Senior Tax Consultant - Tax Compliance & Accounting

We are looking for an experienced Senior Tax Consultant to join our Tax Compliance & Accounting team in Tashkent.

The successful candidate will work with local and international clients, supporting them with tax compliance, tax accounting, statutory accounting and reporting, and related regulatory requirements in Uzbekistan.

This role combines strong technical knowledge of Uzbekistan taxation and accounting with hands-on responsibility for client engagements. You will coordinate tax and accounting deliverables, review work prepared by junior colleagues, communicate directly with clients, identify tax and accounting issues, and contribute to improving the efficiency and quality of clients' compliance processes.

Key responsibilities

Tax compliance

• Coordinate and review the preparation of Uzbekistan tax returns and calculations, including corporate income tax (CIT), value added tax (VAT), withholding tax (WHT), personal income tax and social tax, property tax, land tax and other applicable taxes.
• Review tax calculations, supporting schedules and reconciliations to ensure their accuracy and consistency with accounting records.
• Analyse transactions from an Uzbekistan tax perspective and ensure their appropriate treatment in tax reporting.
• Review the application of tax exemptions, incentives and preferential tax treatments, where relevant.
• Identify potential tax exposures, inconsistencies and compliance gaps and communicate them to the engagement team and client.
• Assist with the correction of identified tax reporting issues, including the preparation or review of amended tax returns where required.
• Monitor changes in Uzbekistan tax legislation and assess their implications for clients' tax compliance processes.

Accounting and statutory reporting

• Coordinate and review day-to-day accounting and tax accounting for local companies, representative offices and permanent establishments of foreign legal entities.
• Review accounting treatment and supporting documentation for business transactions in accordance with applicable Uzbekistan accounting requirements.
• Review general ledger accounts and reconciliations, including tax accounts, receivables, payables, fixed assets, payroll-related accounts and other significant balances.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing procedures and ensure appropriate reconciliation between accounting and tax reporting.
• Participate in the preparation and review of statutory financial statements and statistical reporting.
• Assist clients with the accounting and tax treatment of foreign economic activity, including cross-border purchases and sales, imports and exports, and transactions with non-residents.
• Support clients with accounting and reporting issues arising from complex or non-routine transactions.
• Where relevant, contribute to reconciliations between local statutory accounting records and group or IFRS reporting requirements.

Tax registrations and regulatory matters

• Assist local and foreign companies with tax registrations and deregistrations in Uzbekistan.
• Support foreign businesses in establishing appropriate tax and accounting compliance processes for their Uzbekistan operations, including representative offices and permanent establishments.
• Assist with VAT and other relevant registrations of foreign companies where required under Uzbekistan legislation.
• Support clients in communications with tax, statistics and other competent authorities on compliance and reporting matters.
• Assist clients in responding to routine requests and notifications received from the tax authorities.

Client and engagement management

• Act as a day-to-day contact for assigned clients and coordinate the timely collection of information required for tax and accounting deliverables.
• Plan and monitor recurring compliance activities to ensure that statutory reporting obligations are completed accurately and within applicable deadlines.
• Communicate identified tax and accounting issues to clients clearly and provide practical recommendations.
• Manage several client engagements and reporting deadlines simultaneously.
• Maintain effective cooperation with finance, accounting and tax teams of local and international clients.

Team supervision and development

• Review tax calculations, returns, accounting records and other deliverables prepared by junior team members.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to junior consultants.
• Allocate and monitor tasks within the engagement team.
• Ensure that work is performed in accordance with agreed procedures and internal quality standards.
• Provide constructive feedback and contribute to the professional development of junior colleagues.

Process improvement and technology

• Identify opportunities to standardise, automate and improve tax compliance and accounting processes.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of tax compliance calendars, templates, checklists and reconciliation procedures.
• Work with large data sets and use Excel and other digital tools to improve the efficiency of tax calculations and reconciliations.
• Support clients in improving the quality of information flows between accounting systems and tax reporting processes.

We are looking for candidates with:

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics or a related field.
• Preferably 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in tax compliance, accounting, tax accounting or a related area.
• Experience with a professional services firm, outsourcing/accounting provider or the tax/accounting function of a major company would be an advantage.
• Strong practical knowledge of Uzbekistan tax legislation.
• Good understanding of Uzbekistan accounting requirements and statutory reporting.
• Practical experience in preparing or reviewing tax returns and tax calculations.

Experience with the accounting and taxation of representative offices, permanent establishments, foreign-invested companies or other international businesses operating in Uzbekistan would be a strong advantage.

Technical knowledge

The successful candidate should have good practical knowledge of several of the following areas:

• Corporate income tax;
• VAT;
• Withholding tax;
• Personal income tax and social tax;
• Property and other applicable taxes;
• Tax accounting and reconciliation of accounting and tax data;
• Statutory accounting and financial reporting;
• Accounting for transactions with non-residents;
• Foreign economic activity, including import and export transactions;
• Fixed assets and depreciation;
• Payroll-related taxation;
• Tax registrations and tax compliance procedures.

Working knowledge of IFRS and experience with reconciliation or transformation of local accounting information for group/IFRS reporting purposes would be an advantage.

ACCA or another relevant accounting/tax qualification, completed or in progress, would be an advantage but is not mandatory.

Systems and digital skills

Candidates should be:

• Confident users of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Comfortable working with large volumes of accounting and tax data.
• Experienced with 1C or other accounting/ERP systems.
• Familiar with electronic platforms used for tax reporting and compliance in Uzbekistan.
• Comfortable working with electronic invoices, electronic primary documents and other digital accounting documentation.
• Interested in using automation and AI-enabled tools to improve tax compliance and accounting processes.

Advanced Excel skills, including experience with pivot tables, lookup functions and reconciliation of large data sets, would be an advantage.

Skills and competencies

We are looking for someone who:

• Has strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail and understands the importance of accuracy in tax and financial reporting.
• Is able to understand the relationship between a business transaction, its accounting treatment and its tax consequences.
• Can identify unusual transactions and potential tax or accounting issues rather than simply processing information provided by the client.
• Can communicate technical issues clearly and practically.
• Has strong organisational skills and can manage multiple recurring deadlines.
• Takes ownership of assigned engagements and follows matters through to completion.
• Can work independently while knowing when matters should be escalated.
• Works effectively with clients and colleagues at different levels of seniority.
• Is comfortable reviewing the work of others and providing constructive feedback.