Principal Tax Adviser

**Take hold of a monster opportunity and join our Finance and Tax team as a Principal Tax Adviser. If you’re a good fit for this role and live in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne, we’d love you to apply.**

**Why join us?**
- You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
- Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
- Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
- In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

**About the role**

Reporting into the General Manager - Finance and Tax, as the **Principal Tax Adviser**, you will ensure Australian Retirement Trust’s (ART’s) taxation affairs are effectively managed and aligned with the organisation’s strategy and risk appetite. You will provide strategic leadership, advice and direction in relation to tax to maximise long-run investment returns after tax, after-fees and after expenses. You will also be accountable for tax compliance, tax risk management and tax strategy.

Key aspects of the role include:

- Lead Tax Strategy and establish clear goals that align the Finance agenda with the organisation’s goals.
- Act as a strategic tax partner to the business including the provision of expert advice on emerging tax issues to the General Manager - Finance and Tax, CFO, Executive Committee and Board.
- Drive tax compliance including managing international tax compliance obligations associated with offshore structures and leading the design and structure of investment structuring vehicles.
- Provide tax advice for investments, working with the Investments team to create strategies that improve the fund's after-tax returns. This includes expertise in tax matters related to mergers, acquisitions, and business restructuring.
- Ensure the timely and effective delivery of information, reports and advice relating to both fund and corporate tax to the Board and Audit & Risk Committee.
- Ensure risk and control frameworks are current and effective for managing tax risks. Develop, communicate, and promote tax policies, governance, and procedures, including the Tax Risk Framework.
- Ensure the preparation and submission of accurate tax returns.
- Manage internal and external tax audits and maintain relationships with regulators.

This role is available as a permanent opportunity.

**About you**

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

- Tertiary qualifications in Law, Finance, Accounting (or similar).
- Professional qualifications from the Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA ANZ), Certified Practising Accounts Australia (CPA) or Legal Practising Certificate.
- Extensive senior experience in tax strategy, governance, advisory, and compliance within finance, insurance, or funds management industries.
- Extensive knowledge of the financial services environment, including legislation, regulation, taxation, trusts, and compliance frameworks.
- Outstanding written and negotiation skills and proven experience in financial and regulatory reports for use by the CEO, Board, Executive team and industry bodies / regulators as required.
- Detailed understanding of the regulatory environment and compliance obligations for superannuation trusts.
- Demonstrated extensive experience leading a large high performing team in a dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement taxation strategies in large complex organisations.

**About us**

Our 2.3 million members trust us to take care of almost $300 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us - and recruitment is no different.