Senior Tax Governance Specialist – Financial Services

Financial Services | Tax Governance & Risk

- Join a leading financial services organisation in a specialist tax governance role
- Broad exposure across tax risk, controls, assurance and regulatory governance
- High-visibility opportunity partnering with Tax, Finance and Risk stakeholders

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced tax professional to join a leading financial services organisation as a Senior Tax Governance Specialist, supporting the ongoing development and operation of its tax governance and risk management framework.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Tax, you will play a key role in maintaining and strengthening tax governance and tax risk management practices across the organisation.

The position has a strong focus on the practical implementation of tax governance frameworks, including maintaining tax controls, coordinating assurance activities, supporting governance reporting and ensuring appropriate documentation and audit trails are maintained.

Working closely with stakeholders across Tax, Finance and Risk, you will help embed tax governance requirements into day-to-day tax compliance and reporting activities across the Australian and New Zealand operations.

Key Responsibilities

- Support the ongoing operation and improvement of the organisation's Tax Risk Management framework.
- Translate tax policy and governance requirements into practical controls,



procedures and guidance.
- Assist with identifying, assessing and monitoring tax risks across key taxes including income tax, GST and FBT.
- Maintain tax governance processes, risk registers, control documentation and action plans.
- Track tax risk actions, control improvements and assurance findings through to completion.
- Prepare governance updates, status reporting and materials for senior Tax stakeholders.
- Assist with Board and Committee reporting where required.

About You You will bring corporate tax and/or tax governance experience, ideally gained within financial services, insurance or another regulated environment.

You will also have

- A strong understanding of tax risk management frameworks and governance processes.
- Experience supporting tax controls, assurance activities, compliance reviews or process documentation.
- Exposure to corporate tax matters including income tax, GST and/or FBT.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate governance documentation, controls and action trackers.
- A practical and organised approach to managing governance activities and following actions through to completion.

This is an excellent prospect for a tax professional looking to develop further within tax governance, risk and assurance, while gaining broad exposure across a complex and highly regulated financial services environment.

📌 Senior Tax Governance Specialist – Financial Services (Sydney)
🏢 Fintech Resources
📍 Sydney