Head Legal - Corporate Commercial Gco Oceania jobs at Ey in Australia, Sydney

Corporate Tax Manager - Private Clients

As our you will work with an established and exciting client base, across a variety of industries to help shape and enhance their business strategies. You will also enjoy being part of a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment, where you’ll have the freedom to innovate and shape your career through our comprehensive development programs.

Your key responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of diverse growth clients including privately owned corporate groups, privately owned business, high net wealth families, trusts, and other privately owned entities.
• Oversee tax compliance, financial statements, planning, and assisting on advisory services for extensive client groups featuring diverse entity types such as trusts, companies, partnerships, and individuals.
• Working directly with Partners and senior Tax specialists in delivering advice to privately owned corporate groups, high-net-worth individuals, family businesses, and their owners on intricate tax matters, including restructures, domestic transactions, capital gains tax, Division 7A, and specific trust issues.

Skills and attributes for success

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Accounting or Tax
• CA or equivalent qualification
• Minimum 5+ years experience providing Australian tax compliance or business advisory services to corporate entities, high-wealth high-net worth individuals and private family group, preferably gained with a mid-tier or Big-4 firm in Australia.
• You genuinely value helping your clients and team.

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• With a passion for tax, you value career long learning and innovation.
• Experience managing a portfolio of clients.
• Excellent client facing skills with the confidence to lead client meetings and build a network.
• You are committed to sharing your experience to develop junior team members.
• High level communication and engagement skills, the ability to coordinate and manage multiple tasks and work effectively in a dynamic team.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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Your key responsibilities

• Collaborate with the leadership team to coordinate and manage the provision of taxation services for an allocated book of corporate clients, overseeing day-to-day operations, corporate income tax compliance, and the preparation and review of income tax returns and tax accounting calculations.
• Deliver a full spectrum of corporate taxation advisory services tailored to client needs, while supporting senior team members in complex tax engagements, including ATO risk reviews, audits, and ruling application processes, with the backing of Australia’s top tax technicians.
• Be a key point of contact for our clients, requiring you to collaborate with our specialist teams in bringing expertise to our corporate clients including in the areas of international tax and transfer pricing, tax controversy and transactions
• Supervise and mentor the team, including senior consultants, consultants, and graduates, by acting as a 'Counsellor' for junior members, fostering their career development, and contributing to a positive team culture that promotes high performance, collaboration, and celebrates successes.

Skills and attributes for success

Essential skills to succeed in this role are

• Possess detailed knowledge and experience with the Australian taxation system, acquired through work in a professional services firm or a comparable industry role, along with expertise in corporate income tax compliance calculations, processes, and ATO lodgement obligations.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and confidence in leading direct engagements with clients on substantive tax matters and coordinating various engagements, ensuring clarity and effectiveness in all interactions.
• Hold a CA qualification or equivalent, or have completed other postgraduate studies (e.g., Tax Masters), with technical knowledge of IFRS and Tax Accounting considered an advantage, though not essential.

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• Willingness and ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic team environment.
• Attention to detail and task oriented.

Here’s how we use AI to shape your future in Tax with confidence:

• Accelerate complex reviews : AI compares tax reports, due diligence files and checklists in minutes, saving hours of manual work.
• Enhance quality and compliance : Automated checks ensure deliverables meet EY’s rigorous standards for risk and quality.
• Streamline tax calculations : Copilot extracts and reconciles financial data to support accurate, audit-ready tax filings.
• Simplify client communications : Drafts emails, summaries and templates based on real-time document and inbox analysis.
• Unlock strategic insights : Supports market analysis and opportunity spotting to help you stay ahead of client needs.
• Boost personal productivity : From learning new tax topics to preparing for meetings, AI helps you work smarter every day.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn .

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package : From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

The salary for this role is AUDXXX inclusive of superannuation.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

© 2025 Ernst & Young Australia. A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited. All Rights Reserved. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.

