Director, Indirect Tax

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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Manager or Director with significant GST expertise to join our Indirect Tax team in Perth, working directly under the guidance of a new partner. In this role, you will collaborate within a multidisciplinary group of tax professionals who possess outstanding technical and industry knowledge. This position offers a unique opportunity to help shape and grow the Indirect Tax practice from the ground up, advance your career in GST/indirect taxes, and develop a diverse set of skills while delivering solutions to clients.

Candidates with experience in fuel tax and/or state taxes will also have the opportunity to further develop this area of specialisation as part of the expanding team.

Key responsibilities will include:

Provide consulting, governance and compliance services across a range of GST matters

Act as a primary point of contact for key clients - maintaining and developing relationships with existing clients and being able to identify opportunities to add value

Managing client relationships an deliverables,

Liaison with Tax Authorities, including with respect to GST combined and streamlined assurance reviews

Working collaboratively with the tax team and providing thought leadership and identifying client needs across the BDO business

Developing new client relationships and identifying opportunities to acquire new work

Assist with training and development of the indirect tax team and other adjacent tax teams,

Contributing to business development initiatives to assist in driving the growth of BDO’s indirect tax practice in Western Australia and beyond

About You

6+ years’ experience in GST

Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Business or Law

Demonstrated experience working in a Professional Services, Legal firm or the ATO

Excellent client advisory and communication skills

Demonstrated experience working collaboratively as part of a team

Ability to lead and mentor junior staff

Australian/NZ Citizenship, Australian/NZ Permanent Residency, or fulltime working rights

Demonstrated experience of working on GST governance and tax technology implementation engagements would be highly valued

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