Tax Consultant - KSA National

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Tax Consultant to join our team, specializing in VAT, Withholding Tax (WHT), Income Tax, and Transfer Pricing. This role is designed to provide continuous, business-focused tax advisory and compliance support to ensure accurate tax treatment, timely filings, and robust risk management across all financial and operational activities. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with Finance, Supply Chain, and Sales teams to address tax implications in customer contracts, vendor agreements, cross-border transactions, and intercompany dealings. This position is not limited to annual or ad hoc advisory; it requires an ongoing, hands-on approach to tax management and strategic guidance.

Key Responsibilities

The Tax Consultant will be responsible for the following core functions:

VAT Compliance and Advisory

• Review and validate VAT treatment for customer invoices, vendor invoices, credit notes, contracts, and commercial arrangements to ensure compliance with local regulations.
• Support the preparation, review, and timely filing of VAT returns in accordance with statutory deadlines.
• Provide expert guidance on VAT implications for both local and cross-border transactions, ensuring accurate application of tax rules.
• Analyze and advise on VAT clauses in customer and vendor contracts to mitigate risks and ensure proper tax treatment.
• Assist Finance in responding to tax authority inquiries, assessments, audits, and requests for clarification with precision and professionalism.
• Identify potential VAT risks, incorrect tax treatments, or recoverability issues, and recommend corrective actions to safeguard the company’s financial interests.

Withholding Tax (WHT) Management

• Evaluate payments to non-resident vendors to determine the correct WHT treatment, including treaty eligibility and applicable rates.
• Advise on WHT filing requirements, supporting documentation, and payment timelines to ensure full compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Support the monthly preparation, review, filing, and payment of WHT returns to avoid penalties and interest charges.
• Review vendor contracts prior to signing to identify WHT exposure and potential tax gross-up risks, ensuring financial protection for the company.
• Maintain a comprehensive WHT tracker to monitor taxable payments, filings, certificates, and outstanding exposures for proactive risk management.
• Collaborate with Finance and Supply Chain teams to resolve vendor tax inquiries and ensure all tax-related matters are escalated through the appropriate channels.

Income Tax Support

• Assist in annual income tax compliance activities, including data preparation, reconciliations, schedule compilations, and review of tax computations.
• Review tax provisions and tax-related financial statement disclosures to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting standards.
• Coordinate seamlessly with external auditors, tax advisors, shareholder tax teams, and internal stakeholders to facilitate smooth audit processes and tax reporting.
• Support responses to tax assessments, inquiries, objections, and appeals with strategic and well-documented approaches.
• Proactively identify potential income tax exposures and recommend appropriate treatment, documentation, or mitigation strategies to minimize financial risks.

Transfer Pricing Compliance

• Support annual transfer pricing compliance by preparing and reviewing disclosure forms, local files, master files, and documentation for related party transactions.
• Evaluate intercompany agreements, service charges, management fees, cost allocations, and shareholder-related transactions to ensure alignment with arm’s length principles.
• Assess the adequacy of supporting documentation for related party transactions and recommend enhancements where necessary.
• Coordinate with parent company tax teams and external advisors to maintain consistency and compliance in transfer pricing strategies.
• Maintain organized records of related party balances, charges, and tax positions to support regulatory requirements and internal audits.

Sales and Customer Contract Tax Support

• Provide strategic tax guidance to Sales and Commercial teams on the implications of customer contracts, proposals, pricing structures, and billing models.
• Advise on VAT treatment, invoicing requirements, tax clauses, and cross-border customer arrangements to ensure compliance and optimize tax outcomes.
• Deliver clear and actionable insights on tax matters that may impact customer pricing, billing processes, collections, or contract execution.
• Review tax-related contract language to ensure the company’s position is legally protected and aligned with tax regulations.
• Support Finance in ensuring that tax-sensitive commercial decisions are thoroughly reviewed before final commitments are made to customers.

Supply Chain and Vendor Tax Support

• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Procurement teams to review vendor contracts, purchase orders, and cross-border service arrangements for tax compliance.
• Advise on WHT, VAT, tax gross-up clauses, treaty documentation, and vendor tax obligations to mitigate financial risks in vendor relationships.
• Ensure tax implications are identified and addressed prior to the conclusion of vendor negotiations to prevent costly oversights.
• Provide practical, solution-oriented guidance to Supply Chain teams on tax matters that influence vendor pricing, payment processing, and contractual terms.