Head of Legal - Corporate and Commercial - General Counsel Office(GCO) Oceania

The Head of Legal, Corporate & Commercial leads a high-performing legal team, fosters a culture of excellence and integrity, and drives continuous improvement in legal service delivery. The role requires exceptional legal expertise, commercial acumen, and the ability to influence and collaborate across a complex, global environment.

ities

• Leading the GCO Corporate & Commercial legal function, setting strategy and priorities aligned with GCO strategic objectives.
• Providing expert legal advice and support on commercial contracts, technology contracts, government tenders, procurement, transactions, privacy and corporate governance matters
• Brings a stabilising influence to the leadership of a high-performing legal team, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and professional growth.
• Driving innovation in legal processes, including the adoption of legal technology and process improvements.
• Ensuring effective knowledge management and legal training within the team and across the business.

Skills and attributes for success

• 15+ years’ post qualification experience in senior legal roles, ideally within professional services or large, complex organisations.
• A current Australian unrestricted practising certificate
• Deep expertise in commercial law, contract negotiation, corporate governance, and stakeholder engagement.
• Proven ability to negotiate complex commercial and government contracts, balancing legal risk and strategic business outcomes, with the ability to accept responsibility for difficult decisions

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• Oversight experience of corporate acquisitions, which may include legal due diligence, deal structuring, and execution is desirable.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance frameworks and experience supervising company secretarial functions is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage complexity, anticipate legal challenges, and develop innovative solutions.
• Ability to work fluently beyond their own area of practice
• Strong business and commercial acumen, with the ability to balance legal rigour and commercial outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to coach and develop high-performing legal teams.
• High-quality and influential verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment, managing multiple priorities effectively.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to bring structure and clarity to complex legal matters.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn .

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

© 2025 Ernst & Young Australia. A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited. All Rights Reserved. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.

Cybersecurity Managed Services - Solutions Architect (Oceania)

In a rapidly changing IT environment, clients from all industries look to us for trusted solutions for their increasingly complex risks and vulnerabilities. As a part of our Cyber Security team, you’ll be right at the heart of that goal, helping clients gain insight and context to their complex environments and assessing, improving, and building infrastructure, processes and policies to meet the client’s needs. You’ll get to use your technical and business skills to help us drive this mission and have an impact on cybersecurity at a global level.

This is position is based in Warrang – Sydney.

Your key responsibilities

• Act as a Technical Presales to support opportunities around Cyber managed services solutions while working closely with other solutions leaders, product leads, alliance managers, managed services team members, delivery teams and Client executives for designated accounts/markets in support of key sales and account plans to achieve and exceed defined targets.
• Be responsible for designing complex, multi-year, transformational managed services solutions that integrate People, process, technology and facility/location components into an effective and efficient solution, while considering data sovereignty and regulatory mandates.
• Prepare proposals/presentations/statements of work (SOWs), effort and pricing estimates and respond to RFIs/RFPs by articulating EY’s CMS value proposition against the customer defined requirements and propose winning solutions across Threat Detection & Response, Threat Exposure Management, Data Privacy and Protection, Digital Identity, Supply Chain Cyber Risk, Security Architecture as a Service
• Work closely with Contract management and legal teams to ensure the proposed solution has the highest level of assurance along with well-defined service level management approach to effectively manage risk of engagements.
• Act as a trusted advisor by engaging clients and EY client executives throughout the pre & post sales lifecycle – starting from providing solution briefings to capture Client technical & business requirements, propose technical solution, select suitable technology stacks, scope resources, effort estimation and other associated costs for the expected outcome - to deliver a successful business value proposition by achieving high level of customer satisfaction.
• Proactively participate in developing market-driven competitive service offerings around Cyber managed services and assist with developing content while working with regional teams including product management, sales, brand and communications, in-country cyber practice delivery teams and sector leaders.
• Support and proactively engage with clients and industry on providing latest cyber trends, changes in the threat landscape and EY Cyber Managed services offering in internal/external events and publish thought leadership.
• Ensure both personal and professional skills are kept up to date for successful execution of role.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong technical expertise in cybersecurity concepts, tools, and frameworks, with the ability to design and articulate complex managed services solutions.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling you to assess client environments, identify risks, and develop innovative, practical solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to build relationships and trust efficiently.
• Strong team player with the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to lead proposals, shape growth strategies, and manage complex delivery.
• Passion for mentoring and developing consulting team talent.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn.

