Associate Director Tax

**Work type**: Fixed term Full time, Permanent Full time
**Location**: VIC- Melbourne CBD
- **Establish and foster strong relationships within the Finance Community**:

- **Be part of a highly engaged team committed to diversity and flexibility**:

- **Outstanding opportunity to build and progress your career**

**It’s more than a career at NAB. It’s about more opportunity, more moments to make a difference and more focus on you.**

Your job is just one part of your life. When you bring your ideas, energy, and hunger for growth to us, you’ll be recognised and rewarded for your contribution in return. You’ll have our support to excel for our customers, deliver positive change for our communities and grow your career.

We currently have a 12-month fixed-term opportunity for an Associate Director to join our Indirect Tax team. As the Associate Director, Indirect Tax, you will support the Head of Tax (HOT) discharge his or her accountabilities in managing NAB’s indirect tax risk under NAB’s Tax Risk Governance Policy. The ADT carries a delegation from the Chief Tax Officer under the Tax Team Delegation.

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Adopts a customer focus across Group Tax and NAB Finance to ensure that NAB customers are at the heart of everything that Group Tax does.
- Maintains a customer-focussed mindset and behaviour across NAB Finance and the NAB Group.
- Applies the Conservative Regulatory and Compliance risk postures set by the NAB Principal Board in providing indirect tax advice.
- Assists the HOT in recommending updates to NAB’s Tax Risk Governance Policy and associated Standard Operating Procedures.
- Acts as an advocate of NAB's tax policies and procedures throughout NAB, ensuring that key stakeholders within the indirect tax area of accountability have sufficient awareness of the relevant policies and risk management processes.
- Executes the annual strategy for the indirect tax function in line with the wider Group Tax annual strategy.
- Assists the HOT as the tax risk approval authority for new initiatives/ transactions for the Performance Units within the indirect tax area of accountability under the HOT Delegation.
- Maintains a constructive relationship with the ATO.

**To be successful in the role you will have**:

- Strong analytical skills - ability to transform complex financial and non-financial data into meaningful business insights.
- Enjoys working collaboratively, great communication skills and building positive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Experience in managing complex tax issues and working on large tax projects.
- Proven experience in engaging with the ATO and other revenue authorities on tax and tax risk issues.
- Ability to conduct detailed analysis and effectively translate technical tax elements to business stakeholders.
- Current specialist indirect tax experience working in the financial services tax team of a chartered accounting firm or a senior corporate group tax role with a financial services background.
- Tertiary qualification in law and/or finance with Masters of Tax or CA preferred.

By joining NAB, you are committing to putting our customers’ needs first every time. You will be ambitious for growth; always curious and learning from colleagues. You will speak honestly, always valuing the time and opinion of others. You will own your work, doing what’s right, even when it’s hard.

**A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone.**

At NAB, we’re intent on building a culture we can all be proud of. One based on trust and respect. An uplifting environment where every single one of us feels appreciated and empowered to be our true, authentic selves. A diverse and inclusive workplace where our differences are celebrated, and our contributions are valued. It’s a huge part of what makes NAB such a special place to be.

**More focus on you**

We’re committed to delivering a positive experience for our colleagues and a workplace you can be proud of. We support our colleagues to balance their careers and personal life through flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working and job sharing and competitive financial and lifestyle benefits. We invest in our colleagues through world class development programs (Distinctive Leadership and Career Qualified in Banking), and empower you to learn, grow and pursue exciting career opportunities.

**Join NAB**

If you think this role is the right fit for you, we invite you to apply. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let the recruitment consultant know.

**Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.