Saudi/GCC Indirect Tax Manager

Cisco


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Full time

This advertisement is for an individual contributor role based in Saudi Arabia.


The position


The Saudi Arabia/GCC Indirect Tax Manager is an important international theater role. The role reports to the Senior Indirect Tax Manager – Emerging, GCC, Asia Pacific & Japan. The role will involve coordinating with the indirect tax managers in the other theaters as well as with the other tax functions, compliance and customs peers, within the GCC theatre. Further, this role will partner with a variety of business and functions to support business opportunities and expansion from an indirect and direct tax perspective.


Specific Responsibilities


  • Strategically manage all indirect tax matters (advisory and compliance) and ensuring full compliance with the applicable tax legislation for the Cisco entities located in Saudi Arabia/GCC member States.
  • Help with e-invoice requirements including reconciliation, internal and external advice
  • Build partnership with the global indirect tax team.
  • Increase awareness of indirect tax impact within Cisco to optimize indirect tax end-to-end processes, reduce cost and risk areas and embrace cost saving opportunities for the GCC Cisco entities.
  • Oversee the Cisco entities’ indirect tax infrastructure, assure indirect tax requirements are met for all business activities, recommend and implement improvement opportunities.
  • Build relationships with relevant business organizations and other functions to support initiatives, assure early engagement in projects and pro-actively propose solutions.
  • Partner with Cisco’s finance organization, assure e-business solutions and automated tools are implemented where possible.
  • Assure knowledge and best practice sharing within the GCC team and with the other theaters.
  • Effectively manage indirect tax audits and government relationships for the GCC Cisco entities.
  • Identify, manage and resolve risk areas for the GCC Cisco entities.
  • Keep abreast with tax law changes, follow up and implement new processes and strategies where necessary and/or appropriate.


Qualifications & Experience


Technical Skills:


  • Specialist in indirect taxes, ideally trained at one of the major accounting/tax advisory firms
  • Excellent accounting and general systems knowledge


Soft Skills:


  • Able to communicate technical concepts to suit different audiences
  • Delivery focused and customer service mentality
  • Strong Collaboration and team working skills
  • Strong cross-functional, cross-cultural and business partnership skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • Fluent in English


Industry or Sector Experience:


  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant indirect tax experience. Experience within a multinational company or at a major accountancy or legal consultancy would be highly advantageous


Education:


  • Education at University level, higher degrees would be a strong advantage


Why Cisco


At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.


Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.


We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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