Director - International Tax Advisory
The Director, Tax Advisory Corporate & International is responsible for leading tax advisory activities across Australia, New Zealand, and the broader Asia Pacific region, comprising Macau, the Philippines, and Singapore. This role also supports global and cross-border international tax advisory matters across the Group.
Aristocrat is looking for the right individual to enable growth, proactive management of tax risk, and ensure compliance with Group policy and tax laws. The role will partner closely with Commercial teams, Group functions and external advisors.
Aristocrat is growing and looking for the right person to provide practical advice and implementation support on key corporate transactions and capital management initiatives. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), new market entries and maintaining strong relationships with diverse finance teams.
- Provide tax advice on business initiatives, restructures, new market entry, and cross-border intercompany transactions.
- Support M&A activity, divestments, and post-acquisition integration in the region, while contributing to broader international tax projects and initiatives as required.
- Support capital management initiatives, including dividends, capital returns, and intercompany funding arrangements.
- Collaborate with team members in the US and EMEA to support comprehensive transfer pricing policies and practices.
- Assist the Senior Director in advancing business growth and corporate projects.
- Act as the primary tax expert for the APAC region, providing technical guidance and interpretation of tax legislation with an emphasis on international tax and transfer pricing.
- Ensure alignment of tax advice to ongoing compliance obligations.
- Monitor and assess changes in regional tax laws and regulations, communicating impacts and recommendations to key team members.
- Support regional finance teams in managing tax audits, reviews, and inquiries, including preparation of responses to tax authorities.
- Lead these activities in Australia and New Zealand.
- Manage relationships with external advisers, auditors, and tax authorities across the APAC region.
- Lead, develop and mentor team members through supporting their skills growth, business partnering and the adoption of new technologies.
- Set clear priorities, drive high performance, and foster continuous improvement.
- Demonstrate experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) (required)
- Experience in new market entries (required)
- Ability to maintain strong relationships with diverse finance teams (required)
- Comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support wellbeing, and recognise contribution.
- Pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact.
- Depending on role and location, may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.