Corporate Tax Manager

• Join a team of experts, and be a part of our collaborative culture 
• We value flexibility, and give our people choices to balance work-life commitments 
• Our modern offices are centrally located, with an onsite gym 

 Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empowered to create better products and services.  

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise.  

Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections and exclusive learning opportunities. Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. 

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally-enabled leading insurer. 

This role reports to the Head of Tax and is part of the Financial Control Group headed by the General Manager, Financial Control. Key stakeholders include the Head of Tax, GM Financial Control, management across TAL, various Business Units, and our Tax Advisors. You will also work closely with the other members of the Tax team, the accounting team, financial systems team, and other key working relationships include our Product, Technology, and Project teams. 

As the Corporate Tax Manager, you will ensure TAL meets all its tax compliance obligations and has robust systems, processes, and controls in place. You will act as an adviser and partner to Business Units, providing accurate and complete tax advice on a range of topics in support of commercial decisions. Your contributions will help us remain financially secure, enabling the company to keep its promises to customers and support major projects including acquisitions, divestments, investment management decisions, product development, and new distribution channels and partnerships.

In this role you will:     

• Manage TAL’s corporate taxes, ensuring compliance with all income and indirect tax laws.

• Advise on income tax, withholding tax, international tax matters, and the implications of new tax laws. 

• Manage tax risk across the Group and foster strong internal relationships regarding tax. 

• Support other tax functions and assist Senior Tax Analysts in preparing compliance deliverables. 

This role is critical as it enhances our financial security by ensuring robust tax compliance and providing strategic tax advice

• Knowledge and practical experience in applying Australia’s Corporate & Indirect Tax laws for a financial services business. 

• Understanding of ATO requirements and expectations. 

• Strong desire to work with management on commercial issues and provide compliant solutions. 

• Experience in providing clear, confident, supported tax advice to stakeholders. 

• Skill in translating tax law requirements into practical systems and processes. 

• Ability and desire to learn new areas of tax law, commercial arrangements, and process development. 

• Qualifications in Tax or Tax law 

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  

• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  

• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.    

We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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