Tax & Accounting Manager (UAE)

UAE corporate tax is now real. This role is for someone who wants to run the accounting and tax function for a client book that treats compliance as a matter of professional pride.

About the role

You'll run monthly close and quarterly VAT for a portfolio of UAE clients, sign off on annual CT returns, and lead qualifying-free-zone-person assessments on the files where 0% is on the table. You'll build the review process, hire into the team, and set the standard for how Sonsoto talks to founders about their numbers.

What you’ll own

• Monthly close and management-account delivery inside a five-working-day cadence.
• Quarterly VAT filings and reconciliations with the FTA portal.
• Annual UAE corporate tax returns, including transfer-pricing documentation where applicable.
• Qualifying free-zone person substance and income assessments, refreshed at least twice a year.
• Review and sign-off of every filing before it leaves the firm.
• Bookkeeper hiring, training, and quality reviews as the team scales.

What we look for

• ACCA, ACA, CPA, or equivalent qualified.
• Six+ years of UAE accounting and tax practice, including at least two years post-CT.
• Direct experience with qualifying-free-zone-person assessments.
• You have hired and grown a small pod before, not only worked inside one.
• You write review notes that a first-year accountant can act on without a call.
• Comfortable working across UAE, Vietnamese, and international parent-company reporting cycles.

How we work

You'll join a growing accounting team and take ownership of technical standards. We use a single reviewed close checklist per client, single-source workpapers, and written go/no-go decisions for filings. If a client's numbers cannot be signed off, we do not file — you have full authority to hold.

Apply by email

Send your CV and a short note to careers@sonsoto.com.