Job Description

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people's varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.


The Position
As Country Tax Lead, you will be responsible for the Roche Companies' tax compliance, tax planning and accounting for all applicable taxes. You will work with businesses and in daily activities, you will mainly interact with local Finance colleagues, accounting shared services center and other tax professionals. We are looking for a team player who creates and implements tax plans and works with the business and local Finance, to identify opportunities and potential areas of risk.

You Responsibilities

• Supervise external tax consultants, and interact with local tax Authorities and tax audits
• Manage local tax operations (returns, payments)
• Maintain effective control procedures over all aspects of the tax process
• Provide instructions for tax Accounting and Payments
• Manage Transfer Pricing according to group policy, and implement global tax policies

Who You Are

• You obtained a University degree in Accounting, Finance or related
• You built a minimum of 5 years of work in a multinational company, either in a tax function or finance areas with exposure to (UAE) taxes - or from an accounting and tax services advisory company. Knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry is advantage (primarily pharma or diagnostics)
• You have good understanding of local UAE taxes, mainly corporate taxes and VAT
• You built good accounting knowledge and are familiar to use of the business IT systems
• You built advanced level of organizational and interpersonal skills, and are able to utilize project management and accounting best practices to organize and prioritize tasks and the tasks of other tax team members
• You are able to work well independently and/or work with stakeholders and communicate the benefits of tax initiatives
• You are fluent in English, both spoken and written. Arabic is considered an advantage
• You bring good communication skills, both providing information and gathering information, and the ability to create network inside and outside of the finance and taxes area
• You have attention to detail, are process oriented, and have a problem solving mindset


Who we are
At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.