Tax Manager
- Sydney, NSW
- Permanent
- Full-time
Together with your colleagues, clients and partners, you'll make an impact that is felt by all. See where your commitment could take you.Who are we looking for?We are seeking an experienced Tax Manager - Advisory to support and lead the tax aspects of International Projects at GHD. This role involves collaborating with project teams and finance business partners to ensure that tax risks are identified and effectively communicated both during the project tender phase and throughout the project execution phase.You will provide tax support for enterprise and business projects, such as entity rationalisation, capital management structuring, and GHD's entry into new markets.This role also involves managing GHD's global effective tax rate by coordinating with tax teams across regions and the financial reporting team to clarify tax rate variances.Working with an energetic and high performing team, you will:
- Assist in identifying business needs and providing commercial tax advice:
- Support international projects with tax support and advice, including interpretation of income tax treaties, and analysis of GST/VAT, Withholding Taxes, Permanent Establishments, and employee taxes.
- Provide tax advice on investment strategies, tax due diligence, and planning for new countries and business lines.
- Coordinate with external advisors to confirm technical tax positions.
- Assist in tax aspects of GHD group entity rationalisation and structuring effective capital management of the business
- Help monitor and manage the GHD Group's tax rate, coordinate global tax provisions, liaise with regional teams on local tax provisions, and provide tax input for Audit Committee papers.
- Provide training to tax and finance team members.
- Identify automation and process improvement opportunities and collaborate with stakeholders to implement.
- Assist with taxable income calculations and TEA journal reconciliations.
- Assist with GST and FBT compliance obligations.
- Professional tax qualifications - CA/CPA equivalent
- Minimum 10 years' relevant experience gained in either Big 4, mid-tier firms and/or large multinational corporate tax environment
- Strong understanding of international tax issues, tax consolidation, tax governance and risk management, indirect tax, and withholding taxes
- Proven ability to work independently whilst demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to provide specialist consulting and advisory services to diverse stakeholder groups whilst anticipating and supporting business needs
- Strong communication skills with all levels in an organisation, in particular, the ability to communicate complex tax concepts in simple and commercially useful terms
At GHD, we don't just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.That's why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.See where your commitment could take you.
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GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It's what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity's most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.