Job Description Sydney or Melbourne Senior Leadership role within our Finance & Investment Operations team Lead the Tax practice at Rest Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds. We support more than two million members, with around $100 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome. Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do. Your role will be to lead and set the tax strategy at Rest, strategically managing the group’s tax expense including reporting and statutory compliance in Australia and globally across direct and indirect taxes. Leading Rest’s key tax engagements and relationships. Proactively managing Group’s aggregate global income tax expense across investment tax, superannuation tax matters, corporate taxes, GST, and all state tax liabilities. Developing a tax strategy for each investment asset class and develop and implement an effective tax rate measurement framework for investment tax matters both at an investment option level and across the Fund, including with appropriate reporting and oversight Embedding appropriate tax provisioning methodology taking to account current and future tax expenses, across the investment options Build effective working relationships with senior stakeholders, including CFO, CIO in the business with a view to embedding and improve business outcomes for members. Represent Rest on key industry taxation matters including external industry body tax committees Working with the products, advice and employer teams to help improve tax outcomes for Rest members. Drafting appropriate board and Audit Committee submissions on key tax matters relevant for director engagement Reviewing group structures and operating models to ensure they are tax compliant and tax efficient Responsibility for all tax governance frameworks including tax risk management policy Input into product design, particularly having regard to taxation considerations. Overall responsibility for groups tax compliance obligations across all taxes Responsibility for managing Group relationship with taxation authorities in Australia and overseas. Leading a team of highly competent taxation professionals
