Associate / Senior Associate, Tax

Allens; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Incentive plan

Health and travel insurance

Flexible working arrangements

26 weeks parental leave

Job summary

Allens in Melbourne is seeking an Associate or Senior Associate to join its national Tax team. You will work on direct and income tax matters, advising top Australian and international clients, under Partners and a broad team.

The role offers diverse advisory, transactional work and opportunities in disputes, collaboration across Corporate M&A, Banking, Funds, and Real Estate, with a strong commitment to ongoing development.

Qualifications

• Experience in Tax law at a large firm or specialist tax practice.
• Experience in advisory, transactional, or tax controversy work.
• Specialism in direct and income tax, or blend with indirect tax.
• Regular exposure to clients with autonomous and team-based work.
• Ability to work independently and manage smaller matters and components of larger matters.
• Desire to learn, grow, network and mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Represent many of Australia’s and the world’s top companies in tax advisory work to support commercial objectives.
• Resolve disputes (including transfer pricing) through risk assessment, ATO engagement, ADR, MAP, or litigation.
• Provide technically sound, commercially informed tax advice for transactions and projects across sectors including technology and energy.
• Collaborate with other practice groups to deliver cohesive, commercially optimised advice.
• Work with leading tax bar for opinions when needed in client matters.
• Support clients through ATO engagements and strategic processes to minimise risks.

Skills

Tax law experience

Advisory & transactional

Independent work

Client exposure

Mentoring

Education

Law degree (LLB/JD)

Job description

Your role

Are you ready to take the next step in your tax law career? You will be based in Melbourne as part of our national Tax team which also includes lawyers in our Sydney Tax practice. Working principally in direct tax and income tax, you will work closely with our Partners and the wider team to utilise your knowledge and experience in the most complex and interesting tax transactions and disputes in the market.

At Allens, our structure means you will work with different Partners within our national practice group and access a wide variety of work. We provide opportunities for, and we encourage, our lawyers to develop and take control of their career through continuous learning and development to be recognised as the best in their field.

As an Associate or Senior Associate in our Tax Practice your role will adapt to the needs of the practice and your skill‑set, including that you will have the opportunity to:

• Represent many of Australia’s and the world’s top companies in:
• tax advisory work to assist them implement their commercial objectives with expert tax guidance; and/or
• resolving their disputes (including transfer pricing), through the life cycle from advice on risk, ATO engagement, alternative dispute resolution, mutual agreement procedures or litigation in court.
• Provide technically sound and commercially informed advice on tax issues that are relevant to transactions and projects for our clients in various sectors, including technology and energy.
• Collaborate closely with other practice groups across Allens, including Corporate M&A, Banking and Finance, Investment Funds and Superannuation, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution, to deliver seamless, cohesive and commercially optimised advice and specialist transactional support.
• Work with the leading members of the tax bar where opinions are required for clients or in managing disputes for clients.
• Support clients through various ATO engagement, including private rulings and class rulings processes, FIRB approvals, reviews and audits and advice on strategic engagement approaches to minimise risks and resolve issues efficiently.

This is a permanent full-time opportunity. Allens has a flexible working environment (see ‘Flexibility’ below).

About you

You will have:

• Experience in Tax law at a large law firm (local or international) or law firm with a recognised specialist tax practice as a mid‑level Associate through to a developing Senior Associate.
• Experience in advisory and transactional work and/or tax controversy (including audits, objections and litigation).
• A specialism in direct and income tax issues, or a blend of direct and indirect tax work.
• Been regularly exposed to clients and have provided advice both autonomously and as part of a team.
• An ability to work independently and effectively manage smaller matters and elements of larger matters.
• A desire to learn, grow, network and mentor others.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters provides access to a global platform for collaboration on client work and knowledge sharing.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; generous incentive plan that recognises both billable and broader contribution, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing : fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.
• Flexibility: flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home, including hybrid working principles (at least 60% in the office).
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people’s differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds.