PRINCE MATHEW VARGHESE
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Summary
Experienced tax professional with a focus on UAE VAT and corporate tax compliance, skilled in managing tax audits and engaging with the FTA. Proven ability in transfer pricing tax structuring and voluntary disclosures, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation. Expertise in tax due diligence and advisory services, facilitating effective cross-border tax coordination. Strong leadership in stakeholder management and process improvement initiatives, committed to aligning tax strategies with business goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work history
Tax Manager
Gulf Islamic Investment
Dubai
2025.03 - 2026.04
- Manage VAT, Corporate Tax, and withholding tax compliance across group entities.
- Oversee tax reporting for the group entities and subsidiary companies, ensuring timely and accurate filings in line with UAE tax regulations.
- Support Corporate Tax registrations, return filings, and SPV structuring and Transfer Pricing assessment for the group entities.
- Handle Voluntary Disclosures, FTA clarifications, tax grouping, and refund processes.
- Lead tax audits and coordinate responses, appeals, and documentation.
- Liaise with international tax advisors (US, UK, India, KSA, Luxembourg) for international investments.
- Conduct tax variance analysis and maintain reconciliation between financials and returns.
- Analyze transfer pricing (TP) compliance and reporting requirements for transactions exceeding applicable thresholds, ensuring adherence to the arm’s length principle.
- Deliver internal tax trainings and support implementation of new tax regulations to the team.
Senior Tax Consultant
BDO Chartered Accountants
Dubai
2023.05 - 2025.03
- Performed tax due diligence for M&A transactions.
- Performed tax mock audits of client’s various industries to simulate the tax audit process and identification of tax non-compliance and advised corrective action and steps to mitigate the future tax audit.
- Conducted VAT health checks to evaluate the VAT compliance level and VAT treatments adopted by the clients in detail.
- Drafted and submitted private clarifications to resolve specific tax queries.
- VAT registration assessments to help foreign businesses understand their obligations in the UAE region.
- VAT impact assessment for foreign businesses.
- Evaluation of ESR and submission of notification with the authorities.
Senior Tax Executive
MMJS Consulting
Dubai
2019.08 - 2023.05
- Managed VAT compliance including return filings, registrations, deregistration’s, and VDs.
- Provided day-to-day VAT advisory on complex transactions.
- Conducted VAT health checks and pre-audit reviews.
- Seconded to a client in the role of an Indirect Tax manager for 8+ months and handled multiple workstreams for them on a daily basis-
- Monthly VAT return preparation, consolidation, and finalization of the tax group.
- VAT Registration amendment assistance for the Tax group.
- Assistance in identifying and quantifying the tax-related issues in the VAT returns filed by the tax group for the past periods.
- Prepared detailed report capturing detailed analysis of the review for the top management highlighting the risk level and remedial actions.
- Assistance in the preparation and filing of Voluntary Disclosures with the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) for the tax group on the issues identified.
- Represented the client and liaised with the FTA on behalf of the client.
Tax Consultant
E&Y GDS Kochi
Kochi, India
2019.02 - 2019.07
- Review of annual Tax/Zakat declaration.
- Advise and liaise with the client’s accounting department to prepare Tax/Zakat declarations.
- Tax declaration attestation- Independent statutory audit of the financial statements and review.
- Filing of the annual tax declaration with the relevant Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (“SOCPA”) attest function standards.
- Review and advise the amount of Tax/Zakat due and inform the date(s) for payment.
- Submit the Tax/Zakat declarations signed and stamped by the Tax/Zakat payer online through the electronic filing system.
Audit Associate
CA. Reji John &co.
Kottayam, India
2018.06 - 2018.12
- Preparation of interim accounts and financial statements.
- Daily vouching of transactions.
- Assisted in bank audits and company audits.
- Verify the Existence of the assets and liabilities mentioned in reports.
- Assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
Education
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants -
ACCA
IndiaMaster of Commerce (M.com) - Accounting and Finance
Annamalai University
Chennai, IndiaBachelor of Commerce (B.com) - undefined
Saintgits College of Applied Science
Kerala, IndiaSkills
- UAE VAT and corporate tax compliance
- Tax audits and FTA liaison
- Transfer pricing and tax structuring
- Voluntary disclosures and risk mitigation
- Tax due diligence and advisory
- Cross-border tax coordination
- Stakeholder and team management
- Process improvement and training
Languages
Malayalam: Native language
English: Advanced (C1)
Hindi & Tamil: Upper intermediate (B2)
Timeline
Tax Manager
Gulf Islamic Investment
2025.03 - 2026.04
Senior Tax Consultant
BDO Chartered Accountants
2023.05 - 2025.03
Senior Tax Executive
MMJS Consulting
2019.08 - 2023.05
Tax Consultant
E&Y GDS Kochi
2019.02 - 2019.07
Audit Associate
CA. Reji John &co.
2018.06 - 2018.12
Master of Commerce (M.com) - Accounting and Finance
Annamalai University
Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) - undefined
Saintgits College of Applied Science
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants -
ACCA