Group Indirect Tax Manager

Job Summary

Our Strategy & Finance team

In Strategy & Finance, we set our company's shared strategic vision and facilitate long-term strategic planning and resource allocation. Our team also provide commercial advice and strategic insight; deliver external reporting; and enable the business to effectively manage key strategic, operational, and financial risks.
 

The teams across Strategy & Finance provide a wide range of services that guide and empower our business - from risk, to treasury, investor relations, taxation, corporate accounting, internal audit and more. We help ensure Telstra sets the right strategy and is delivering for our customers, our people and our shareholders.

The role with us

As the Group Indirect Tax Manager reporting directly to the Head of Tax, you will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the indirect tax strategy and management of tax risks across Telstra’s global business.

Reporting directly to the Head of Tax, you are a driven, team-oriented and hands-on Group Indirect Tax Manager, responsible for the following:

• Be responsible for Telstra’s indirect tax strategy globally, in Australia and the more than 30 countries in which Telstra operates, with a primary focus on Australian GST and offshore VAT/GST regimes
• Research and advise the business on technical indirect tax matters, including providing guidance on the tax implications of transactions, restructures and proactive identification of law changes and their impacts on Telstra and its customers
• Advise on GST related accounting and invoicing processes and systems. This will require gaining an understanding of existing processes and systems and to work ‘hands on’ with those that will implement them to establish practical solutions that address business needs
• Have governance oversight of Telstra’s global indirect tax compliance and reporting obligations, with a view to ensuring finance operations team indirect tax compliance deliverables are both accurate and compliant with all relevant laws, as well as considering process improvements and optimising use of technology and systems capability
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in our experienced global Tax Team to ensure all indirect tax risks and opportunities are identified and managed appropriately
• Be responsible for management of all indirect tax regulator relationships, assurance reviews, audits and disputes globally
• Liaise with external auditors and tax advisors as required
• Actively ensure the Telstra tax risk governance framework is adhered to in respect of all indirect tax matters

About you

To be successful in the role you will:

• Hold a degree in commerce or law and may be CA/CPA qualified
• Demonstrated experience in a Big 4 or second tier accounting firm, law firm or industry environment 
• Have strong advisory and compliance experience in Australian GST, with VAT exposure being viewed favourably
• Have a continuous improvement and change mindset in respect of both the use of new technology and opportunities to uplift processes
• Have a good understanding of ERP systems and GST controls
• Be experienced in managing regulators
• Have strong communication and stakeholder management skills

We fully embrace flexibility and choice at Telstra, and it is as unique as you. We believe every role can flex in some way and encourage you to work where, when, and how you are most engaged, safe, and productive. Talk to us about how this role could be flexible for you!

If this opportunity sounds like a perfect fit for you, we encourage you to apply!

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce in all its forms. We encourage applicants from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and applicants who may be living with a disability.

To learn more about how we support our people, including accessibility adjustments we can provide you through the recruitment process, visit tel.st/thrive.

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