Responsible for articulation and management of Hashoo Group tax strategy and practices across all businesses/sectors, including tax compliance, tax filings, tax accounting, tax litigation, tax advisory, tax reviews of commercial contracts, and supporting businesses by ensuring tax-related matters are appropriately addressed in negotiations with all third parties.Key responsibilities:Develop a tax structuring framework and ensure all taxes are structured for optimization of the tax impact for the group companies.Ensure proper calculation, accounting, and recording of all taxes including, VAT, WHT, Corporate Tax, and Customs and Excise duties to ensure the accuracy of reported tax figures.Maintain relationships with Tax authorities and keep abreast with the latest changes in tax laws and their impact on the group companies.Engage actively with tax authorities and tax advisors to streamline tax matters at Group.Ensure timely and accurate submission of tax filings and submissions for VAT, WHT, Corporate tax, and excise duties to ensure compliance with regulations.Oversee the development of forecasts for tax obligations based on budgets and provide timely inputs to budgeting, financial reporting, and cash flow forecasting process.Support the business function of group companies on any tax-related matters.Responsible for ensuring that all sectors/regions of the Group are aware of any tax-related update that is related to their focus of business.Provide tax advisory on queries raised by the group companies.Oversee the development and implementation of new tax-related processes and tools for the sectors/regions of the Group in order to drive business support.

Managed tax compliance, tax advisory, tax accounting, tax due diligence and tax litigation in lower and higher courts for Corporate tax, VAT, Excise duty, Customs duty, and Provincial services sales tax of conglomerate of hospitality, real estate, travel and tourism, e-commerce, trading, security and protecting services, manufacturing and allied businesses.

Managed to provide tax compliance, consulting, litigation, due diligence, trainings and allied services to well diversified pool of clients from telecom, energy and power, banking, insurance, manufacturing, imports and exports, government entities, services companies, NPO/NGOs, TV and media businesses.