VAT Director

VAT Director
- Indirect Tax Leadership Job Snapshot Role: VAT Director
- Indirect Tax Leadership

Location:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Accounting Function: Tax Accounting

Experience:
Several years of VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory experience

Job Type
Full-time Position Overview VAT Director
- Indirect Tax Leadership in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Accounting opportunity for an experienced indirect tax professional with deep UAE VAT knowledge, strong executive client management skills, and the commercial ability to grow a specialist advisory practice. The role combines complex VAT advisory, practice development, technical quality oversight, team leadership, business development, and direct responsibility for revenue and profitability. Job Details Country: United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Industry: Accounting Function: Tax Accounting

Salary:
42000-60000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type
Full-time Role Context The VAT Director will lead the UAE VAT Advisory practice with responsibility for technical direction, client growth, team capability, and commercial performance. The position requires a senior tax leader who can resolve complex VAT matters, advise decision-makers on practical implications, and develop trusted relationships with finance and tax executives. The director will also shape the service offering, strengthen the advisory pipeline, and maintain disciplined control over engagement quality, utilization, margins, and profitability.

Key Responsibilities
Lead technically complex UAE VAT and Tax Advisory engagements across a range of commercial sectors.
Advise clients on VAT treatment, transaction implications, indirect tax risks, compliance considerations, and operational structures.
Maintain strategic relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, business owners, and other senior stakeholders.
Develop the UAE VAT Advisory practice by identifying emerging client needs and expanding the service offering.
Generate new business through account development, referrals, professional networks, targeted outreach, and market proposals, pitches, engagement scoping, technical presentations, and fee significant technical advice and client deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, and practical relevance.
Oversee engagement planning, staffing, deadlines, utilization, and resource deployment.
Build and mentor a high-performing VAT team while strengthening technical depth and client-facing capability.
Track revenue pipelines, pricing, margins, utilization, conversion rates, and overall practice profitability.
Contribute to service-line budgeting, revenue forecasting, commercial planning, and P&L performance.
Monitor Federal Tax Authority guidance, UAE VAT legislation, administrative developments, and relevant GCC tax changes.
Translate regulatory updates into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams.
Maintain strong standards for risk management, engagement documentation, technical review, and quality control.
Ideal ProfileSeveral years of relevant professional experience in VAT and Indirect Tax Advisory.
Strong UAE and Dubai tax market experience is essential.
Advanced practical knowledge of UAE VAT legislation and its application to commercial transactions and business experience leading complex indirect tax engagements involving senior stakeholders.
Strong track record managing relationships with CFOs, Finance Directors, Tax Heads, and executive decision-makers.
Demonstrated success in business development, account expansion, proposal preparation, and winning advisory work.
Practice or service-line management experience is preferred.
Strong commercial understanding of engagement pricing, utilization, revenue forecasting, margins, and profitability.
Big 4, leading professional services, or established tax advisory experience is preferred.
CA, CTA, ACCA, CPA, ADIT, or an equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, commercial judgment, and stakeholder-management skills.
Skills SetUAE VATIndirect Tax AdvisoryTax AccountingFederal Tax Authority guidanceUAE VAT legislationGCC indirect tax developmentsVAT transaction analysisVAT risk assessmentIndirect tax structuringVAT compliance advisoryTechnical tax reviewTax engagement leadershipExecutive client managementCFO relationship managementFinance Director engagementBusiness developmentProposal developmentClient account expansionPractice developmentService-line managementTax team leadershipTeam mentoringRevenue forecastingUtilization managementEngagement pricingMargin managementPractice profitabilityP&L performanceCACTAACCACPAADITWhy Join UsThe UAE indirect tax environment continues to create strong demand for senior VAT professionals who can combine technical expertise with commercial leadership. This Dubai role offers the opportunity to shape a specialist advisory