Indirect tax Assistant Manager

About the Role

KPMG Middle East is seeking an Assistant Manager - Indirect Tax to join its office in Jeddah, Makkah. This full-time role involves supporting clients across various industries with indirect tax advisory, compliance, and transaction-related services. The successful candidate will focus on Value Added Tax (VAT), Real Estate Transaction Tax (RETT), Customs, and Excise Tax, contributing to the delivery of high-quality solutions in a dynamic tax environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of indirect tax engagements, including VAT, RETT, customs, excise tax, and other applicable indirect tax matters.
• Manage day-to-day client assignments and coordinate workstreams to ensure delivery against agreed scope, timelines, and quality standards.
• Take ownership of assigned engagements, including planning, delegation, review of deliverables, and proactive client communication, with appropriate Manager oversight.
• Review VAT and indirect tax calculations, returns, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Advise clients on the indirect tax implications of business transactions, supply chains, contracts, restructurings, and operational models.
• Support RETT advisory engagements, including transaction assessments, exemptions, and real estate structuring matters.
• Assist with VAT health checks, diagnostic reviews, compliance reviews, and risk assessments.
• Support clients with tax authority queries, audits, assessments, objections, and related correspondence.
• Prepare technical advice, reports, presentations, proposals, and client communications.
• Develop technical positions and recommendations on complex indirect tax matters, supported by relevant legislation and regulations.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams, including corporate tax, transfer pricing, legal, finance, technology, and advisory professionals.
• Review junior team members' work, ensure quality of deliverables, and support their technical development.
• Contribute to business development activities, including preparing proposals, developing client relationships, and identifying new opportunities.
• Act as a key day-to-day client contact, building strong relationships and proactively managing client expectations.
• Support engagement financial management, including monitoring budgets, WIP, billing, recoverability, and scope changes.
• Keep up to date with developments in Saudi indirect tax legislation and broader regional and international trends.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of relevant experience in indirect tax.
• Strong technical knowledge of indirect tax matters, including VAT, RETT, Customs, and Excise Tax.
• Demonstrated commercial awareness and project management capabilities.
• Ability to build effective relationships with clients and internal teams.
• Proven ability to demonstrate ownership of engagements and proactively identify client opportunities.

Work Environment and Opportunities

This role offers exposure to a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple sectors and complex Saudi and regional indirect tax matters. The Assistant Manager will work within a collaborative environment with access to multidisciplinary expertise, contributing to the growth of KPMG’s indirect tax practice in the Western Region. Opportunities are available to take greater ownership of engagements, develop leadership capabilities, and progress toward a Manager role.