Tax Specialist

#WeAreAverda

About Us

Averda is the leading waste management and recycling company in the emerging world, operating in India and across the Middle East and Africa. The company provides a broad and specialised range of services to over 60,000 clients - large and small - across private and public sectors. These include the municipal authorities of major cities and household names in a wide range of sectors including oil & gas, automotive, retail and hospitality.

Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Dubai, Averda increasingly focuses on providing sustainable solutions which extract value from waste, reducing use of the planet’s limited natural resources and driving the circular economy. The company’s portfolio of services range from collecting bins and cleaning city streets to sorting, composting, recycling and disposing of household waste as well as safely managing highly-regulated hazardous waste streams including medical waste and dangerous chemicals. Recent investments have further developed the company’s waste treatment capabilities, with the goal of providing circular recovery options in all markets.

The company currently employs over 14,000 people worldwide, helping to provide secure employment amongst the communities it serves. Protection of environmental and human health is the company’s highest priority, and it operates in full compliance with international standards for quality control wherever it operates, currently: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Morocco, South Africa, Congo and India.

Our Mission

To treat, recover and recycle more than 80% of the waste that flows through our fleet and facilities using innovative sustainable solutions that satisfy our customers’ needs.

For over 30 years, we’ve taken pride in keeping cities, communities, and the environment clean and sanitary. But today we go far beyond just cleaning. We provide a full end-to-end service for our clients across developing and emerging economies who, like us, care about what happens to their waste. Together, we find solutions which recover or unlock the value in materials others call ‘waste’. We use the latest technology and our best creative minds to solve environmental problems and ensure we leave a cleaner and more sustainable world for our children.

Our Values

Deliver. Care. Inspire

Our values remain the same as the day we were founded - deliver, care and inspire. We deliver for our clients. We care for our planet and our people. We inspire others though our actions.

Our Vision

Our world without waste.

We share a vision of a world where materials are not merely discarded, but are reused, recycled, and recovered. A world without waste.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare/ Review and ensuring timely filing of tax returns across the Group
• Assisting with providing financial audit requirements
• Handling monthly tax account reconciliations, deferred tax calculations and related tax accounting topics
• Working with Local finance teams to assist prepare support for tax audits.
• Assists with provisioning for uncertain tax positions and related interest calculation. Assisting with implementing risk mitigation measures
• Preparing monthly/annual/quarterly tax cash flow forecasts
• Working with legal to put in place Intercompany agreements support as required.
• Assist with researching and drafting memorandum involving complex tax matters, impact assessments and latest legislative changes to be communicated to stakeholders.
• Assist with researching and drafting memorandum involving complex tax matters, impact assessments and latest legislative changes to be communicated to stakeholders
• Assist in reviewing tax clauses in agreements with both related party and third-party stakeholders
• Liaising with external tax advisors/ consultants

Qualifications

• Masters in Finance
• Certification in Tax and Regulation

Experience

• 5+ years of Regional/GCC experience in tax and compliance role
• Experience of working with a multinational company

Knowledge

• Fluency in Arabic is advantageous.
• Taxation laws and regulations with regional tax exposure in MENA/ Africa/ Asia Pacific is advantageous.
• Knowledge of VAT reporting and filing
• Knowledge of Corporate tax reporting and filing
• Strong tax accounting knowledge to reconcile tax accounts/payments.
• Strong MS Excel and MS power point skills
• Good organisational skills to help with project management and maintain updated records of all tax filings, audits and payments

Technical Competencies

• Strong knowledge of regional tax regime.
• Knowledge of GCC/ Europe/ Africa tax is advantageous.
• Strong tax accounting knowledge

If you think you have what it takes to make the world a cleaner place, if you can see value where others see waste and if you aren’t afraid of a challenge, why not start your journey with us today.

Averda welcomes candidates from all backgrounds, actively promotes diversity in the workforce, and is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives.

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