
Tax Accountant
- Sydney, NSW
- $120,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Prepare and lodge tax returns, calculations, and journals across a variety of taxes (income tax, GST, FBT, payroll tax, CbC reporting, stamp duty, levies, and more).
- Complete monthly tax calculations, reconciliations, and journals.
- Research complex tax issues and prepare clear supporting memoranda.
- Maintain high-quality workpapers and reconciliations that ensure accuracy and transparency.
- Identify opportunities to automate and improve tax processes, driving efficiency.
- Partner with finance and business teams to strengthen tax risk management and embed effective controls.
- Support internal/external audits and tax authority reviews.
- Stay across legislative changes, assessing their impact on the business.
- Contribute to wider finance and business projects as needed.
- Impact & variety: Work across a diverse set of tax obligations with exposure to complex and interesting areas of tax.
- Career growth: Be part of a supportive finance team that encourages learning, innovation, and professional development.
- Collaboration: Partner closely with finance and business stakeholders, making a real impact on risk management and process uplift.
- Future focus: Opportunity to be involved in automation, transformation, and building better ways of working.
- Flexibility: Work from home as much as you need!
- 3+ years’ tax experience, ideally gained in a Chartered setting.
- CA/CPA qualification (or working towards).
- Strong technical tax knowledge, with indirect tax experience a plus.
- Experience within insurance or financial services (desirable, not essential).
- Ability to navigate systems, data, and processes confidently.
- A track record of process improvement or automation is highly valued.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in a large, multi-entity organisation is desirable.
- A proactive, self-starter mindset with curiosity and drive.
Our client is one of the top general insurers across Australia and New Zealand, this organisation underwrites a wide portfolio of products including motor, home, contents, business, bicycle, and pet insurance.How to apply
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Jack Billingham at jbillingham@sharpandcarter.com.au, quoting Ref No JBL83913.