Senior Tax Advisor

• Develop awareness for a variety of Tax matters across REA Group
• Exciting opportunity to leverage and grow your current tax knowledge
• Permanent role based in Melbourne 

We're REA 
  
With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group  is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home. 
 
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we're proud to have been named in Australia's "Top 5" Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.  

Where the team fits in 

REA Group is a Top 100 taxpayer under the ATO's Justified Trust framework.  The Senior Tax Adviser will be a key member of the REA tax team, with opportunities to leverage and grow their current tax knowledge.

The Senior Tax Adviser will work alongside the core finance team with a focus on delivering tax advice to the REA Australian and international businesses including tax advisory, tax compliance, and reporting. The role will also encompass formulating, evaluating and implementing processes for compliance within REA's tax governance framework and policies.

What the role is all about 

• Develop awareness of tax technical, tax advisory and tax compliance matters across REA Group's business and corporate structure

• Assist our income tax compliance and reporting manager to ensure REA's tax compliance, tax reporting (actuals and budget/forecast) including tax-effect accounting requirements are met to high standards, both on a stand-alone company and consolidated group level

• Act as a key team member to support our Top 100 ATO income tax and GST reviews, gaining a rapid and deep knowledge of the history of REA's business, and tax positions

• Identify and implement tax strategies and initiatives across REA's business in Australia, and internationally

• Provide tax technical and advisory support on M&A, disposals, and restructuring

• Addressing transfer pricing, country by country reporting, and other cross-border tax issues, and supporting and documenting our positions

• Assist our indirect and specialist tax leader with non-income taxes including GST, FBT and other taxes as required (both Australian and international)

• Support the collation of R&D incentive documentation and assist with project management

• Build working relationships with our external advisory firms (tax, audit/accounting, legal) assisting the team to ensure alignment with REA's tax risk appetite

• Assist engagement with employment taxes, including cross-border movements, and risk reviews with People & Culture

• Drive excellence in tax governance processes and controls - ensure ongoing compliance with tax protocols through establishment of key governance metrics

• Prepare board packs and other tax reporting to leadership;

• Initiating tax dashboards, and focussing on tools to improve use of available technology, including Alteryx

Who we're looking for 

• Minimum 4 years tax experience gained in a professional accounting firm (Chartered - Big 4 or second tier) and/or large corporate

• Competency in tax technical and compliance matters

• Experience in advising on M&A transactions is highly regarded

• Experience in developing tax governance procedures for multinational, listed corporate groups is highly regarded

• Specialist knowledge in large corporate tax matters, including cross-border and international tax issues

• Tax compliance experience, including preparing and reviewing company tax returns for large corporate groups

• Proficiency in tax-effect accounting and working knowledge of Accounting Standards

• Flexibility in managing multiple deadlines, and tight timeframes

• Experience using business uses of GenAI, and tax technology

• Strong communication skills, and presentation experience

The REA experience 

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow.  

Some of our Perks & Benefits include:  

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working 

• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave 

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers 

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity 

• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life   

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion   

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. 

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