Working Capital Specialist - Uae jobs at Ey in United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Our global tax professionals deliver connected services across disciplines, helping clients navigate change and make informed decisions. Using advanced technology and deep expertise, we support planning, compliance, and strategy across six sub-service lines. If you're committed, thorough, and experienced in international tax, we’d love to hear from you.

Join our GCC-based tax team as an experienced transfer pricing specialist, where you'll work in a professional, client-focused environment on exciting projects. We offer flexibility and autonomy, allowing you to shape your workday while contributing to impactful solutions.

Your key responsibilities

You'll play a key role throughout the project lifecycle, translating data into insights and building strong client relationships across industries. You'll also lead multiple transfer pricing engagements and contribute to high-quality tax planning services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 3+ years' experience in a similar role – either from another audit house or an in-house transfer pricing section
• An understanding of complex transfer pricing concepts and broad exposure to transfer pricing issues
• Strong organizational, analytical and verbal/written communication skills
• Professional and educational qualifications are Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Commercial Law, Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Auditing or Master of Laws

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Proficiency in Arabic
• A consistent record of excellence in a professional services environment
• Existing transfer pricing experience

Your key responsibilities

You'll play a key role throughout the project lifecycle, translating data into insights and building strong client relationships across industries. You'll also lead multiple transfer pricing engagements and contribute to high-quality tax planning services.

Skills and attributes for success

You'll apply advanced transfer pricing and economic concepts to solve client challenges, prepare documentation, support audits, model financial outcomes, and collaborate globally to deliver integrated, innovative solutions.

Qualifications & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Management, Tax, Law or another relevant discipline and a minimum of 5 years of related work experience
• A master’s degree or a professional qualification such as CPA, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), American Society of Appraiser's Business Valuation Certification or Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to work at a fast-paced, often with shifting responsibilities.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Proficiency in Arabic
• A consistent record of excellence in a professional services environment
• Existing transfer pricing experience

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is wishing to broaden their HR experience, specifically within the operations area where you will obtain experience, exposure and knowledge across all areas of HR across the GCC (excl. KSA) cluster; the role will report to the GCC (excl. KSA) Operations Lead. You will be required to work across the cluster to ensure exceptional service delivery throughout the employee lifecycle. The role will also require you to work closely and partner with the key stakeholders across the Service Lines; you will also be required to collaborate with other Talent functions to ensure consistency of user experience, client satisfaction, timeliness and responsiveness of service, quality of service, efficiency of delivery etc.

Your key responsibilities

In this role you will support the HR Operations Lead on some of the below activities and lead on other areas:

• Provide Insights for the Talent Consultants and Talent Development - this would be via the HR Ops Lead
• Work with HR Enablement Leader and Performance Improvement Lead to improve efficiencies within Regional Talent Team–this would be via the HR Ops Lead
• Liaison with Managed Services/HR
• Act as an escalation point for Managed Services
• Partner with the business to provide HR expertise and insights in areas of focus
• Manage all HR Matters, according to its specialty, escalating to HR Operations Lead as needed for higher risk/ sensitive cases
• Provide guidance and management of involuntary separations including probation terminations and employee performance dismissals, advising on exit packages and legal implications
• Work with counsellors in handling of all performance management cases and probations up to and including dismissals
• Provide coaching and guidance to build counsellor capability in performance management and talent development

• Govern and manage disciplinary, PIP and grievance investigations and related policies, procedures, scripts and documentation through the ERCMS tool
• Manage employee grievances, claims, and disciplinary matters, delivering well-informed recommendations based on thorough investigations and its findings in compliance with EY policies and local regulations.
• Advise of any local legal update to the HR Operations Lead
• Provide legal updates to the business and Talent team

• Support Employee Relation cases
• Deliver Induction and WTEY for new joiners

Skills and attributes for success

• Enabling strong relationships with key stakeholders across the cluster from the Service Lines, Talent and other functions to ensure exceptional service delivery
• Pro-actively suggesting process improvements
• Employee Relations experience
• Good understanding of risk
• Knowledge of HR systems is preferred
• Experience in metrics reporting and analysis preferred
• Experience with Shared Services

To qualify for the role you must have

• Minimum of 4-5 years’ experience of working in HR operations within a professional services firm or a complex organization

• Sound knowledge of HR policies, processes and talent management practices within professional services or other industry preferred
• Display expertise and knowledge of contemporary HR and organizational development practices and a sound understanding of the SL businesses
• Strong project management skills ideally gained within an international/cross-border context
• An HR generalist profile as well as legal or ER expertise would be beneficial
• Exposure to the management of PIPs, grievances and disciplinaries
• Proven ability to influence at senior levels in the organization
• Exposure to the management of PIPs, grievances and disciplinaries
• A bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related discipline
• Experience in working within MENA region
• Experience of working ‘cross border’
• Experience of working with Shared Services
• Experience working within large scale projects
• Fluent in English
• Excellent communicator; English, both written and verbal
• Ability to challenge
• Negotiation skills
• Highly competent in the use of Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A passion to pursue your CIPD in the future or already have this qualification
• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate process and procedures clearly
• An enthusiastic, can do approach and be a strong team player

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Permanent Role

Join a professional tax team spanning the GCC, where you'll work as an experienced transfer pricing specialist in a dynamic, solution-focused environment. We offer exciting projects, a collaborative culture, and the flexibility to shape your workday.