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package : From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally

Acknowledgement of Country

EY acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which EY offices are located around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures, and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. Find out more about our vision for reconciliation at

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

© 2025 Ernst & Young Australia. A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited. All Rights Reserved. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

© 2025 Ernst & Young Australia. A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited. All Rights Reserved. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional StandardsLegislation.

Your key responsibilities

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex change concepts. Lead client engagement teams and work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services. Develop and successfully manage to project budget.
• Deliver quality services. Value and model excellent client service by establishing goals and implementation plans to achieve a high quality deliverables and within expected timeframes. Monitor progress, manage risk and confirm key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management. Focus on deliverables and client business priorities. Manage expectations of service. Understand the client's industry and recognize key performance drivers and business trends.
• Develop people. Provide constructive on-the-job feedback/training. Foster an innovative and team-oriented work environment.
• Demonstrate high levels of technical and professional knowledge and quickly assimilate new knowledge. Keep up-to-date with current developments and trends in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.
• Generate new business opportunities. Understand Ernst & Young and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients. Develop long-term client relationships and networks. Develop relationships with other Ernst & Young team members across all practices to serve client needs.
• Flexibility and ability to travel; willingness to travel on short notice to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 30%

Skills and attributes for success

• Project management experience
• Work collaboratively in a team environment (knows when to lead and when to follow)
• Experience managing staff on multiple projects and providing direction to team members
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills , including proficiency in excel, powerpoint, etc…
• High level of motivation and a self starting attitude
• Ability to think outside of the box, thrive on new challenges
• Strong work ethic

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree and approximately 5-8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4-6 years of related work experience
• A degree and/or master's degree with an emphasis in business, human resources, psychology
• Approximately 4+ years of experience in providing advisory services in a number of the following change enablement areas: change management, stakeholder management, communications, organizational design, leadership development, training, governance, workforce strategies, human resources transformation, talent management and culture
• Experience in selling and delivering projects that cover the full life-cycle of assessment, design and implementation support
• Demonstrated record in driving revenue within existing clients and in developing new prospects at the "c" level of fortune 500 companies

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Effective organization and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

Legal Counsel – Litigation Practice Group

Through a diverse range of legal work and exposure to the complex legal issues affecting a top four professional services firm, you will develop a bespoke set of legal skills.

Your key responsibilities

• Managing and advising on a range of disputes and litigated matters.
• Managing contentious investigations and enquiries by Australian regulators.
• Briefing and instructing external solicitors, barristers and internal and external experts.
• Attending mediations and settlement conferences.
• Instructing and assisting in preparation for hearings.
• Liaising with and reporting to a wide variety of stakeholders including EY’s executive, global GCO colleagues and insurers.
• Responding to and advising on orders for document production.
• Support senior litigation lawyers and ensure continuity of their portfolio as and when needed

Skills and attributes for success

• Current Australian practising certificate.
• 5+ years post admission experience.
• Experience as an in-house lawyer, ideally with some top tier law private practice experience.
• The ability to provide strategic commercial advice to stakeholders across the business.
• Highly developed communication and negotiation skills.
• Pragmatic problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively.
• Ability to work autonomously and to escalate when required.

Ideally you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don't worry if you don't tick all the boxes. We're interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• Some experience in employment law work.
• A flexible, proactive approach, and an optimistic outlook.
• The drive to be able to manage a wide variety of work with a growth mindset and positive approach.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn .

• Career development : At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements : Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package : From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally
• Salary : We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

© 2025 Ernst & Young Australia. A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited. All Rights Reserved. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.