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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Reporting to Chief Financial Officer, responsible for preparation of all compliance matters, and support the delivery of OZ Minerals strategic goals and objectivesKey responsibilitieso Public Officer for OZ Minerals groupo Recommendation of tax strategies in alignment with business goals and risk tolerances approved by Boardo Design/manage tax governance o Advise senior executive of tax exposures and impacts pertaining to significant transactions, with risk mitigation recommendationso Prepare and present papers to Board on material matters impacting OZ Minerals Group o Review/sign-off of all direct and indirect tax compliance matterso Management of Tax Function, creating an environment that enables team to thriveo Act as liaison with regulators as required and manage all assurance activities o Build strong relationships with 3rd party professionals to develop a "centre of excellence"o Develop strong tax controls and testing plan in alignment with regulator expectations o Identify tax system inefficiencies and recommend/ implement improvements as required o Keep Tax Function abreast of legislative changes impacting groupo Create a development pathway for Tax Function team. Selected Achievements* Designing and embedding a strong tax governance framework across global group in alignment with ATO published guidance, presenting to Board for formal approval* Leading ATO Streamlined Assurance Review", resulting in high assurance rating for the OZ Minerals group and no amendments for periods under review* Led Private Binding Ruling submissions, creating certainty on tax positions and resulting in significant tax cash savings and NPV benefit for asset operations* Implemented tax reporting tools in newly established SAP software platform* Maximised tax cash savings in leveraging legislative concessions, improving NPV value for organisational projects* Led lean professional team in delivering group tax compliance obligations in timely and accurate manner

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Key responsibilitieso Lead Financial Accounting team to deliver on monthly & quarterly financial and performance reportso Preparation of Board and Audit Committee paperso Lead impairment assessment process o Support Accounts Payable function with implementation of vendor onboarding platform and payment times reporting constraint analysiso Lead the Accounting Policy Manager in the rollout of new financial reporting tool.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Key responsibilitieso Preparation of the group’s income tax return and annual FBT returns for group companieso Drive continuous improvement and generate strategic global tax projectso Preparation of Tax Effect Accounting including statutory audit note and supporting work papers o Preparation of monthly BAS and quarterly IAS returnso Management of annual R&D tax offset and AusIndustry registration campaign o Gathering of information for expatriate employees o Provide strategic advice pertaining to income tax (global and local), FBT, Payroll Tax, PAYG and royalties o Reviewing project expenditure for appropriate tax treatment e.g. UCA, s40-880, revenue/capital distinction o Gathering of information for fiscal audits and assurance reviewso Maintenance of CCH Integrator and EasyFBT software e.g. mapping templateso Tax function administration (e.g. ATO registrations and membership renewals)Selected Achievements* Led Tax Function for 6 months in Group Manager Tax's absence* Built strong statutory reporting automation model * Creation of simplified GST reporting model, enabling robust reviews at transactional level, mitigating risk

Adelaide, Australia

Key responsibilitieso Management of direct and indirect tax matterso Advising Snr Management/Directors on impacts of Australian taxation law changes to the PRP groupo Advising Snr Management/Directors of tax exposures pertaining to group/domestic restructures and advising mitigating strategies in accordance with group risk toleranceso Management of annual tax consolidated compliance returns in collaboration with Big4 reviewo Management of deferred tax determinations and preparation of statutory reporting disclosureso Management of transfer pricing analysis, and collaboration with 3rd party “subject matter experts” to ascertain appropriate pricing mechanisms in accordance with group risk toleranceso Management of excise lodgements and tariff reviewso Liaison to the Australian Taxation OfficeSelected Achievements* Implementation of simplified transfer pricing model, subsequently adopted by global Pernod Ricard group* Implementation of simplified FBT calculation tool pertaining to significant staff allowance obligations * Management of ATO GST audit and negotiation of outcome resulting in minimal impost to the Australian group.

Adelaide, Australia

Key responsibilitieso Tax technical application for large corporate taxpayerso Tax consolidation specialisationo Management of Graduate analyst teamSelected Achievements* Fast track from Graduate to Snr Tax Analyst in 18 months* Development of simplified ACA model, adopted by Deloitte clientele impacted by tax consolidation regime.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance