MOHAMED SALEH

• Oversee the preparation and review of corporate tax and VAT returns, ensuring full compliance with applicable tax laws and regulations.
• Lead tax advisory projects, including tax planning, corporate restructuring, Transfer Pricing and international tax transactions, optimizing tax positions for clients.
• Ensure timely and accurate tax filings, manage correspondence with tax authorities, and oversee responses to audits and regulatory inquiries.
• Stay updated on evolving tax legislation and assess its impact on clients, providing proactive advisory and compliance support.
• Act as the primary tax advisor for clients, building and maintaining trusted relationships through expert guidance and service excellence.
• Develop, implement, and maintain internal controls and risk-management processes to ensure regulatory compliance and mitigate tax risks.
• Identify business development opportunities, expand client relationships, and deliver tailored tax solutions that align with their strategic goals.
• Provide technical training and mentorship to enhance the expertise of the tax and operations team, fostering professional growth and operational excellence.

Group Activities : (Fashion Retail & Restaurants & Commercial real estate & Luxury Cars & Yachts & Investment)
Famous Group Brands : (Balmain, Versace, Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Louis Feraud, Ted Lapidus, Markati Palazzo, Gianfranco Ferre, Off-Aizone, A I Zone, Verri)

Description:

• Lead tax planning, compliance, and risk management across all GCC group operations, ensuring alignment with business strategy.
• Oversee compliance with direct, indirect tax, and transfer pricing regulations, optimizing tax efficiency and risk mitigation.
• Serve as the primary tax advisor for the group, guiding transactions, regulatory changes, and tax implications.
• Identify and evaluate tax risks, implementing efficiency mechanisms to minimize exposure and enhance compliance.
• Optimize tax expenditures by integrating tax planning into strategic decision-making, ensuring sustainable cost savings.
• Manage and facilitate tax audits, preparing responses, schedules, and documentation to ensure compliance.
• Oversee the preparation and timely submission of corporate tax and VAT returns, ensuring accuracy and regulatory adherence.
• Provide ongoing training and guidance to finance and operational teams on tax compliance, regulatory changes, and best practices.
• Stay updated on new tax laws and regulatory updates in the GCC, assessing their impact and advising leadership on necessary actions.
• Review and ensure quality, accuracy, and compliance in tax-related work performed by the tax team.
• Submit tax reports and insights to top management, keeping leadership informed of tax risks, opportunities, and compliance status.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Treasury, and Accounting teams to develop and execute tax strategies that optimize cash flow and financial efficiency.
• Support group-wide initiatives, ensuring tax considerations are incorporated into strategic planning and business expansion.

• Compliance and accounting of VAT liabilities to the company's operations
• Preparing and validating and submitting all required VAT returns, supporting schedules, and any documentation/ response as may be required by the Federal tax authority
• Implementation of VAT principles, policies, and processes to ensure completion and compilation of VAT mechanisms across the companies
• Assisting the Finance team in the interpretation of the VAT Act, planning, and restructuring
• Keeping abreast of all VAT-related laws and rules
• Provide advice on value-added tax to the organization as well as ensure the organization is up-to-date on changes in tax legislation
• Dealing with VAT compliance matters and providing necessary guidance to our clients, especially with VAT return filling
• Prepare complete quarterly and annual tax reports for the clients
• Assisting the accounting team in preparing VAT reports for whole clients, and answering all related queries
• Primary responsibility to oversee end-to-end VAT compliance and advisory services for clients across the Middle East region
• Write articles, case studies, and short law updates
• Evaluate, analyze, and research all client's legal and tax matters and accordingly provide relevant solutions in the client's best interest

• Review registrations and de-registrations for non-complex accounts
• Verify the documentation submitted, identify any discrepancies, and request additional supporting documents
• Update and adjust the taxable personʼs account and information (ex: Bank Account details, Address, etc.)
• Proactively get taxable persons to register (as instructed by Compliance and Enforcement)
• Coordinate with Taxpayer services to answer queries related to registrations and de-registrations
• Register, validate, and maintain business entity accounts
• Ensure that data integrity confirms registration requirements and processes
• Review tax agent profiles proposed by taxable persons
• Review and assess taxpayer returns, and liaise with the audit department to instigate a tax audit in response to my evaluations

• Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
• Update accounts receivable and issues invoices
• Update accounts payable and performs reconciliations
• Responsible for government payments such as taxes, work permits identity renewal and health insurance for employees
• Assist with reviewing expenses, payroll records etc
• As assigned
• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines
• Auditing financial statements of our branches
• Assist with other accounting projects
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents
• Prepare tax computations and returns

• Employeesʼ salaries
• Journal entries