Your key responsibilities

You'll play a key role throughout the project lifecycle, translating data into insights and building strong client relationships across industries. You'll also lead multiple transfer pricing engagements and contribute to high-quality tax planning services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in a similar role – either from another audit house or an in-house transfer pricing section
• An understanding of complex transfer pricing concepts and broad exposure to transfer pricing issues
• Strong organizational, analytical and verbal/written communication skills
• Professional and educational qualifications are Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Commercial Law, Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Auditing or Master of Laws

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Proficiency in Arabic
• A consistent record of excellence in a professional services environment
• Existing transfer pricing experience

As a people and organizational change advisor, you will work with clients in delivering their HR and workforce transformation and organisational agendas and providing change management support with large scale business transformation. We require people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability and connect effectively across our global People Consulting and wider EY service lines to maximize our global knowledge and experience in supporting our client’s people-related business challenges.

Your key responsibilities

You will be responsible for directing, designing and implementing major change and people transformation programs across MENA related to large-scale business and HR transformations for clients in the financial services sector. You will also develop people and change management strategies and business cases with measurable objectives.

In this role, you will work in diverse project teams, together with colleagues from different service lines to address client’s most complex issues and deliver full cycle large business transformation projects.

In addition to the above, you are going to proactively manage senior client stakeholders, including delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues, up to Senior Management & create value for the client by demonstrating thought leadership, bringing new insights and delivering service excellence. You will also manage and develop teams of consultants to deliver projects and pursuits in line with project plans and budgets.

Skills and attributes for success

Taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement as well as being able to analyse complex problems and deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions is a skill you are expected to have for this role.

Qualifications & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (business, psychology, or organizational development); Masters preferred.
• Strong insight and experience in working for and serving clients in the financial services sector such as banks and insurance companies.
• At least 5 years of work experience with a proven track record of delivering large complex business transformation, HR value chain projects or change management and culture change projects.
• Be a subject matter expert in one or more of the following: HR transformation, organization design, talent management, performance management, rewards, people aspects of change management whether operational transformation, cultural change or technology driven change.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Prior work experience within a professional services or global consultancy firm.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience working in large private and/or public sector organisations human resources functions.
• Fluency in Arabic; both written and spoken.

Your key responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of client accounts and work proactively to follow up on outstanding receivables
• Collaborate with client-side invoice approvers and accounts payable teams to ensure timely processing of payments
• Track payment arrangements and escalate any delays or non-compliance internally and externally
• Identify and address the root causes of payment delays, including internal process inefficiencies and client-side approval bottlenecks
• Log and follow up on invoice disputes, supporting resolution efforts and providing feedback for long-term process improvements
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of client billing and payment workflows to support alignment and transparency
• Track invoice delivery, generate client statements and payment requests, and assist with allocation and reconciliation of payments in coordination with Finance and client engagement teams
• Support continuous improvement of collection processes and contribute to initiatives aimed at enhancing working capital outcomes across the business

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
• Proactive approach to problem-solving with a focus on outcomes and root cause resolution
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Attention to detail and comfort working with financial data and systems
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with SAP or similar ERP systems is an advantage
• Familiarity with collections processes, tools, and best practices
• Fluency in English is required; Arabic language skills are a plus

Ideally, you’ll also

• Have experience in a finance or client-facing role within a professional services or multinational environment
• Understand the invoicing and payment practices of government entities in the GCC
• Be confident in engaging cross-functional teams and proposing process improvements
• Have exposure to system rollouts or transformation initiatives involving financial operations
• Bring experience in continuous improvement initiatives and driving efficiency

Building a better working world

Your key responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance on tax policy developments, legislative changes, and regulatory trends at local and international levels.
• Support clients in tax controversy matters, including audits, disputes, and negotiations with tax authorities.
• Draft technical analyses, position papers, and policy submissions for clients and industry groups.
• Develop and implement strategies to mitigate tax risks and optimize compliance frameworks.
• Conduct research on global tax policy shifts, OECD initiatives, and digital economy tax developments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (legal, finance, economics, public policy) to deliver integrated solutions.
• Prepare and present insights to clients, regulators, and external stakeholders in a clear and compelling manner.

To qualify for the role

• A degree in economics, finance, tax or accounting
• At least three years of relevant experience as Tax professional
• Experience working for a Big 4 accounting firm is preferred. However, we will consider candidates from governmental entities, or international firms.
• Strong knowledge of domestic and international tax rules, dispute resolution processes, and tax authority practices.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and interact with senior stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities, including drafting technical memos and policy papers.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience engaging with tax authorities, regulators, and industry bodies.
• Familiarity with OECD BEPS, Pillar One and Two, and global minimum tax frameworks.
• Exposure to litigation support, arbitration, or alternative dispute resolution.
• Client-facing experience in advising multinational corporations.

Building a better working world