Tax Technology Manager - Group Tax

About the role

Al-Futtaim, a diversified regional business headquartered in Dubai with operations in more than 20 countries, is looking for a Tax Technology Manager for its Group Tax function. The role covers the design, implementation and operation of technology solutions supporting Group Tax across the Group's jurisdictions, including tax data sourcing and structuring, analytics, tax modelling support, audit defence and the controlled adoption of AI.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the development and implementation of the Group Tax technology and data roadmap, prioritise initiatives and track benefits through business cases.
• Oversee sourcing and structuring of tax data from ERP and Finance systems and ensure data quality for Group Tax review.
• Develop standardised templates and tools for reviewing tax positions and filings, and resolve exceptions and inconsistencies.
• Build analytics across corporate tax, VAT, withholding tax, transfer pricing and Pillar Two data, and identify anomalies and trends.
• Evaluate and manage AI use cases, ensuring output validation, documentation and user enablement.
• Prepare data for modelling and sensitivity analysis, support effective tax rate analysis and Pillar Two impact assessments, and maintain dashboards and trackers for compliance visibility.
• Provide senior management with reports on tax exposures, audits and deadlines, and keep methodologies and audit-ready records.
• Ensure data and reporting requirements are met in ERP implementations and upgrades, and manage stakeholders, vendors and advisers across Tax, Finance and IT.
• Deliver training and enablement within Group Tax.

Required profile

• Professional qualification in tax, accounting or finance, or a degree in information systems, data or technology with demonstrable tax exposure.
• 7-10 years of experience in tax technology, tax data and analytics, or finance systems.
• Multinational in-house experience in a central or group tax function preferred; consulting experience with hands-on delivery is acceptable.
• Advanced working knowledge of corporate tax, VAT, transfer pricing and Pillar Two data requirements.
• Fluent English, written and verbal.

Required skills

• Practical experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Proficiency in data preparation and analytics tools.
• Ability to turn tax review and audit defence requirements into data specifications and analytics, with strong project management skills.