# Manager Tax Accounting & Quality Assurance > JazzWorld · Islamabad, Pakistan · — · Posted 2026-06-12 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** Finance ## Description **Grade: L3**  **Location:** Islamabad **Last date to apply**: 18th June, 2026 **Role:** **What does Manager Tax Accounting & Assurance do?** **Tax Accounting and Compliance:** · Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual tax accounting and reporting in accordance with IFRS, maintaining the highest standards of technical accuracy and compliance. · Lead the preparation and review of tax reporting packages to VEON Group and local stakeholders · Lead the preparation and review of tax provisions and deferred tax calculations · Monitor and perform quarterly Effective Tax Rate (ETR) reconciliations, and prepare supporting schedules for group reporting purposes. · Coordinate tax closing activities with Finance, External Reporting, FP&A, and business stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate reporting. · Prepare and review technical tax position papers and accounting memoranda for complex, non-routine transactions, restructurings, and significant business initiatives. · Manage corporate income tax compliance processes, including overseeing and coordinating external and internal reviews.  **Stakeholder and Auditor Interaction:** · Conduct quarterly technical reviews and maintain high-quality communication with external auditors and internal stakeholders (e.g., External Reporting and FP&A teams). · Compile, review, and communicate Uncertain Tax Positions (UTPs) for each Quarter close to stakeholders · Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors on tax accounting, tax provisioning, deferred tax, and other compliance-related matters. **Reporting and Automation:** · Organize internal tax accounting reporting processes in line with IFRS requirements, and drive process improvements through tax automation. · Coordinate the preparation and submission of tax-related reports, disclosures, data requests, and statutory information to local and international tax authorities, regulatory bodies, group functions, and other stakeholders on both a routine and ad hoc basis. · Enhance tax review procedures by implementing automated tax controls as part of the tax reporting package. · Drive automation and digitalization initiatives across tax accounting and compliance processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency. · Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at strengthening tax governance, reporting quality, and operational effectiveness. · Support the preparation, review, and timely submission of Transfer Pricing documentation, including the Master File, Local File, and other related compliance requirements, ensuring alignment with applicable regulatory and group requirements.  **Training and Knowledge Sharing:** · Educate and support in-house tax accounting managers across operating companies, ensuring alignment on best practices and technical knowledge.  **Tax Assurance and Risk Management:** · Conduct tax assurance activities in line with SOX and similar risk assessment standards, including the preparation and review of Uncertain Tax Position memos. · Collaborate with internal departments and external auditors to perform SOX and related testing processes, focusing on technical accuracy and detail.  **Project Support and Technical Input:** · Provide technical tax accounting expertise for cross-departmental projects, including tax planning initiatives, business transformations and financing arrangements. · Contribute highly specialized tax accounting insights to various projects initiated or reviewed by headquarters teams. · Identify, assess, and mitigate tax risks through the implementation of effective controls, monitoring procedures, and governance frameworks. **Tax Planning and Forecasting:**  · Lead tax planning and forecasting activities, including preparation of tax forecasts for annual budgets and business planning cycles. _Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees._ ## Requirements · ACA/ACCA/Master’s degree (or equivalent) in finance, accounting, or tax law. · Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in tax accounting, tax reporting and tax compliance preferable within a large multinational organization · Strong expertise in accounting for income taxes under IFRS/ Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, including current and deferred tax calculations, effective tax rate analysis, uncertain tax positions, and tax disclosures. · Strong managerial and interpersonal skills to build relationships and effectively organize work. · Proven experience working within cross-functional teams that include diverse expertise and cultural backgrounds. · In-depth knowledge of IFRS; familiarity with US GAAP is an advantage. · In-depth knowledge of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 and related tax regulations; familiarity with OECD guidelines, Transfer Pricing and International Taxation principles will be an advantage. · Proficiency in both written and spoken English.  **Core Competencies:** · Accuracy · Analytical Thinking · Project Management · Technical Expertise · Integrity ## Benefits **Why join JazzWorld?** As a certified Top Employer, JazzWorld reflects workplace standards benchmarked against leading global organizations, demonstrating our commitmnet to creating an environment where people can thrive and perform at their best. Our teams are driven by the belief that every JazzWorld employee should be inspired to live better every day, enabled by forward-looking leadership, an open culture, meaningful work, and continuous opportunities to learn and grow. Our core values - Customer Obsession, Truthful, Innovation, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurial shape how we think, decide, and lead. They encourage us to challenge convention, act with accountability, work as one team, and create solutions that truly matter for our customers and communities. As Pakistan's largest digital operator, JazzWorld serves over 100 million through connectivity, digital services, financial inclusion, entertainment, and insurance. Joining us means being part of transformation at a national scale; expanding access, unlocking opportunity, and building a more connected digital future. At JazzWorld, everything we do is rooted in one shared ambition. This purpose defines how we work, the progress we enable, and the difference we strive to make every day a Better Life For All. ## Apply [Apply at JazzWorld](https://apply.workable.com/pakistan-mobile-communication-limited-pmcl/j/2A6F4DA962/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)