Chalhoub Group Senior Tax Associate

About Chalhoub Group

Founded in 1955 by Michel and Widad Chalhoub, Chalhoub Group has grown into a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East. Headquartered in Dubai, the family-owned group brings together international maisons and homegrown concepts across fashion, beauty and lifestyle, combining regional expertise with retail and distribution capabilities. As an employer, it offers career opportunities spanning client experience, brand management, merchandising, logistics and digital innovation. Its multicultural environment connects employees with the evolving expectations of luxury consumers, while its emphasis on learning, entrepreneurship and sustainability provides a distinctive setting for professionals seeking to shape the region’s luxury landscape.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage group-level Pillar Two compliance and reporting for in-scope entities, meeting applicable statutory deadlines.
• Maintain the Pillar Two group structure, identifying and classifying legal entities, including Constituent Entities, Excluded Entities and joint ventures.
• Prepare Transitional CbCR Safe Harbour calculations and assess, by jurisdiction, where safe harbours apply and where full effective tax rate (ETR) computations are required.
• Perform Pillar Two calculations for applicable countries, covering GloBE Income or Loss, Adjusted Covered Taxes, ETR, Substance-based Income Exclusion, de minimis exclusion and Top-up Tax allocation.
• Manage the data lifecycle by collecting, structuring and validating financial, tax and entity data 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 jurisdictions enact further rules.
• Prepare Pillar Two tax provision calculations for actuals and budget and forecast cycles, and support related IAS 12 disclosures.
• Maintain and update the group’s Pillar Two position paper, documenting technical positions, elections and judgments.
• Maintain a compliance calendar of obligations and due dates across relevant jurisdictions, with clear status reporting to management.
• Manage tax compliance in Kuwait, including preparing and submitting applications for tax clearance certificates and supporting tax retention requirements under local regulations.
• Support corporate income tax and withholding tax filings in Qatar, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with applicable legislation.
• Lead correspondence and engagement with regional tax authorities to resolve issues, initiate applications and follow up on outstanding matters through to resolution.
• Monitor OECD releases and local legislative developments across the group’s footprint, translating them into practical business impact assessments.
• Support tax authority queries, information requests and audits relating to Pillar Two and the other compliance areas described.
• Identify opportunities to automate and strengthen controls over Pillar Two data collection and calculations.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA or ADIT qualified, or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Law or Economics.
• 2–3 years of relevant Pillar Two or corporate tax experience in consulting, an in-house tax role, or a combination of both.
• Demonstrable hands-on Pillar Two experience, for example in safe harbour analysis, ETR and Top-up Tax modelling, entity classification, data collection, registrations, or GIR/DMTT return preparation.
• Working knowledge of the OECD GloBE framework, including the Model Rules, Commentary, Administrative Guidance, Safe Harbours and Penalty Relief guidance, and the GIR.
• Strong Excel and data-handling skills, including the ability to build, document and sanity-check complex multi-entity calculations.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, a documentation-first mindset and the organizational discipline to manage multiple statutory deadlines across jurisdictions.
• Comfort operating with incomplete information in an evolving regulatory area and confidence raising issues early.
• Proficiency in Arabic is preferred.
• Experience managing and interpreting tax regulations across multiple jurisdictions in the GCC region is preferred.

Skills

Experience

2–3 years of relevant Pillar Two or corporate tax experience, gained in consulting, an in-house tax role, or a combination of both.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, Law or Economics; ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA or ADIT qualification, or equivalent.

Benefits

Health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies, exclusive employee discounts, learning and development opportunities, exposure to different assignments, and internal mobility opportunities.

Culture

Chalhoub Group combines its heritage as a family-owned business with the dynamism of the Middle East’s luxury sector, fostering a multicultural workplace rooted in collaboration and long-term relationships. Its culture emphasizes continuous learning, entrepreneurial initiative and excellence in customer experience, encouraging employees to develop their expertise while contributing to the evolution of luxury retail.

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