Review & Objections Lead Specialist

Job Purpose

Jobholders at this level are experienced professionals capable of conducting work with general directions. They are primarily concerned with developing solutions to challenges which require some analysis to understand and resolve, and addressing issues escalated from more junior levels. They undertake complex operational activities including drafting ZATCA’s objections and appeals strategy and managing the development of evaluations for received tax cases posed against ZATCA.

Roles And Responsibilities


  • Receive litigation cases from audit team and provide support to prioritize cases for analysis based on pre-defined criteria
  • Research and analyze laws, regulations and policies depending on each case for proper analysis
  • Coordinate with concerned stakeholders and collect needed documents to be able to conduct high level assessment from a legal standpoint
  • Assist in analyzing cases and provide basic recommendations on best course of action based on gathered technical input from tax appeals analysts
  • Receive any arising objections from concerned parties, coordinate with tax appeals analysts for technical analysis and escalate complex issues when needed
  • Assist in preparing full objections and appeals file, gather assessment results, recommendations and all supporting documents and submit to Tax Appeals Legal Specialist for revision and finalization
  • Prepare tax-related case documents ensuring all information are gathered and assist in the negotiation meetings with concerned committees to reach common ground
  • Assist in drafting communications to taxpayers related to final decisions taken, extract lessons learned and highlight inefficiencies for improvement purposes
  • Communicate decisions to concerned parties ensuring alignment with expectations, report on implementation and highlight areas for improvement
  • Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
  • Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
  • Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly
  • Perform other duties as requested
  • Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how, when applicable
  • Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/ junior staff
  • Support junior staff or direct reports in order to execute their duties according to set policies and processes


Job Qualifications And Requirements

A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Law Studies, or equivalent is required
تاريخ النشر: 07 ربيع الأول 1446 - ١٠ سبتمبر ٢٠٢٤
الناشر: LinkedIn
تاريخ النشر: 07 ربيع الأول 1446 - ١٠ سبتمبر ٢٠٢٤
الناشر: LinkedIn