Tax Consultant Resume Example

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Faisal Al-Harbi

Senior Tax Consultant — Indirect Tax & Zakat
faisal.alharbi@example.com+966 55 210 4478Riyadh, Saudi Arabialinkedin.com/in/faisalalharbi-tax
Saudi ArabiaUAEBahrainOman

§1Summary

SOCPA-certified tax consultant with 8 years in Saudi and GCC tax. I advise groups on VAT, Zakat, withholding tax and transfer pricing, have defended 45 ZATCA assessments (SAR 210m in dispute, 78% reduced or cancelled) and led e-invoicing (FATOORA) readiness for 30 clients.

§2Experience

Senior Tax Consultant
KPMG Al Fozan & Partners · Riyadh
Feb 2021 – Present
SAR 210mAssessments defended
78%Reduced or cancelled
  • Lead Zakat and CIT compliance for 18 groups, including two Tadawul-listed retailers and a PIF portfolio company
  • Won a GSTC appeal that cancelled a SAR 34m VAT assessment on intra-group services
  • Designed FATOORA Phase 2 integration plans with SAP and Oracle teams for 30 clients; all went live on their wave date
  • Built the firm's UAE Corporate Tax readiness toolkit and delivered registration and first-year provisions for 12 Saudi groups with UAE subsidiaries
Tax Consultant — Transfer Pricing
EY · Jeddah
Sep 2018 – Jan 2021
26TP files
  • Prepared 26 master and local files under the Saudi TP Bylaws, including benchmarking in TP Catalyst
  • Restructured a petrochemical group's cost-sharing arrangement, lowering its effective tax rate by 3.2 points
  • Supported 4 cross-border M&A deals with tax due diligence and structuring memos
VAT Auditor
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) · Riyadh
Aug 2016 – Aug 2018
  • Joined the VAT launch team in 2017 and audited 90 registrants in the first two filing cycles
  • Wrote internal guidance on real-estate and financial-services exemptions

§3Selected projects

Zakat base reconciliation tool
Alteryx workflow that maps trial balances to the 2024 Zakat return; review time per group fell from 5 days to 1.5

§4Publications & talks

  • Zakat on investments after the 2024 Implementing Regulations — KPMG Tax Talk, Riyadh, 2024
  • E-invoicing Phase 2: lessons from the first 10 waves — SOCPA Annual Conference, 2023

Summary example

SOCPA-certified tax consultant with [N] years in Saudi and GCC tax. I advise groups on VAT, Zakat, withholding tax and transfer pricing, have defended [N] ZATCA assessments ([$X] in dispute, [X%] reduced or cancelled) and led e-invoicing (FATOORA) readiness for [N] clients.

Example bullet points for a Tax Consultant

  • Lead Zakat and CIT compliance for [N] groups, including two Tadawul-listed retailers and a PIF portfolio company
  • Won a GSTC appeal that cancelled a [$X] VAT assessment on intra-group services
  • Designed FATOORA Phase [N] integration plans with SAP and Oracle teams for [N] clients; all went live on their wave date
  • Built the firm's UAE Corporate Tax readiness toolkit and delivered registration and first-year provisions for [N] Saudi groups with UAE subsidiaries
  • Prepared [N] master and local files under the Saudi TP Bylaws, including benchmarking in TP Catalyst
  • Restructured a petrochemical group's cost-sharing arrangement, lowering its effective tax rate by [N] points
  • Supported [N] cross-border M&A deals with tax due diligence and structuring memos
  • Joined the VAT launch team in [N] and audited [N] registrants in the first two filing cycles

Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.

Skills to include

  • VAT (KSA & GCC)
  • Zakat
  • Withholding tax
  • Transfer pricing
  • Tax disputes
  • UAE CT
  • SAP FI
  • Oracle Fusion
  • FATOORA
  • TP Catalyst
  • Alteryx

Tips for a Tax Consultant resume

  1. Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: VAT (KSA & GCC), Zakat, Withholding tax.
  2. List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. SOCPA Fellowship, ADIT — Advanced Diploma in International Taxation.
  3. Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example assessments defended.
  4. Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
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