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Team Assistant - Tax Team

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date Posted: Jan 21, 2025

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Job Title Team Assistant

Location Dubai

Company Overview

Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) is a group of entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals who take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

A&M Tax is an independent tax group made up of experienced tax professionals dedicated to providing customized tax advice to clients and investors across a broad range of industries. Its professionals extend A&M’s commitment to offering clients a choice in advisors who are free from audit-based conflicts of interest and bring an unyielding commitment to delivering responsive client service.  A&M Tax has offices in major metropolitan markets throughout EMEA, the UK, the U.S., Asia and Australia.

Overview of the Role

As the Team Assistant for the UAE Tax team, you will play a key role in optimising daily operations and driving better efficiency, collaborating closely with each of the tax team members. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is excited about the opportunity to grow and develop as the role and team it supports does.  Individuals with an administration, business development and marketing, or event planning profile would work well in this fast paced environment.  The role will require individuals to support and collaborate with busy professionals, work to tight deadlines and anticipate the needs of the team.  The ideal candidate will remain calm under pressure, stay organised, and bring a positive, humorous attitude to their work while playing an instrumental role in being the “go-to” and connection point that brings the team together.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Team Support:
    • Assist with the day-to-day operations of the team ensuring smooth and efficient functioning.
    • Assistant with financial administration and coordinate with UK finance team on key financial metrics
    • Facilitate internal communications, such as scheduling webcasts or physical client events, or distributing information across the wider team.
    • Handle general queries from your team regarding internal related matters.
    • Assist with the coordination of events such as lunches, meetings, offsites and team socials.
    • Coordinate with local marketing, GTM lead and other stakeholders as needed to support the execution of business development and marketing activities locally
    • Help with Salesforce reporting and overall CRM management
    • Manage high profile client/senior stakeholder visits
    • Assist and inform the team on internal (IT) procedures and tools.

  • EA Support:
  • Assist with managing the diaries for Managing Directors
  • Managing multi location travel arrangements daily (parking, cars, trains, hotels, flights, visas)
  • Co-ordinating meeting rooms and parking
  • Attend team meetings when required
  • Minute taking during team meetings when required
  • Assisting with onboarding of new team members
  • Collaboration with wider EA team
  • Submitting weekly timesheets
  • Completing expenses and tracking expense statements

Requirements:

  • Relevant experience, preferably in a professional services environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication in English; Arabic speaker would be an advantage
  • Resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be effective independently. 
  • Ability to be proactive and involved in executive business dealings.
  • Professional approach, exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment.
  • Must be organised, detail-oriented and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, using flexible mindset to shift priorities.
  • Preferably advanced skills in computer software applications including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Salesforce.
  • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with maximum discretion.

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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