The key duties of the position include:
We are seeking Tax Specialists with experience in large commercial deals to join our Tax Avoidance Taskforce. If you’ve worked on large transactions involving asset sales, restructures, mergers and acquisitions, or complex financing, we’d love to hear from you. If you’re ready to take on meaningful, diverse and challenging work that makes a real difference to the lives of Australians – apply now!
As a Tax Specialist in our Tax Avoidance Taskforce, you’ll
- critique proposed lodgement positions associated with large ($30m+) commercial deals, identify problems and opportunities for improvement, actively engaging others in identifying, developing, and implementing solutions
- tackle complex tax issues, analyse factual matrices, apply the tax law and sound judgment to achieve principled and fair outcomes
- advocate for the merits of alternate positions and apply commercial insights in understanding and communicating a technical view
- manage, mentor and coach staff in the relevant area of tax specialisation
- influence solutions to complex technical, sensitive and controversial tax matters while operating in a large and complex environment with a range of diverse clients and stakeholders
People with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
This recruitment process is being used to fill both ongoing and non-ongoing positions. Non-ongoing positions may be offered for up to 18 months.
Non-ongoing vacancies have the potential to become ongoing. These non-ongoing positions may become ongoing within the next 18 months. Should a position become ongoing then the merit pool established through this selection process may be used to fill the vacancy.
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