Senior Tax Associate - Pillar Two (GloBE)… at Chalhoub Group · Dubai

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM.

Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

About the Role

As a Senior Tax Associate within our Group Tax team in Dubai, you will own the Pillar Two (GloBE) compliance programme and support across our wider Middle East direct tax obligations.

This is a hands-on technical role at the center of one of the most significant changes in international tax in decades. You will be building our tax compliance framework as the rules themselves mature moving from first-year registrations and transitional safe harbours through to full GloBE Information Return (GIR) and local return filings.

What you'll be doing

Pillar Two (DMTT, IIR and UTPR) compliance and reporting

• Handling group-level Pillar Two compliance and reporting requirements for in-scope entities, against applicable statutory deadlines.

• Maintain the Pillar Two group structure, including identifying and classifying legal entities (Constituent Entities, Excluded Entities, JVs, etc).

• Prepare Transitional CbCR Safe Harbour calculations and assess, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, where safe harbours apply and where full ETR computations are required.

• Perform detailed Pillar Two calculations for applicable countries i.e. GloBE Income or Loss, Adjusted Covered Taxes, ETR, Substance-based Income Exclusion, de minimis exclusion and Top-up Tax allocation.

• Own the data lifecycle: collect, structure and validate the financial, tax and entity data required for filings, coordinating with Group Reporting, Finance Shared Services, FP&A and in-country finance teams.

• Prepare the GloBE Information Return and where applicable, local DMTT and IIR returns.

• Monitor Pillar Two registrations and notifications as further jurisdictions enact rules.

• Prepare Pillar Two tax provision calculations for both actuals and budget / forecast cycles, and support the related IAS 12 disclosures.

• Maintain and update the group's Pillar Two position paper, documenting technical positions, elections and judgements taken.

• Maintain a compliance calendar tracking obligations and due dates across all relevant jurisdictions, with clear status reporting to management.

Regional direct tax compliance support

• Manage tax compliance in Kuwait, including the preparation and submission of applications for tax clearance certificates and providing support on tax retention requirements in line with local regulations.

• Support with corporate income tax and withholding tax filings in Qatar as required, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to applicable legislation.

• Lead correspondence and engagement with tax authorities in the region to resolve issues, initiate applications and follow up on outstanding matters through to resolution.

Advisory, governance and stakeholder management

• Monitor OECD releases and local legislative developments across the group's footprint, and translate them into practical impact assessments for the business.

• Support tax authority queries, information requests and audits in relation to Pillar Two and the compliance areas above.

• Identify opportunities to automate and strengthen controls over Pillar Two data collection and calculation.

What you’ll need to succeed :

• You are ACA / ACCA / CPA / CA / ADIT (or equivalent) qualified.

• You hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Law or Economics.

• You possess 2–3 years of relevant Pillar Two or corporate tax experience, gained in Consulting / inhouse tax role, or a combination of both.

• You have a demonstrable, hands-on Pillar Two experience for example safe harbour analysis, ETR and top-up tax modelling, entity classification, data collection, registrations, or GIR/DMTT return preparation.

• You have a working command of the OECD GloBE framework: Model Rules, Commentary, Administrative Guidance, the Safe Harbours and Penalty Relief guidance, and the GIR.

• You possess strong Excel and data-handling skills, with the ability to build, document and sanity-check complex multi-entity calculations.

• You are an excellent English communicator.

• You possess strong attention to detail, a documentation-first mindset, and the organizational discipline to manage multiple statutory deadlines across jurisdictions.

• You are comfortable operating with incomplete information in an evolving regulatory area, and confident raising issues early.

Preferred Skills

• Solid grounding in corporate income tax and in the interaction between tax and financial reporting (IFRS, IAS 12, deferred tax)

• Proficiency in Arabic.

• Experience managing and interpreting tax regulations across multiple jurisdictions in the GCC region.
  

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

Using GenAI in Your Application Process

To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools. This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.