Experience

Investment Corporation of Dubai

• United Arab Emirates
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager Finance - Tax

  • Apr 2023 - Present

• Manager Finance - Tax

  • Apr 2022 - Apr 2023

• Assistant Manager Finance - Tax

  • Dec 2019 - May 2022



Deloitte Middle East

• Management Consulting

• Tax Manager

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

• Senior Associate

  • Jun 2018 - Sep 2019

  Advisory work- Tax Due Diligence (full, desktop / red flag and vendor);- Tax Model Review;- Structuring / Restructuring- UAE Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - inbound / outbound investment to / from the UAE.- Permanent Establishment (PE) review;- Ad hoc international advice - Withholding tax, transfer taxes as well as general queries on Middle Eastern tax regimes. Jurisdictions:UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Ghana, UK, Germany, Netherlands, India etc. Industries:- Oil & Gas- Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF)- Manufacturing;- FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods);- Energy;- Holding / Investment Co;- Real Estate;- Technology & E-commerce - Finance Show less



EY

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tax Senior

  • Sep 2016 - Apr 2018

  Types of work:- Corporation tax compliance- Audit of tax- Tax provisioning - Tax advisoryIndustry areas:- Wealth & Asset Management (WAM): International fund & asset managers, property management/ holding Cos.- Banking and Capital Markets: Section 110 entities (Irish SPV), Investment banking & retail banks.- Aircraft leasing: International aircraft leasing groups with up to 120 Irish entities and over 200 aircraft.Experience details:- Corporation tax compliance process. Including: training and managing junior staff, billing, reviewing and preparation of computations, communicating with the client and tax team, ensuring all deadlines are met and returns are filed on time (including preliminary tax and iXBRL tagged financial statements).- Audit of tax process. Including: training & managing junior staff, reviewing computations, tax accounts & notes, communicating with the audit team, attending the planning meeting, discussing complex tax issues with the tax team, ensuring the tax memo is complete and accurate and all deadlines are met.- Tax provision process. Including: managing junior staff, reviewing or amending computations and tax notes, preparing and reviewing the presentation of the tax note in the financial statements, billing, ensuring deadlines are met and complex issues are dealt with in an efficient and effective time frame.- Tax advisory. Including: preparing emails, memos and opinions on a variety of corporate tax issues. Examples of advisory projects including: domestic and cross boarder mergers, interest free loans, change in functional currency, transfer pricing adjustments and responding to ad hoc queries from clients.- Organisation and management: delegation, team planning, presenting and training to groups of up to 60 in person and via Skype. Drafting proposals and marketing material.Additional exposure:- Non-res landlord income tax,- FIN 48(ASC 740),- CbCR, FATCA/ CRS, - Preparation of PFIC statements,- Managing groups. Show less

• Tax Assistant

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2016

  Asset & Wealth Management, Funds, Investment banking, Section 110 entities, FATCA,Common Reporting Standards (CRS), FIN 48, Aircraft Leasing and Exchange Traded Funds (EFTs).



Dublin Institute of Technology

• Ireland
• Education Administration Programs

• Graduate Student

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2014

  MSc Accounting, 2.1 BSc Accounting & Finance, 2.1 Higher Certificate in Business Management, 1st Luke completed the Masters program in Accounting at DIT attaining a 2.1 result. He also studied Accounting and Finance at undergraduate honours level and attained an overall high 2.1 result with distinctions in several subjects. Luke was able to develop a wide variety of skills which will aid him in his career as a professional accountant. Luke also completed the higher certificate in Business Management in DIT, attaining an overall 1st result. The certificate gave a great overview of the business world. Other than academic studies, Luke took part in several societies in DIT taking positions such as treasurer and chairman. He was also involved with the students union, representing his class as their rep and as a Governing councilor with DITSU. He took part in the 2011 Bolton Trust enterprise competition, his team made it to the final and took third place. Most recently Luke was involved in the first DIT team to compete in the ENACTUS Ireland national competition. Show less