International Tax Adviser

**SYDNEY - MACQUARIE PARK**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

We are seeking an International Tax Adviser to join our team based in Sydney.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, International Tax, you will assist with Australian tax compliance for the Australian firm and group entities including reviewing the monthly BAS and preparation of:

- Taxable income calculations and income tax returns
- Country-by-Country local file documents
- FBT returns and quarterly FBT payments
- Queensland partnership acquisition stamp duty submissions to the QRO
- Estimated allocation of profits in relation to partners’ Everett assignments

You will also be responsible for:

- Assisting key internal stakeholders with queries in relation to a range of taxes including GST, FBT, employment taxes, global mobility taxes, and ABN and client withholding taxes
- Helping to develop and maintain policies to ensure compliance with relevant tax legislation
- Working on ad hoc projects as required, eg assistance with the ATO Top 500 review, advising on the tax aspects and costings of international secondments (inbound and outbound)
- Responsibility for managing and delegating work to the Partner Finance Adviser (Tax Assistant), as required, and as agreed with the Senior Manager, International Tax

**SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- An undergraduate degree in accounting, ideally with further qualifications, ie CA; CPA; member of TIA; Masters degree in Tax
- Proficient Excel skills
- Experience across a range of taxes would be an advantage
- Professional partnership experience would be advantageous
- Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
- Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Excellent service orientation skills
- Commercial acumen

**GROUP / TEAM**

Business Finance

**GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION**

The Business finance team works closely with management, practices, partners and business services teams to assist in driving its strategy, profitability, cash flow and growth.

The team ensures an adequate financial control framework is maintained to safeguard the integrity of the firm's finances and plays a key role in mitigating financial and business risks. The team provides robust financial information internally and externally to enable decision making, effective operations and to help the firm meet its clients' needs and statutory requirements.

As a member of the Business finance team, whether you are in core finance, taxation, treasury or projects, you’ll play a critical role in the firm's success.

**What we offer**
- At Herbert Smith Freehills we value flexibility. For most roles, we work an average of 60% of the time in the office, taking into consideration individual, team, client and learning needs.
- To continue to support our people working remotely, we have extended our home office allowance, which allows for home office furniture as well as IT equipment.
- We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.
- At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
- People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.
- This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you._

**ROLE TYPE**

Business Services

**CONTRACT TYPE**

Permanent

**WORKING PATTERN**

Full Time

**DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, o