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 support and empower all our people to make a positive impact when working hand in hand with our business to drive change. We’ll help you accelerate your career and empower you with the right technology and training as you bring ideas and projects to life. 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’re looking for an experienced and motivated Indirect Tax Advisor (Finance – Taxation) to join our Enterprise Tax Team in Australia. This is an exciting opportunity to support the Tax Leader – Advisory in meeting the Group’s indirect tax obligations, providing commercial tax advice, and supporting broader taxation needs across GHD.
You will work closely with Finance teams across APAC, Treasury, and Tax colleagues to support indirect tax compliance requirements. You will also contribute indirect tax input into projects by partnering with finance business partners and project teams to identify tax risks and communicate outcomes. This role also manages the Group’s business activity statement and fringe benefits tax processes, ensuring timely lodgement and identifying opportunities for process improvement.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, you will:
- Prepare and lodge the Australian business activity statements and coordinate payments with Accounts Payable and Treasury.
- Prepare and lodge the monthly PNG GST return.
- Prepare the annual GAT reconciliation for the Group’s BAS.
- Prepare monthly FBT reconciliations for annual FBT reporting.
- Prepare and post GST- and FBT related accounting journals.
- Prepare payroll tax analysis for contractors.
- Complete annual taxable payments reporting reconciliations and disclosures.
- Support external auditor requests relating to indirect taxes.
- Review processes to ensure information is robust, accurate, and compliant, and maintain internal tax compliance procedure manuals.
- Support business partnering to provide commercial tax advice, particularly for GST, FBT and payroll tax.
What you will bring to the team:
- CA/CPA (or equivalent) professional tax qualifications.
- Minimum 5 years' indirect tax experience, ideally gained in Big 4/midtier firms and/or large multinational environments.
- Strong tax technical capability and understanding of tax effect accounting.
- Ability to work independently while demonstrating strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to deliver specialist consulting and advisory support to a range of stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex tax concepts into clear and commercially relevant advice.
- Experience using accounting ERP systems such as BST10, SAP or Oracle, and advanced Excel skills.
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with finance, tax and commercial teams.
Interested? Apply now
Contact: [email protected]
GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.
GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on wellbeing, flexibility and productivity where our people can thrive. This supports the diverse needs of our workforce while balancing the benefits of remote working with the value of facetoface collaboration in the office.
We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.
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