Role Overview
Posted on:
October 27, 2025
We’re hiring a Specialist Accountant (Complex Groups & International Tax) with 8+ years’ Australian experience across multi-entity consolidations, technical reporting and advanced tax concepts covering tax controversy, cross-border/treaty matters and the application of complex Australian tax law.
You’ll work with the head tax specialist of a leading Sydney tax practice to provide processing support and advice on group restructures, reviews/audits and board-level reporting while adhering to corporate governance and tax law frameworks.
Role Highlights
- Complex, multi-entity management & statutory processing.
- Work with CFOs/Partners; mentor juniors and uplift practice processes.
- Standard shift: 8:00am–5:00pm, Monday–Friday, full-time on-site at our Mohali office
Candidate Skill and Industry Experience
Core skills:
Group Reporting & Consolidation: Multi-entity consolidations, eliminations, NCI, FX translation, components audits, technical papers (revenue, leases, impairments, provisions).Complex Entity Landscape: Companies, unit/custodian trusts, partnerships, JVs/SPVs, intercompany funding, upstream/downstream capital flows.Tax Controversy: Manage ATO risk reviews/audits, prepare position papers, evidence packs, objections, private ruling requests, and settlement deeds; coordinate legal counsel where needed.International Tax & TP: Treaty interpretation (residency, PE tests, tie-breakers), withholding tax (interest/dividends/royalties/services), transfer pricing (method selection, comparables etc).Complex AU Tax Law Application: Div 7A, thin capitalisation, hybrid mismatch rules GST cross-border and grouping, payroll tax/FBT oversight.Management Insight: Board packs, KPI dashboards, cashflow/3-way forecasts, scenario/sensitivity modelling.Stakeholder & Leadership: CFO/Partner-level communication; review notes and coaching for intermediates/juniors.
Relevant experience:
8+ years in Australian public practice (Top/Mid-Tier tax or audit) and/or complex commercial groups.Front-line involvement in complex trust, international entity and parent/subsidiary entity relationships.Exposure to restructures, cross-border supply chains and business sale calculations.Role Responsibilities
Own group consolidations: Support director with internal management reports, dashboards, templates and advisory notes.Monthly close & integrity: journals, reconciliations, inter-company matrices, funding/interest, provisions, leases; drive issue logs to resolution.Board-level reporting: Deliver P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and variance/KPI commentary and translate technical outcomes into clear decisions.Complex tax law application: Assessment and calcualtion of Div 7A strategies, GST cross-border treatments, transfer pricing agreement and calculations, mergers and acquisitions and much more.Forecasting & scenarios: build 3-way models, covenant headroom, and capital structure options; evaluate restructuring alternatives and tax outcomes.Process improvement: standardise templates, automate reconciliations/reporting, embed APES 320/220-aligned QC and review notes.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will have minimum 5 years direct, verifiable Australian public practice experience with exposure and workflow preparation of varied tasks in multi-entity structures. You will have experience in completing larger business sales transactions, capital gains tax calculations and assessment of complex GST requirements.
You will also have experience in researching and applying tax law and ATO rules to resolve complex queries.
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