Senior Consultant – Financial Services in Melbourne

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

As our Senior Consultant you’ll be supporting our clients in managing compliance obligations, designing transfer pricing models and navigating tax authority views and disputes including Advance Pricing Agreements and Mutual Agreement Procedures. We specialise in Banking Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, Payments and Private Equity. This is a hybrid role and can be based in Warrang – Sydney, Naarm – Melbourne or Meanjin – Brisbane. Our roles can potentially be adjusted to work flexibly with reduced hours. Please speak with us about potential options.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Assist in Australian Taxation Office (ATO) transfer pricing reviews and audits based on economic principles.
• Formulate, recommend, and implement global tax transfer pricing policies for multinational companies in the financial services sector.
• Assist in negotiating Advance Pricing Arrangements with the ATO and other tax authorities, and prepare Mutual Agreement Procedure applications.
• Analyse the impact of international tax policies and prepare recommendations on their consequences from an Australian tax and transfer pricing perspective.
• Model financial outcomes of cross-border debt and global trading arrangements, return on assets, and profit splits.
• Provide fully integrated approaches to transfer pricing by preparing documents, data files, and models to fulfil client compliance obligations.
• Project manage multiple engagements to ensure they are delivered on time and within budget.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Demonstrated transfer pricing experience within a top-tier accounting firm, corporate, tax consulting, or legal environment.
• Demonstrate good drafting skills, the ability to apply facts to Transfer Pricing legislation, and advise clients on the implications.
• Possess experience in assimilating complex information and data sources to provide succinct and well-informed recommendations.
• Exhibit strong teaming and leadership skills with the ability to build trust and credibility quickly.
• Exhibit strong commercial acumen, staying abreast of wider legal, economic, environmental, and political factors that influence transfer pricing.
• Exceptional client service orientation and a collaborative approach to teaming are essential.
• Hold an Economics degree, Accounting degree, Legal degree, Certified Practising Accountant, or Chartered Accountant qualification.
• Financial modelling, Excel skills, AI skills, and Bloomberg skills are beneficial.
• Financial services experience is preferred but not necessary.

What We Offer You

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences.
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including up to 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally.

Acknowledgement of Country

EY acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which EY offices are located around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures, and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging.

Inclusiveness is core to who we are and how we work together, driving value for our people and for our business. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all.

The salary for this role is AUD93,000 inclusive of superannuation.