Tax & Legal Risk and Quality | Director
PwC
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Job summary
PwC Australia seeks a Tax & Legal Risk and Quality Director to guide compliance and risk management across tax and legal engagements. Based in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, or Perth, you will support leadership with regulatory matters, drive root-cause actions, and mentor senior staff while collaborating with OGC and business partners.
The role emphasizes deep regulatory knowledge, stakeholder management, and the ability to deliver tangible commercial outcomes in a dynamic professional services
Qualifications
- Legal qualifications and experience preferred, but not required.
- Experience with Australian taxation law is preferred, but not required.
- Experience handling complex disputes is preferred, but not required.
- At least 7 years of experience.
- Strong stakeholder management with leadership and coaching ability.
- Excellent communication and advisory skills for senior leadership.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for and report to Tax & Legal Risk & Quality leadership on legal and regulatory matters.
- Perform root cause analysis and design actions to address learnings for Tax & Legal teams.
- Assist in risk reporting to internal stakeholders and external regulators.
- Liaise with OGC and internal teams to resolve issues and identify new risks.
- Build and lead high-performing teams, mentoring Senior Managers and Managers.
Skills
Job description
Tax
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IFS - Risk & Quality (R&Q)
Director
There’s real expertise in helping organisations navigate complex legal, regulatory, and professional obligations - it starts with people who can combine sound judgement, technical expertise, and practical advice.
As a Tax & Legal Risk and Quality Director at PwC , you’ll bring your legal qualifications and experience, risk and compliance expertise or interest, stakeholder management skills, and deep understanding of legal professional regulatory requirements to help the firm and legal and tax practitioners navigate risk, quality and compliance obligations.
You will be based in Sydney / Gadigal (Eora Nation), Brisbane / Meanjin (Turrbal and Jagera Country), Melbourne / Naarm (Wurundjeri Country of the Kulin Nation) or Perth / Boorloo (Whadjuk Country of the Noongar Nation).
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.
- Be responsible for and report directly to the Tax & Legal Risk & Quality Leadership in managing legal and regulatory matters related to Tax & Legal client engagements. This role will involve working closely with the Office of General Counsel (OGC), engagement partners and leadership.
- Work with the Tax & Legal Risk & Quality Team to perform root cause analysis in relation to legal and regulatory matters, and design treatment actions and improvement plans to address key learnings for the Tax & Legal and Private Tax businesses.
- Assist in risk reporting to both internal stakeholders and external regulators in relation to legal and regulatory matters.
- Liaise with OGC and other internal teams to resolve complex issues, identify new and emerging risks and provide cohesive advice to client facing tax and legal teams.
- Build and lead high-performing teams, mentoring and developing Senior Managers, Managers, and/or Consultants while playing a pivotal role in talent and capability building of PwC’s Tax & Legal Risk & Quality Team.
- Legal qualifications and experience is preferred (but not required).
- Experience in relation to Australian taxation law is preferred (but not required).
- Experience in relation to handling complex disputes is preferred (but not required).
- At least 7 years experience.
- An analytical mindset that is used to considering complex problems and identifying the key issues. Experience in managing disputes and/or regulatory relationships.
- You have strong stakeholder management skills. You will be required to deal directly with leadership and partners. You will also be required to liaise with various parts of the business,manage expectations and deliver outcomes to client facing teams within the bounds of firm policy and regulation.
- Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to articulate a problem clearly, obtain and understand relevant viewpoints and convert into meaningful advice.
- Experience or a keen interest in internal Risk & Quality within a professional services firm or law practice.
- Strong analytical and research skills and appetite for problem solving in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and strong leadership and coaching experience.
- Self-motivated, and have the ability to work autonomously, agile and comfortable working in a flexible environment.
- Ability to build strong, trust based relationships and influence with impact.
- Confidence to work and communicate with people at all levels of seniority as well as external stakeholders.
- Capability to deliver tangible commercial outcomes in a fast paced environment.
- Confidence to learn and utilise internal systems and are competent in the use of AI tools.
- Familiarity with legal and/or tax services in the context of Corporate & Commercial law, Employment Law and/or Tax Law.
- Experience in a multidisciplinary professional firm would be highly valued.
We encourage you to apply. We value all forms of experience that may be transferrable and relevant.
- The opportunity to work with leading organisations and cutting-edge technology that challenge and expand your expertise.
- Work within an inclusive environment committed to Inclusion and Diversity and First Nations Prosperity, ensuring diverse perspectives are at the forefront of our work.
- 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.
- Generous leave entitlements to support your work-life balance - including floating public holidays, birthday leave and ability to purchase additional leave on top of your four weeks.
- A world-class parental leave policy offering up to 26 weeks of leave for caregivers, supporting your family and personal life.
_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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Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, AI Fluency, AI-Human Collaboration, Analytical Thinking, Business Continuity, Business Process Improvement, Business Process Modeling, Business Risk, Business Risk Identification, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Contract Negotiation, Contractual Risk Mitigation, Corporate Governance, Creativity, Crisis Management, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Digital Tooling, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) {+ 37 more}
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November 16, 2026
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