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• Full time | Max term 15 month contract
• Location: Alexandria Sydney with working from home flexibility

About Ampol

We are proud of our heritage. We have been powering better journeys for all Australians for over 100 years. As Australia’s very own fuel brand we are committed to making those journeys easier by meeting Australia’s needs at every step with the care and service we all deserve. And, as we grow, we continue to evolve, to ensure we have low carbon solutions that will meet the needs of our customers well into the future.

We are proud to be an endorsed employer of choice for women by WORK180. To understand more about how Ampol’s policies, benefits and how we support our people, check out some key female leader career stories on the Work180 website. 

About the role

Joining the Group Tax team, you will lead Ampol’s income tax reporting and compliance function, with a focus on management of the end-to-end income tax process. Reporting to the Head of Tax, the role will work heavily with the team’s Tax Advisors and Tax Analysts.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing the Tax Effect Accounting processes for the Ampol Group (noting, the December year end process occurs over January and February). This will include review of tax calculations prepared by others (including foreign jurisdictions), analysis of movements in ETRs, liaison with the Controllership team and managing the review by Ampol’s external auditors.
• Preparation of tax notes for financial reports and input into Audit Committee papers.
• Managing the annual Tax Return preparation and review process for the Australian TCG and stand-alone entities.
• Managing PAYG instalment calculations and periodic tax payment forecasting.
• Managing the preparation and review process of the annual FBT returns.
• Managing relationships with the Australian Taxation Office and assisting with any reviews.
• From time to time, provision of tax advice to business.

About you

The successful candidate will have great technical, analytical and communication skills to utilise when undertaking tax reporting and compliance activities and providing tax advice which demonstrates an understanding of the business’s commercial strategic objectives. Recent hands-on tax reporting experience for a corporate group is critical to the role. Prior experience with tax technology tools would be highly regarded. We are looking for someone who can work independently and as a team, and who is pro-active in driving process improvements where they see opportunities to do so.

Key skills and experience

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Law
• Masters of Tax or Law or other postgraduate qualifications preferable (CPA/CA)(highly desirable)
• Extensive experience in a tax role ideally within a large corporate
• Experience in supervising tax professionals and ability to manage a team of tax specialists
• Broad experience within income tax matters

Our benefits

• We are flexible. Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value.
• We value recognition. We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values.
• Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.
• Leave Options – We offer wellbeing leave and leave purchasing.
• Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol.

Applications close on Monday 18 September 2023.