Taxation Manager - US

Job Purpose

At Emirates Group, we connect the world through our global hub in Dubai, ensuring our customers always Fly Better. As one of the most recognized and admired brands globally, we're driven by innovation, ambition, and excellence. Join a dynamic, fast-paced team where your ideas and relationship-building skills will directly shape employee experience across our global workforce.

About the role

Manage US tax matters for The Emirates Group (including but not limited to its dnata entities), ensuring compliance with US federal, state, and local tax laws. Provide regional tax governance oversight and advisory support across the Americas to dnata and the wider Emirates Group portfolio companies, including support for M&A, restructurings, and new business initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key point of contact for US tax matters, overseeing compliance, reporting, and technical tax matters.
• Prepare, review, and timely file US federal, state, and local income tax returns, working closely with external advisors and local finance teams.
• Ensure all other US tax filing/compliance obligations (monthly, quarterly and annually) are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Serve as the US tax contact for the Group Taxation Team, external tax advisors, and tax authorities, and support broader Americas-related advisory matters as required.
• Provide advice on ad-hoc tax related questions from the finance teams in the US and wider Americas region.
• Manage tax provisioning and reporting for US entities, including current and deferred tax calculations, effective tax rate analysis, and support in interim and year-end external tax audits as part of the financial reporting process.
• Provide tax governance oversight and advisory support across the Americas, ensuring regional alignment with Group tax policies, risk management standards, and control frameworks.
• Provide tax advisory support on Americas-related strategic initiatives, including M&A, corporate restructurings, financings, and cross-border transactions, in coordination with the Group Taxation Team and external advisors.
• Support the Group’s OECD Pillar Two programme, including assessment of US impacts and broader Americas considerations, data coordination, and support for compliance and reporting processes.
• Support transfer pricing matters across the Americas, including coordination with the Group Taxation Team on policies, review of intercompany arrangements, and oversight of local documentation and compliance requirements.
• Maintain US tax law and Americas regional tax developments and assess their impact on dnata and the Emirates Group, providing clear and practical recommendations to stakeholders.
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment in evaluating, analyzing, and making recommendations regarding US tax compliance, reporting, governance, strategic tax planning, M&A transactions, transfer pricing, and other tax-related matters of significance to the Company and its affiliates.

Requirements

Regular, predictable, and reliable attendance at the designated workplace is an essential function of this role. The duties of the Taxation Manager - US require regular in-office presence to ensure effective collaboration, confidentiality, stakeholder responsiveness, and timely completion of tax compliance, reporting, advisory, audit, governance, and risk management responsibilities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (12+4 or equivalent) in Accounting or Tax.
• Master’s Degree (12+5 or equivalent) preferred.
• CPA also preferred.
• 8+ years specializing in US direct and international tax.
• Industry experience is a plus.
• Broad tax technical knowledge and experience across all aspects of tax (including corporate tax, withholding tax, indirect tax (such as sales tax, payroll, FBT) especially with regards to US and the broader Americas region).
• Practical experience in preparing and reviewing corporate tax calculations, tax accounting and regulatory filings.
• Understanding of tax sharing and tax funding agreements.
• Working knowledge of tax compliance processes and deadlines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to maintain regular, predictable, and reliable attendance at the designated workplace and to perform the role’s essential functions in person, including in-office collaboration, stakeholder engagement, confidential information handling, audit and compliance support, and timely response to business needs.