax developments, OECD guidance, regulatory updates, and judicial decisions, proactively advising clients on the impact of legislative changes.
• Lead multiple engagements simultaneously, ensuring effective project management, resource planning, budgeting, profitability, quality assurance, and compliance with internal risk management and professional standards.
• Review the work of Senior Associates and Associates, providing technical guidance, mentoring, coaching, performance feedback, and professional development support.
• Participate in business development initiatives by identifying opportunities for additional tax and advisory services, preparing technical proposals, supporting client pitches, and contributing to thought leadership initiatives.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including Audit, Deal Advisory, Legal, Transfer Pricing, and Indirect Tax specialists to deliver integrated tax solutions for complex client engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Taxation, or a related discipline; a Master's degree in Taxation is an advantage.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA, CTA, ADIT, or an equivalent internationally recognized certification.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate tax, preferably within a Big Four or leading professional services firm.
• Demonstrated expertise in corporate tax compliance, tax advisory, tax accounting, tax due diligence, international taxation, and tax risk management.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, IAS 12, OECD Tax Framework, BEPS initiatives, and international tax developments.
• Excellent analytical, technical drafting, communication, stakeholder management, project management, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple engagements in a fast-paced professional services environment.