October 25, 2024

AMP Limited

Sydney

FULL TIME

Head of Tax - Super, Investments & Platforms

If you live in Australia or New Zealand, you’ve likely heard of AMP. But at a time when society is changing, we are too. We’re now a nimbler business with new leadership and thinking.
For us, these are exciting times. There’s a real potential for big thinkers to help us redefine what financial services could be. And turn our legacy into something even more positive and powerful for the future.

Help people create their tomorrow, while you create yours
We help people with their banking, super, retirement and finances. Through upturns, downturns, recessions, and major life transitions. Every day, we help people see and make more of their financial potential, so that they can create their tomorrow. And we’ve been doing it for over 170 years.
If we do our job well, we genuinely add to the prosperity of our country and its people.
The Head of Tax Superannuation Investments and Platforms will lead a team of tax professionals to manage all tax compliance and reporting obligations for AMP’s superannuation and investment funds, including Investor Directed Portfolio Services (IDPS) and IDPS-like schemes.
The role will offer proactive tax support and expert advice to business stakeholders, ensuring effective tax planning and risk management. Your leadership will position the Tax team as a trusted and influential business partner.

How will you make an impact

Prepare and submit all local and foreign tax returns (income tax, AIIR, etc.).
Liaise with tax advisors, agents, and authorities to ensure compliance, address complex tax matters, and engage with key stakeholders (e.g., regulators, boards, business).
Maintain and enhance tax procedures, processes, and documentation, ensuring compliance with regulatory changes and enterprise risk obligations.
Provide tax input and expert advice on projects, initiatives, and strategy, ensuring alignment with business needs, tax risks, policies, and regulations.
Manage and support regulatory reviews and engage with regulators.
Oversee the implementation of regulatory change.

What you will bring to the role

Relevant tertiary qualifications.
Extensive In-depth working knowledge of the Australian tax system, with a specific focus on the taxation of superannuation and investment funds.
Technically proficient and up to date with taxation law developments.

As a leader, you excel in managing and motivating teams. You foster an environment of continuous improvement, transparent communication, and high performance, ensuring your team consistently meets and exceeds expectations.
Effective stakeholder management, characterised by regular, proactive, and transparent communication, is essential.

Leveraging your extensive experience, you provide expert tax advice and support on superannuation and investment fund strategies, projects, and initiatives, consistently delivering value. You proficiently manage the annual lifecycle of tax events, ensuring compliance and reporting obligations for superannuation and investment funds are met with accuracy and timeliness.

Your meticulous approach guarantees that all tax-related matters are handled efficiently.
Your experience in process improvements showcases your ability to enhance the control environment and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of tax processes. This expertise significantly benefits clients and stakeholders by delivering precise and timely tax advice and support.

We are also looking for a candidate who can adeptly navigate complexity and ambiguity in a dynamic environment, demonstrating meticulous attention to detail while maintaining a strategic perspective.

The ideal candidate will excel in risk management and compliance, with exceptional communication skills to distil complex matters into clear, key messages for stakeholders.

A process and control-oriented mindset, with the ability to design and manage efficient processes and controls, is crucial. We value a proactive, self-directed individual who takes initiative and consistently drives improvements as well as your meticulous approach guarantees that all tax-related matters are handled efficiently.

Why we think you’ll love working at AMP

Doing what we’ve always done is not an option, so your clever ideas will get airtime here. You’ll be encouraged to speak up and try new things. If they don’t work, we move on – better for it.
We know there’s no one way of doing things. So, you won’t have to sacrifice who you are or how you work to fit in here. We’re inclusive and flexible in many of the ways you’d expect. And in some of the ways you wouldn’t. As long as your health and wellbeing come first - at home and at work.
In fact, most of what makes AMP such a welcoming, enjoyable place to work are our people. Wherever you go, you’ll find moments to connect, feel valued and do meaningful work.
Whether it’s through our first-class leaders who are invested in you and your success. Through year-round opportunities to volunteer, fundraise and give back to the community. Or in the everyday challenges you face as we work together to strengthen this great organisation. Challenges that will stretch you, amplify your potential and compound the impact you have.
We believe in the power of inclusion and diversity
We’re dedicated to fostering inclusion, diversity, and a warm feeling of belonging at AMP. It sparks creativity, ignites innovation, and turns up the dial on the quality of our decisions and performance. This not only makes our workplace more engaged, but also leads to better connections with our customers.
We're your allies in the search for the perfect fit - when you apply, let us know how we can support you to put your best self forward during our selection process.
We're also committed to enhancing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, so we enthusiastically encourage candidates from these backgrounds to apply and explore our Reconciliation Plan on our website.
Ready to create your tomorrow?
If you’re someone who sees opportunity where others see challenge, come and work with us in smart, progressive ways as we transform an iconic Australian brand for the future. And, through a series of career-defining moments, create your own tomorrow.
Don’t procrastinate! We review applications when we get them, and if we discover the ideal candidate, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date.
Looking forward to meeting you.