Assistant Vice President Reporting and Taxation

About the role

QNB is hiring an Assistant Vice President Reporting and Taxation in Doha, Qatar, within its Operations division. The role manages tax processing and tax department inquiries related to Asset Management, financial statement reporting and external and internal audit, and maintains records for Asset Management and Investment Services activities such as portfolio fund management.

Key responsibilities

• Shareholder and financial: develop business budgets, control operation costs and contribute to sales income through accounting and administration services; ensure information given to stakeholders is complete, accurate and timely; implement KPIs and best practices for the role; promote cost consciousness and efficiency; act within delegated powers and supervise staff.
• Customer (internal and external): ensure efficient operations of Reporting and Taxation; supervise delivery of reports on schedule in line with local procedures, client and tax authority requirements; resolve fund managers, brokers, security markets, internal departments and investors' queries quickly and accurately; meet Service Level Agreements with internal units; provide timely data to auditors, compliance, financial control and risk.
• Documentation: maintain asset management documents such as licenses, prospectuses, articles of association, reports and records.
• Transfer Agency: manage profiles to deliver reports and data on time.
• Fund Administration and Accounting: coordinate funds, investment managers, brokers and founders so data and transactions are captured correctly; manage asset management profiles in the system and challenge incorrect or conflicting information; calculate direct and indirect tax provisions and tax structures and their business impact.
• Audit, reporting and reconciliation: ensure account reports, financial statements and audit reports are printed and dispatched on time, close audit findings within deadlines, and produce weekly and monthly MIS reports for the manager.
• Query management: answer inbound queries within 24 hours, leave no urgent emails unanswered and escalate urgent matters to the department head.
• Continuous improvement: lead improvement initiatives across functions, encourage practices better than industry standards and reward out-of-the-box thinking.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Tax, Banking, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or Information Technology; a Master's degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience, preferably in a highly rated international bank.
• Familiarity with tax regulation and legality, financial statements and cost accounting.