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Corporate Tax Senior Consultant - Private Clients

As our Senior Consultant, 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

• Work with experienced Tax specialists to provide tax advice to privately owned corporate groups, high net wealth families, trusts, and other privately owned entities
• Assist with financial reporting and tax compliance services for our clients
• Advise clients on their key business issues using a wide range of technology in real time
• Contribute to strategic planning for, and the implementation of, family governance frameworks and structures, with particular focus on privately owned business

Skills and attributes for success

• With a passion for tax, you value career long learning and innovation
• Tax experience, ideally gained in a professional services environment in Australia
• Demonstrated ability to manage engagements, with strong influencing skills to pull the right levers to drive the best outcomes

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.

• The willingness to invest time to learn and develop, and to work in a dynamic team environment
• An ability to articulate complex technical information into succinct, well informed recommendations to your clients
• Ideally, you’ll also have commenced or completed CA, CPA or equivalent

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.

As part of Middleware (Java) team, you will lead the team to deliver the projects from the technical deliverable perspective for our customers across the globe; you are expected to provide technical expertise and mentor the staffs in the projects primarily based on Java/J2EE or any emerging technology; you will lead the client interactions, work on project proposals when there is a need and also take part in any technical decisions/discussions with the architects; help in solution architectures on Java technologies or any emerging technologies for the projects.

Your key responsibilities

• Need to work as a technical lead in the development projects using Java technologies
• Working closely with our clients to understand their business, functional, technical, and implementation requirements
• Planning and monitoring of the project deliverables from the team
• Provide key input in technology stack evaluation and assist the architect in terms of technology choices for the projects when needed
• Design and govern the reusable accelerators, apply design patterns and reusable technical components (e.g. error handling, logging etc.)
• Working with the relevant teams to ensure the timely delivery of the projects
• Preparing technical solution and architecture documents, artefacts, work products and presentations for the customer
• Contribute towards excellence in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Lead and mentor development teams
• Work closely with Project Managers, Senior Business Analysts, and development teams
• Take ownership of the solution delivery, and be responsible for translating functional requirements into a solution
• Task allocation and performance evaluation of team members
• Communicate with client teams and gather requirements, conduct regular team meetings and track project progress
• Interview candidates when needed and help in the recruitment process
• Provide an efficient working atmosphere to project teams and ensure objectives are met within stipulated time
• A background of working with development best practices.
• A willingness to be flexible in responding to issues as they occur and the ability to identify product/deployment improvements to mitigate future occurrences.
• Self-motivated, Strong communication and team building skills.
• Work iteratively in a team with continuous collaboration.

• Foster teamwork and lead by example
• Ability to travel in accordance with client and other job requirements
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;

• Experience in Java 8 and above / J2EE, Spring boot, JPA, Spring Cloud, Microservices, REST APIs
• Experience in Spring, Hibernate, SQL Server/Oracle, No SQL like - Mongo DB etc.,;
• Experience with messaging technologies (e.g. Kafka, MQ), Event processing technologies
• UI experience using AngularJS/Angular, HTML5, JQuery, JSON, JavaScript, Servlet, JSTL, AJAX and CSS will be an added advantage
• Knowledge on object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Working experience of designing & developing solutions in cloud environments preferably Azure
• Web Security: OAuth, SSO/SAML, LDAP- basics could be useful• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment
• Experience in projects managed in accordance with AGILE (SCRUM) methodology
• Knowledge on writing Unit test cases and carrying out Unit testing using Junit
• Version control software exposure Git, SVN, Clear case, PVCS
• Should have understanding and experience of software development best practices/clean coding practices/clean coding practices
• Attention to detail and commitment to high quality/error free deliverables
• Lead the team to come up with High level solution design in response to RFPs and be an expert in sizing the project and estimating the effort
• Knowledge on the CMMI framework
• Expertise in distributed architectures, microservices, Web Services, SOAP, REST, MOM integration technologies and message mediation techniques using an Enterprise Service Bus
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills leveraging all available resources
• Ability to connect technology with measurable business value

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management or a related field.
• 6 to 9 years of experience
• Experience in leading the teams
• Knowledge on process methodologies – Agile/frameworks like CMMI

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Technical delivery skills

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 500 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY Advisory and other service lines globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• 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

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Senior Consultant – Corporate Tax

As our Senior Consultant you will get great opportunities to work across a range of industries and clients including corporate groups, trusts, privately owned business, and high net wealth families to help shape and enhance business strategies and solve tomorrow’s tax problems today.

Your key responsibilities

You will be central to helping our clients understand complex tax legislation by providing services assisting them to plan and meet their corporate tax compliance obligations. As a Senior Consultant in the Tax team, you will be central to delivering pragmatic solutions to help our clients solve complex income tax challenges and efficiently manage their tax responsibilities. Your responsibilities will encompass:

• • Delivering tax compliance, including preparation and review of income tax returns and tax accounting calculations, financial statements, tax planning, employment taxes, and advisory services. Providing a comprehensive range of tax advisory services, dealing with complex tax matters including exposure to international tax issues. Covering extensive range of diverse clients and entity types such as trusts, companies, partnerships, and individuals.
  • Assist in the delivery of the full spectrum of taxation advisory services tailored to client needs, including ATO risk reviews, audits, and ruling application processes, with the backing of Australia’s top tax technicians.
  • Be a point of contact for our clients, requiring you to collaborate with our specialist teams in bringing expertise to our clients.
  • Supervise junior team members including consultants and graduates, fostering their learning and contributing to a positive team culture that promotes high performance, collaboration, and celebrates successes

Skills and attributes for success

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Commerce or Accounting
• CA qualification (or on the path to completing CA or an equivalent qualification)
• Minimum 3+ years experience providing Australian tax compliance or business advisory services to corporate entities, high-wealth high-net worth individuals and private family groups

What we offer you

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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.

