Senior Tax Accountant: AI-Driven Automation & Advisory

Sharp and Carter; Willoughby; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp and Carter's in‑house tax team is seeking a capable corporate tax professional with solid Australian experience. You’ll work across income tax, GST and FBT, with 60% compliance and 40% advisory work, plus R&D incentives, Pillar Two and M&A projects, under the Head of Tax and a mentoring Tax Manager.

A pathway to Tax Manager or specialist roles exists, with a market‑competitive package and exposure to data analytics and AI‑driven process improvements.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of Australian corporate tax experience.
• Experience across income tax, GST and FBT, plus tax accounting and consolidation.
• CA or CPA qualified, or well progressed.
• Strong Excel skills and familiarity with tax software/ERP.
• Ability to collaborate with many stakeholders.
• Experience in improving a process, automating a task or using AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Prepare income tax returns, workpapers and schedules for a group of entities.
• Look after tax effect accounting calculations and reconciliations, and reconcile tax general ledger balances.
• Help with monthly income tax instalments and tax cashflow forecasting.
• Review the tax treatment of fixed assets, including capital allowances and repairs and maintenance.
• Coordinate R&D Tax Incentive claims with the business and external advisers.
• Review monthly BAS, run GST data analytics and assurance testing, and support the annual GST return.
• Own the annual FBT return workpapers.
• Support payroll tax and superannuation compliance, including employee and contractor classification.
• Contribute to group reporting, including Pillar Two, country‑by‑country reporting and tax transparency.
• Work on advisory projects, including M&A due diligence and integration.
• Support ATO and state revenue authority reviews, and keep tax governance and process documents up to date.
• Use AI and data analytics to test transaction data for exceptions and make processes faster and more accurate.

Skills

Australian corporate tax experience

Advanced Excel

Process improvement & automation

AI data analytics usage

Education

CA or CPA qualified

Tools

Tax preparation software

ERP system

Job description

Sharp and Carter's in‑house tax team is seeking a capable corporate tax professional with solid Australian experience. You’ll work across income tax, GST and FBT, with 60% compliance and 40% advisory work, plus R&D incentives, Pillar Two and M&A projects, under the Head of Tax and a mentoring Tax Manager.

A pathway to Tax Manager or specialist roles exists, with a market‑competitive package and exposure to data analytics and AI‑driven process improvements.