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The Policy & Legislation Senior Advisor will lead work activities and provide guidance for operational activities within ZATCA. Key responsibilities include assessing and improving the legislative framework, developing new policies based on market studies and best practices, conducting workshops, and ensuring implementation aligns with guidelines. This role involves researching tax treaties, laws, and guidelines, preparing legislative documents for approval, analyzing the impact of changes, and preparing proposals for implementation. The advisor will also update frameworks, define policies for development or amendment, manage studies for legislative issues, and ensure compliance with business requirements. Additionally, they will be responsible for publishing approved legislative documents, communicating changes to stakeholders, preparing implementation guidelines, and managing periodical reports on the impact of new legislative documents. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Law or equivalent, with a Master's preferred, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in negotiation, research, analysis, legislation, legal writing, tax treaties, and stakeholder management is required.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Law or equivalent, with a Master's degree in Business Administration, Law, or equivalent preferred. Must have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in legal policy drafting, legislative framework assessment, development, update, and implementation. Proficiency in negotiation, research, analysis, legislation, legal writing, tax treaties, and stakeholder management is essential.
Description
Purpose of JobJobholders at this level are responsible for leading work activities and working autonomously with minor direction towards predetermined long-term objectives. Jobholders might act as internal consultants and facilitators through providing guidance to deliver and perform operational activities. Their main operational role includes monitoring frameworks updates and provide recommendations for improvement, initiating development of new policies based on market studies and best practices benchmarks, conduct workshops to relevant employees, ensuring that all related activities are implemented by the set guidelines and policies.Job DetailsLegislative Framework Assessment Conduct research and identify best practices in the field of Tax treaties, laws and guidelines to identify improvement areas in ZATCA's current legislative framework Support preparation and implementation of action plans based on feedback from top management regarding improving current Tax legislative framework Communicate with taxpayers, if needed, via discussion groups to elicit input that will aid in the development of legislative documents Develop/Update Tax legislative documents ensuring alignment to ZATCA guidelines and standards as well as conducted research input and internal feedback Prepare documents that need Governor approval and ensure all feedback is appropriately integrated prior submission to final approval and sign-off Analyze implications on ZATCA legislative framework resulting from changes in related tax treaties, laws and guidelines and develop list of amendments to be applied Prepare proposals and recommendations for implementation including issue overview, objectives and analysis results ensuring ZATCA strategic objectives and requirements are addressed Prepare list of necessary or useful research resources and present to Director for approvalLegislative Framework Development and Update Review and update frameworks, identify internal/external involved parties and ensure that all changes communicated properly Define list of policies, regulations, and guidelines to be developed or amended based on research and internal and external expert feedback Develop scope of work, methodology, work schedule and team members for the studies of legislative issues and clarify communication imperatives for smooth collection of data, discussions, and validations Conduct workshops with legal, policy and subject matter experts for input related to the development of legislative documents and intervene for further clarification if needed Update guidelines and policy documents based on research findings and updated policies and review ZATCA business requirement documents to ensure complianceLegislative Framework Implementation and Communication Publish approved legislative documents in official journal and communicate changes to concerned stakeholders through publications and press releases to ensure awareness of all internal and external stakeholders Ensure that newly updated/developed Tax-related legislative documents are adequately conveyed to relevant stakeholders, and accordingly evaluated Prepare guidelines for the implementation of tax laws including tax rulings and interpretation bulletins and set coordination standards for tax law queries resolution in coordination with related stakeholders Manage the development of periodical reports highlighting impact of new legislative documents, implementation issues, lessons learned and improvement actions Prepare tax technical presentations and training materialOrganization and Operations 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 mannerEducation Bachelor's degree in Law or equivalent is required Master's degree in Business Administration, Law, or equivalent is preferredExperienceA minimum of 5 years of relevant experienceCompetenciesNegotiation and Influence - ProficientResearch and Analysis - ProficientLegislations and Regulations - AdvancedLegal Writing and Policy Drafting - AdvancedTax and Customs Treaties - AdvancedStakeholder Management - ProficientProfessionalism - ProficientCollaboration and Communication - DevelopingResults Oriented - ProficientCustomer Focus - ProficientEnablement of Change and Innovation - Developing