Key Responsibilities

• Coaching and Mentoring: Coach teams in Agile principles and practices, helping them to adopt and adapt Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean. Engage with team members to explore areas of improvement in Agile practices and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Scrum Master Responsibilities: Partner with Product Owners to prioritize work through the backlog and manage Scrum artifacts. Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
• Performance Metrics: Define process metrics within the Scrum team to ensure seamless communication with stakeholders. Measure team progress using metrics like burn-down charts and track dependencies with other Scrum Teams for seamless delivery.
• Organizational Change: Work with senior leadership to embed Agile principles in day-to-day scenarios and collaborate with other leaders to drive organizational change.
• Identify Continuous Improvement Opportunities: Proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement and share best practices. Navigate the organization to remove impediments impacting team progress.

General Responsibilities

• Agile Project Management: Manage multiple critical projects, requiring matrix management of activities across all functional areas. Drive project planning activities, including stakeholder identification, risk management, and regular status reporting.
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate, influence, and negotiate with Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables. Create and maintain project schedules, identifying resource estimates, timelines, milestones, and critical paths.

To Qualify for the Role You Must Have

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology, MBA, MCA, or any other related Master's degree.
• Experience: 5-10 years of relevant Agile experience (Scrum Master, Agile Coach/Mentor) with at least 3-7 years of hands-on project management experience delivering technology solutions.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Mandatory Agile Certifications: Preferably SAFe Agile or Scrum.org (PSM I + PSM II) or Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master).
• Project Management Certification: PMP is preferred but not mandatory.

Skills Desired:

• Substantial experience working as part of Agile teams.
• Ability to embed and foster Agile ways of working at the team level.
• Proactively upskill the team in Agile practices.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and share best practices.
• Communicate, influence, and negotiate with Product Owners and stakeholders.
• Navigate the organization to remove impediments impacting team progress.
• Analyse and refine existing processes.
• Coach and mentor team members to drive continuous improvement.
• Deep understanding of agile software delivery and operational aspects.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks (DevOps, etc.).
• Experience with JIRA/Azure DevOps or similar software.
• Understanding of technology-enabled business transformation and delivering enterprise-level IT projects.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills

Your key responsibilities

• Working as part of our integrated team in owning and coordinating the provision of statutory reporting services to an allocated book of corporate clients on a day-to-day basis.

• Oversight and supervision of the statutory reporting services we provide, including the co-ordination of client and auditor stakeholders.

• Management and delivery of the full spectrum of corporate financial reporting services based on where our clients’ needs take us with full support from some of Australia’s best Financial Accounting and Advisory and Tax technicians.

• Building networks and meaningful connections internally and externally to stay abreast of issues and build a pipeline of future opportunities.

• Supervision of our team members and support for their career development.

• Contributing to a positive team culture that promotes high performance, strong collaboration and teaming, and celebrates successes.

Skills and attributes for success

• Detailed knowledge of, and experience with, Australian Accounting Standards gained through working in a professional services firm or in a comparable industry role.

• Experience in working with remote teams, both within Australia and overseas.

• Strong communication skills with a confidence to lead discussions with clients in relation to both technical matters and in the coordination of engagements.

• Demonstrate a high level of accuracy with first-class prioritisation and organisational skills.

• CA qualification or equivalent completed or in the process of completing.

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.

• A proactive approach with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to reporting deadlines.

• A flair for identifying risk and driving continuous improvements and automation.

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.

Your key responsibilities

• Provide advice to clients on the application of Australian tax laws.
• Provide strategic tax planning and structuring advice for inbound and outbound groups.
• Provide post-deal taxation services and ad-hoc tax advice to acquired corporates.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience in Corporate Tax Advisory and Corporate Tax Compliance, ideally gained in a top-tier accounting firm or corporate business consulting environment
• Tax technical knowledge relevant private companies and collective investment vehicles
• Experience in managing junior staff and their development

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.

• Ability to build strong and lasting business relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong commercial awareness
• First-class numerical and analytical skills

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.

am, you will be benefiting from the power and breadth of EY as well as the autonomy and benefits of an inhouse role for this unique role.

As our Senior Manager you’llbe providing international transaction tax services including tax structuring, tax due diligence and tax modelling to a broad range of high-profile clients. You will have the chance to work on interesting and varied projects and be exposed to excellent career development opportunities to help uncover your potential both inside and outside of work.

This is a hybrid position based in

Your key responsibilities

• 100% dedicated to servicing a large property REIT. This critical and exciting role is a hybrid of private and in-house skills which will include the following:
  • Building impactful relationships within the client’s business (e.g. finance, legal, transaction teams);
  • Act as key “anchor” of EY’s delivery of services to the client;
  • Project managing income tax compliance and overall tax transaction timelines and delivables;
  • Responsible for corporate tax provision and tax returns (with delivery supported by a broader team);
  • Provide assistance in driving process changes in service deliverables by utilising latest technlogiy solutions;
  • Provide assistance in post transaction implementation and beyond
  • Provide day to day advisory support for the client;
  • If desired, provide transaction support e.g. buy-side / sell side assistance

Skills and attributes for success

• Australian tax experience ideally gained in a top tier accounting firm, corporate, business consulting or legal environment
• Ability to develop strong and broad relationships with clients and provide a high level of client service
• Ability to manage a team and delegate work to junior team members
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to drive process changes and excited by the opportunities of technology
• Corporate tax compliance experience
• Ability to communicate with various business teams to find relevant facts / answers to manage tax risk and opportunities.

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

• Experience in or an interest in dealing with real estate tax matters
• In-house experience and working with a multitude of teams
• Tax effect accounting experience

What we offer you

• 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

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.