EOI | Director | Family Office Private Tax

PwC Australia; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership development programs

Inclusive culture

26 weeks parental leave

Flexible work

Job summary

PwC Australia is seeking a Director to lead its Family Office Tax practice, advising sophisticated private families and their entities. You will steer multi‑jurisdictional tax planning, governance and succession, working closely with PwC Partners to grow capabilities and market presence.

You will own ATO engagement strategies, guide high‑risk transactions, and mentor Senior Managers and future leaders, delivering trusted advice across ownership transitions and complex restructures.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading private tax work in a family office context.
• Deep expertise advising complex private groups, trusts and family owners.
• Proven ability to lead large, high‑risk engagements and senior client relationships.
• Strong authority across trust taxation, CGT, Division 7A and private group integrity.
• Strategic, commercial mindset with governance and reputational awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee PwC’s most significant Family Office client relationships.
• Act as a senior trusted adviser to family principals, boards and decision-makers.
• Set long-term tax, structuring and governance strategy for private family groups.
• Provide technical leadership on the most complex and high-risk tax matters.
• Lead major structuring, succession and transaction engagements with PwC Partners.
• Own and direct ATO engagement strategies, including audits and reviews.
• Review and approve high-judgement technical advice and client deliverables.
• Develop and mentor Senior Managers and future leaders within the practice.
• Contribute to market profile, thought leadership and growth of PwC Family Office.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Tax expertise

Client relationship mgmt

Mentoring

Job description

Our clients depend on expert advice when navigating tax and succession, that’s where your leadership matters most. Your expertise will help shape confident futures for privately owned businesses and families, navigating complex tax and succession challenges. As a Director, you’ll play a vital role in providing tailored tax advisory and planning services that support clients throughout their business lifecycle. You’ll be working with clients across private businesses, family offices, entrepreneurs, and start-ups.

Why PwC?

At PwC Australia, your skills meet purpose. We tackle big challenges across industries like finance, technology, energy, and health, giving you the chance to make a real impact. Here, your growth is our priority. You’ll work with leading teams, explore new technologies, and unlock your full potential. Join a global community of more than 370,000 people who value bold ideas, collaboration, and lasting change. Together, we’re building trust and shaping the future. That philosophy is brought to life in our Family Office Tax practice. Long‑term advice. Complex family groups. Decisions that span generations.

Family Office tax is not about volume‑driven work or short‑term engagements. It’s about trusted enduring relationships with families who own and control significant private wealth and businesses, and guiding them through complexity, change, and generational transition.

As a Director in PwC’s Family Office Tax team, you’ll be a senior adviser to some of Australia’s most sophisticated private families. You’ll lead complex engagements, shape long‑term client strategy, and work closely with Partners to grow PwC’s Family Office capability and market presence. This is tax leadership with context, continuity, and consequences.

What Family Office Tax Actually Looks Like

• Highly complex private group and trust tax matters, including large multi‑trust and multi‑entity structures, with a focus on technical risk, governance and long‑term sustainability
• Advanced trust taxation and distribution strategies, including:
• Income and capital streaming at scale
• Section 100A risk assessment and mitigation
• Trustee powers, present entitlement issues and trust integrity considerations
• Family‑owned business and investment group structuring, advising on:
• Whole‑of‑group structuring across operating, holding and investment entities
• Division 7A strategy, remediation and governance frameworks
• Managing private group integrity and ATO focus areas
• Capital gains tax and transaction leadership, including:
• Business sales, succession‑driven exits and partial divestments
• Small business CGT concessions
• Complex restructures, rollovers and group reorganisations (including Divisions 615, 122‑A and 124‑M)
• Intergenerational wealth, succession and governance planning, working closely with legal, private advisory and family governance specialists on:
• Ownership and control transitions
• Family governance frameworks and decision‑making structures
• Balancing tax outcomes, risk management and family dynamics
• ATO engagement and tax governance leadership, including:
• Leading ATO audits, reviews and risk reviews
• Managing private ruling strategies and high‑level technical submissions
• Advising families navigating heightened regulatory, reputational and public scrutiny

What Makes Family Office Work Different

• The relationships are generational: You advise families over decades, not transactions.
• Judgement and leadership matter: Deep technical expertise must be paired with commercial insight and emotional intelligence.
• The structures are deeply interconnected: Trusts, companies, investments, and operating businesses function as a single ecosystem.
• The impact is lasting: Your advice influences legacy, stewardship, and long‑term wealth outcomes.

Your Role as a Director

• As a Director in the Family Office Tax team, you will:
• Lead and oversee PwC’s most significant and complex Family Office client relationships
• Act as a senior trusted adviser to family principals, boards and key decision‑makers
• Set long‑term tax, structuring and governance strategy for private family groups
• Provide technical leadership on the most complex and high‑risk tax matters
• Lead major structuring, succession and transaction engagements in partnership with PwC Partners
• Own and direct ATO engagement strategies, including audits, reviews and negotiations
• Review and approve high‑judgement technical advice and client deliverables
• Develop and mentor Senior Managers and future leaders within the practice
• Contribute to market profile, thought leadership and growth of PwC’s Family Office offering
• Support Partner group initiatives and play an active role in shaping the future direction of PwC Private

What We Are Looking For

• Extensive experience in family office private tax, business or corporate tax at a senior leadership level
• Deep expertise advising complex private groups, trusts and family‑owned businesses
• Proven ability to lead large, high‑risk engagements and senior client relationships
• Strong technical authority across trust taxation, CGT, Division 7A and private group integrity
• A strategic, commercial mindset with the ability to navigate family, governance and reputational considerations
• A passion for leadership, mentoring and building a market‑leading Family Office practice

What you’ll gain:

• Leadership development programs and executive coaching designed to help you inspire teams and accelerate your career growth.
• A culture valuing diverse perspectives, empowering leaders to drive innovation and collaboration, learn more about our commitment to Inclusion and Diversity and First Nations Prosperity
• A world‑class parental leave policy offering up to 26 weeks of leave for caregivers, supporting your family and personal life.
• Flexibility means trusting you to choose when, where, and how you work, balancing what’s best for you, your team, and your clients to grow and thrive together.
• Being part of a community united by purpose, delivering impact that reaches clients, communities, and the future you’re shaping.

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We’re committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, neurodivergence, or any other protected characteristic and to maintaining a safe, respectful workplace for everyone.We want you to have every opportunity to thrive in our selection process. In the application form, you can let us know what adjustments you require during our recruitment process and/or any workplace accommodations you anticipate needing to help you perform your role.

We welcome applications from individuals seeking part-time arrangements.

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