Global Tax Lead

How you can help make a better world of work

You are the clear owner of all tax (direct and indirect) and compliance processes (end-to-end) and are delivering related financial information that is required by the business, external parties and the Finance Team, with goals, priorities and development plans clearly communicated. You will identify improvements to optimize processes and build a growth strategy to match the evolving needs of the team and business, while also determining resourcing needs to support the stream’s evolution.

You’ll collaborate closely across the team to ensure that the team understands your requirements from them, that they have visibility of your work streams and priorities and you use your knowledge to amplify others’ skills. In time, you’ll build your own team to support the business globally. 

This position can be done remotely from PST or MST locations 

You will 

• Provide complete, reliable and accurate information and analysis that supports decision making and is underpinned by robust processes that are understood within the team
• Develop and implement a growth strategy for global tax and compliance to match the evolving needs of a high growth business
• Drive strategic thinking and provide research-supported advice to business transactions
• Protecting CAmp assets through robust and considered tax, compliance and risk management
• Manage global tax and compliance obligations, including monthly, quarterly and annual lodgements, to ensure that all obligations are met accurately and in a timely basis
• Contribute to Finance Team culture. Close collaboration with peers, sharing knowledge and focus on team finance goals as well as individual goals

How you can help make a better world of work

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Director, Financial Operations to lead and manage the global accounts receivable, accounts payable, treasury and payroll functions within our organisation. This finance leadership role will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end financial processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of all payroll, billing, and payment operations. The Director will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, drive process improvements, and implement best practices to optimise financial operations at a global scale in a fast growth company that truly embraces putting culture at the forefront of everything we do.

 

As part of this team of amazing humans, 

 

You will 

• Strategy
• Design and implement robust global tax strategies and key performance indicators that align with organisational goals and financial objectives.
• Drive process improvements, implement automation, and develop training programs to enhance team capabilities, deliver value-add insights, mitigate risk and support an agile culture in a constantly pivoting environment.
• Act as a key tax advisor to senior leadership, providing strategic insights and recommendations.
• Technical
• Timely completion and lodgement of monthly, quarterly and annual returns (indirect and direct) for each entity through managing external tax partners to a timetable that meets filing deadlines and proactively monitors regulation changes, coupled all with clear, regular internal communication throughout the process.
• Evaluating tax law changes and business initiatives to provide requirements to build new solutions or improve current processes.
• Working with external advisors where necessary, provide business advice concerning the tax implications on specific transactions (i.e.  mergers & acquisitions, capital activities, new jurisdictions).
• Reporting
• Close collaboration and contribution with the entire Finance team to close month end, ensuring reflection of accurate tax accruals and cash timing.
• Drive regular reporting to Risk Management Committee, proactively communicating tax strategy and early-identification of company tax risks.
• Team Leadership and collaboration
• Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team and “operating rhythm”, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and excellence.
• Proactive contribution to Finance Team culture. Close collaboration with peers, sharing knowledge and focus on team finance goals as well as individual goals. 
• Delivering effective stakeholder management within the Finance Team and all touch points in the business - timelines and deliverables clearly communicated and any expected deviations managed and progress/status clearly communicated.

 

You have 

• 8 years+ of working in finance roles with focus on tax and related skills
• Qualifications in Accounting or Taxation with an understanding of practically applying accounting standards to operational situations
• Familiarity with direct and indirect tax regimes in AU, UK and US and track record in effectively managing 3rd parties to deliver tax services (must have US and UK, nice to have AU)
• Experience contributing to the development of a risk model (nice to have)
• Active participation in month end close processes

 

• Ability to facilitate and drive innovative thinking to develop considered implementation project plans
• Detailed and current knowledge of accounting standards and ability to apply them to our business scenarios 
• Understanding of global tax compliance requirements 
• Ability to effectively manage 3rd party advisors to ensure cost effective solutions to work streams and problems 
• Ability to build, communicate and evolve effective controls that ensure reliability of financial information and protect assets
• An understanding of clear report and presentation design that communicates information in a way that drives interaction and informs decisions
• Ability to research, communicate and implement complex tax matters 

 

• Ability to paint a picture and get people on a journey they may resist
• Excellent communication skills - able to communicate complex situations and solutions clearly and concisely (verbally and in writing)
• Fastidious attention to detail with ability to quickly spot numbers that look out of place + validates accuracy and completeness through automated cross checks and reconciliations
• Complex problem-solving skills; innovative with ability to create solutions or analysis that is tailored for the situation faced and evolves with our environment
• Effective and proactive stakeholder engagement with business partner approach that results in the business seeing finance as a customer focused team that helps them achieve their goals
• Leadership that motivates, engages and develops team members
• Capable of juggling multiple priorities in a dynamic, rapidly growing and fluid organisation
• Highly organised and skilled at creating structure in situations that are uncertain or ambiguous for a rapidly growing business
• Collaborative working style that enables delivery of own and Finance Team goals 
• Ability to look ahead and identify problems and issues before they arise 
• Can do attitude that instinctively sees/develops solutions and seeks appropriate input