Direct Tax Specialist - ANZ

Thomson Reuters; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Flex My Way policies

Career development and training

Competitive benefits package

Social impact programs

Job summary

Thomson Reuters ANZ is seeking a Direct Tax Specialist who will act as the tax subject-matter expert across strategic sales opportunities in ANZ. You will partner with Sales, Solution Consulting, Product and Customer Success to translate complex tax requirements into commercial value for clients.

You will lead discovery conversations, support account strategies, and articulate the business value of Direct Tax solutions while staying current on corporate tax trends and regulatory developments

Qualifications

• Strong experience in corporate/direct tax, tax technology, professional services or enterprise tax solutions.
• Deep understanding of the challenges faced by large corporate tax functions and their evolving technology requirements.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience supporting or influencing complex enterprise sales opportunities.
• Confidence engaging with senior tax and finance executives and translating technical tax issues into business outcomes.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
• The ability to operate as both a subject-matter expert and a commercially focused partner to Sales.
• Strong collaboration skills across Sales, Solution Consulting, Product, Professional Services and Customer Success.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep Direct Tax subject-matter expertise throughout strategic and complex sales opportunities across ANZ.
• Partner with Sales to identify, develop and progress new business and expansion opportunities across the Direct Tax portfolio.
• Engage with Heads of Tax, Tax Directors, CFO organisations and other senior stakeholders to understand their tax strategy, operating model, technology environment and business challenges.
• Lead strategic discovery conversations and help translate customer requirements into compelling solution and value propositions.
• Support the development of account strategies, opportunity plans and executive-level customer engagement for priority opportunities.
• Articulate the business value of Thomson Reuters Direct Tax solutions, including opportunities to improve efficiency, compliance, governance and tax operating models.
• Provide specialist support for customer presentations, workshops, RFPs, competitive opportunities and complex solution discussions.
• Partner closely with Solution Consultants to ensure demonstrations and solution designs address the customer’s underlying tax and business requirements.
• Maintain strong knowledge of corporate tax trends, regulatory developments, tax technology and evolving customer priorities across ANZ.
• Act as a trusted internal advisor to the Sales organisation, providing coaching and enablement to strengthen Direct Tax capability across the team.
• Represent Thomson Reuters at customer events, webinars, industry forums and other thought‑leadership activities.
• Capture customer, competitor and market insights and work with Product and regional/global stakeholders to help influence go‑to‑market and product priorities.
• Build strong relationships across the tax ecosystem, including customers, professional services firms, technology partners and relevant industry stakeholders.

Skills

Corporate tax

Tax technology

Enterprise sales support

Stakeholder management

Communication & presentation

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Tax, Accounting, Finance, Business (CA/CPA)

Tools

Tax technology platforms

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a Direct Tax Subject-Matter Expert to join our ANZ Sales organisation. In this role, you’ll be the tax expert on strategic and complex sales opportunities, helping corporate tax leaders see how technology can strengthen their compliance, governance and tax operating models. You’ll work alongside Sales, Solution Consulting, Product and Customer Success to turn your deep tax knowledge into commercial outcomes for our customers.

Key Responsibilities

In this opportunity as a Direct Tax Specialist - ANZ, you will:

• Provide deep Direct Tax subject-matter expertise throughout strategic and complex sales opportunities across ANZ.
• Partner with Sales to identify, develop and progress new business and expansion opportunities across the Direct Tax portfolio.
• Engage with Heads of Tax, Tax Directors, CFO organisations and other senior stakeholders to understand their tax strategy, operating model, technology environment and business challenges.
• Lead strategic discovery conversations and help translate customer requirements into compelling solution and value propositions.
• Support the development of account strategies, opportunity plans and executive-level customer engagement for priority opportunities.
• Articulate the business value of Thomson Reuters Direct Tax solutions, including opportunities to improve efficiency, compliance, governance and tax operating models.
• Provide specialist support for customer presentations, workshops, RFPs, competitive opportunities and complex solution discussions.
• Partner closely with Solution Consultants to ensure demonstrations and solution designs address the customer’s underlying tax and business requirements.
• Maintain strong knowledge of corporate tax trends, regulatory developments, tax technology and evolving customer priorities across ANZ.
• Act as a trusted internal advisor to the Sales organisation, providing coaching and enablement to strengthen Direct Tax capability across the team.
• Represent Thomson Reuters at customer events, webinars, industry forums and other thought‑leadership activities.
• Capture customer, competitor and market insights and work with Product and regional/global stakeholders to help influence go‑to‑market and product priorities.
• Build strong relationships across the tax ecosystem, including customers, professional services firms, technology partners and relevant industry stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

You’re a fit for the role of Direct Tax Specialist - ANZ if you have the following required qualifications:

• Strong experience in corporate/direct tax, tax technology, professional services or enterprise tax solutions.
• Deep understanding of the challenges faced by large corporate tax functions and their evolving technology requirements.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience supporting or influencing complex enterprise sales opportunities.
• Confidence engaging with senior tax and finance executives and translating technical tax issues into business outcomes.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder‑management skills.
• The ability to operate as both a subject‑matter expert and a commercially focused partner to Sales.
• Strong collaboration skills across Sales, Solution Consulting, Product, Professional Services and Customer Success.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Tax, Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline. CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualifications.

What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills‑first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI‑enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company‑wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award‑winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work‑life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro‑bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real‑World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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