The Regional Tax Manager for Airbus Africa and Middle East Region, based in the UAE (Dubai), is the unique focal point for all internal and external consultancies covering Tax expertise.

Responsibilities:

In a fast-paced evolving regional tax environment, improve and keep building sets of rules and procedures with shared best practices for all Airbus companies within the region to ensure controlled and efficient business environment in the Tax domain:

• Ensure and monitor regional tax compliance

• Tax Audits - Front end and coordination of tax audits with tax authorities, external advisors and internal stakeholders

• Advise on regional tax matters in restructuring, group projects and M&A transactions 

• Follow regional tax developments, anticipate and provide early warning alerts to management, central tax teams, business stakeholders of material tax changes, and ensure timely implementation

• Interface with Airbus in Europe and on all One Roof tax matters in the AME Region

• Business Bid Preparation - Assist proposal teams in the calculation of tax, identify and develop tax mitigating strategies for any potential exposures in the bidding processes

• Perform tax management by securing transfer prices for the Region, protecting the group's tax position, mitigating tax risks

• Liaising with Authorities and external consultants - Building relationships with key stakeholders and monitor consultants

• Execute and manage all related tax exposures supporting admin and HR Areas - Identify and mitigate tax risks by developing proactive strategies

• Regional coordinator and support for the tax teams in the AME Region

• Customs support - monitor regional customs topics, ensuring regular review and communication with Airbus Customs Central team to support Airbus regional customs compliance and efficiency

Key performance measures:

• Tax Audits - Front end and coordination of tax audits

• Ensure and support filing of Tax Returns and other tax obligations

• Develop a compliance framework to ensure all entities are in compliance with local laws and regulations within the stipulated timeframe

• Implement efficiently tax strategy in line with regional requirements

Profile:

• Graduate degree in economics and/or law

• Tax education as (certified) tax advisor or specialized tax lawyer

• Minimum 3-5 years' of experience in tax, preferably in an international accounting or law firm or in a multinational company

• Autonomous team player, didactic and able to explain and convince the business and the management

• English full professional proficiency. Arabic would be a real advantage

• Position based in Dubai (UAE) with frequent travels in the Africa and Middle East Region and Europe (mainly France and Germany). Direct reporting to One Roof Regional Head of Finance AME.