Law Interpretation Director

Australian Taxation Office; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Australian Taxation Office in Melbourne is seeking Law Interpretation Directors to lead the Frontline Compliance team. You will manage highly complex cases, provide expert legal interpretations of taxation and superannuation laws, and drive key strategic goals with quality outcomes.

You will coach and mentor staff, resolve conflicts, and build senior stakeholder relationships across OPAL and SRI branches, with flexible working options and cross-office collaboration.

Qualifications

• Provides expert legal interpretation and applies complex taxation and superannuation legislation.
• Offers authoritative advice on complex law, policy, operational or administrative matters.
• Leads and develops high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing and capability uplift.
• Engages and negotiates with influence, builds strategic relationships and represents the ATO confidently across senior stakeholder forums.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert legal interpretation and applies complex taxation and superannuation legislation to resolve significant, sensitive, and precedent-setting issues.
• Leads and develops high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, and capability uplift.
• Engages and negotiates with influence, builds strategic relationships across senior stakeholder forums.
• Provides authoritative advice on complex law, policy, operational or administrative matters, influencing enterprise-wide outcomes and priorities.
• Leads and manages highly complex cases to achieve key strategic goals and quality outcomes.

Skills

Legal interpretation

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching & mentoring

Job description

We are seeking Law Interpretation Directors to join our Frontline Compliance team.

As a Law Interpretation Director, you will manage highly complex cases and issues to achieve key strategic goals, quality outcomes and deliver results. Your leadership will encourage ongoing capability development through coaching and mentoring others, providing performance feedback, conflict resolution and encouraging career development.

The roles will be in our Operational Policy, Assurance and Law (OPAL) branch or our Strategic Recovery and Insolvency (SRI) branch.

OPAL provides authoritative administrative law and policy advice, develops and maintains ATO administrative policy, and ensures Frontline Operations’ systems, processes and decisions are law‑conformant and support consistent, client‑focused tax administration.

SRI manages the ATO’s highest‑risk and most complex debts by developing tailored recovery strategies, providing expert advice on the resolution of emerging issues, partnering across the ATO to maximise debt collection, leveraging novel and exploratory recovery powers and strengthening the ATO’s response to high-risk insolvencies.

OPAL roles may be offered on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis in Adelaide, Brisbane CBD, Melbourne CBD or Newcastle. SRI roles may be offered on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis in Brisbane CBD or Melbourne CBD.Frontline Compliance supports flexible working arrangements, including working from other offices where Frontline Compliance has a presence on an ad hoc basis, subject to operational requirements.

We embrace the strength of diversity – through our people and the perspectives they bring.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment practices and encourage applications from people with disability or neurodivergence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments can be provided throughout the selection process.

The key duties of the position include:

• provides expert legal interpretation and applies complex taxation and superannuation legislation to resolve significant, sensitive, and precedent-setting:
• policy or operational problems, or
• complex debt recovery and insolvency actions
• provides authoritative advice on complex law, policy, operational or administrative matters, influencing enterprise-wide outcomes and priorities
• leads and develops high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing and capability uplift
• engages and negotiates with influence, builds strategic relationships, and represents the ATO confidently across senior stakeholder forums.

We are seeking Law Interpretation Directors to join our Frontline Compliance team.

As a Law Interpretation Director, you will manage highly complex cases and issues to achieve key strategic goals, quality outcomes and deliver results. Your leadership will encourage ongoing capability development through coaching and mentoring others, providing performance feedback, conflict resolution and encouraging career development.

The roles will be in our Operational Policy, Assurance and Law (OPAL) branch or our Strategic Recovery and Insolvency (SRI) branch.

OPAL provides authoritative administrative law and policy advice, develops and maintains ATO administrative policy, and ensures Frontline Operations’ systems, processes and decisions are law‑conformant and support consistent, client‑focused tax administration.

SRI manages the ATO’s highest‑risk and most complex debts by developing tailored recovery strategies, providing expert advice on the resolution of emerging issues, partnering across the ATO to maximise debt collection, leveraging novel and exploratory recovery powers and strengthening the ATO’s response to high-risk insolvencies.

OPAL roles may be offered on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis in Adelaide, Brisbane CBD, Melbourne CBD or Newcastle. SRI roles may be offered on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis in Brisbane CBD or Melbourne CBD.Frontline Compliance supports flexible working arrangements, including working from other offices where Frontline Compliance has a presence on an ad hoc basis, subject to operational requirements.

We embrace the strength of diversity – through our people and the perspectives they bring.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment practices and encourage applications from people with disability or neurodivergence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments can be provided throughout the selection process.

Our ideal candidate:

• provides expert legal interpretation and applies complex taxation and superannuation legislation to resolve significant, sensitive, and precedent-setting:
• policy or operational problems, or
• complex debt recovery and insolvency actions
• provides authoritative advice on complex law, policy, operational or administrative matters, influencing enterprise-wide outcomes and priorities
• leads and develops high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing and capability uplift
• engages and negotiates with influence, builds strategic relationships, and represents the ATO confidently across senior stakeholder forums.

Getting to know the Australian Taxation Office

We are globally recognised for leading best practice in the administration of tax and superannuation, promoting a level playing field and fairness for all. Our work makes a real difference to the lives of Australians and positively impacts their economic and social wellbeing. Our people are problem-solvers, curious, dynamic and are at the heart of our success. We are inclusive and embrace the strength of diversity. Flexible working arrangements are available to help balance work and life. We offer more than you expect. We offer a place where you can belong, a say in how you make a difference, and the chance to grow a successful career.