Director, APAC Tax

Join Aristocrat as our new Director, APAC Tax, and be a key player in crafting the future of our tax operations across the Asia Pacific region! This is a rare opportunity to join a Top 20 ASX listed company at a senior level, where you can make an enduring and positive impact. Aristocrat is committed to encouraging a culture of openness and collaboration, welcoming new ideas and fresh perspectives. As a world leader in gaming content and technology, we are dedicated to bringing happiness to life through the power of play. Our team thrives on supporting growth, proactively managing tax risk, and ensuring compliance with tax laws across our diverse markets. What You’ll Do Act as the primary tax expert for the APAC region, providing technical mentorship and interpretation of tax legislation. Lead, develop, and mentor team members, encouraging their skills growth and business partnering. Provide tax advice on business initiatives, restructures, new market entry, and cross-border transactions. Support M&A activity, divestments, and post-acquisition integration and optimization. Coordinate capital management initiatives, including dividends, capital returns, and intercompany funding. Monitor and assess changes in regional tax laws, communicating impacts and recommendations. Manage direct and indirect tax compliance for Australia and New Zealand, providing support to regional finance teams. Coordinate the preparation, review, and timely filing of tax returns, tax provisions, and statutory disclosures. Ensure accurate tax accounting and reporting in line with local regulations and group policies. Support compliance with OECD BEPS initiatives and other international tax frameworks. Coordinate tax audits, reviews, and inquiries, taking charge of these processes in Australia and New Zealand. Own tax governance, controls, and risk management frameworks. Manage relationships with external advisors, auditors, and tax authorities. Set clear priorities, drive high performance, and foster a strong culture of compliance and continuous improvement. What We’re Looking For 10+ years’ experience in corporate tax compliance and tax provision within a Big 4 and/or multinational corporate environment. Relevant tertiary qualification with law, CPA, or CA accreditation. Strong technical expertise in Australian tax. Experience in international tax or tax accounting is an advantage. Proven ability to manage complex projects and multiple central initiatives. Demonstrated experience partnering with senior collaborators in finance, treasury, legal, and commercial teams. Strong leadership, communication, and collaborator management capabilities Why Aristocrat? Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play. We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V World Leader in Gaming Entertainment Robust benefits package Global career opportunities Our Values All about the Player Talent Unleashed Collective Brilliance Good Business Good Citizen Travel Expectations None Additional Information At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Aristocrat) is a global entertainment and content creation company powered by technology to deliver world-leading casino and mobile games. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Aristocrat (ASX code: ALL) is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 7300 employees working in more than 20 locations across the globe. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, casino management systems, mobile games and online real money games, including iLottery. Aristocrat has seven corporate functions and three reporting segments that span regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness) and regulated online real money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our game and product portfolios collectively entertain millions of players worldwide every day. Across our global enterprise, Aristocrat aims to create long-term sustainable value for all stakeholders by upholding our core values and producing the world’s best gaming content. Our people-first mindset prioritises the safety and wellbeing of our people. We have ambitions to be an industry leader in responsible gameplay and we invest in employees’ development and offer career pathways, so they have what they need to do their best work at Aristocrat. Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us every day. We are excited about the future of Aristocrat and united by our mission and we invite everyone to join us as we bring joy to life through the power of play! Aristocrat Leisure Limited or its affiliates worldwide provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to any protected characteristic, such as race, color, sex, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by local, state/provincial or federal law. If you need assistance or accommodation applying for a position, please reach out to helpdesk-recruiting@aristocrat.com. At Aristocrat, sustainability is embedded in our strategy, operations and the values and culture of our teams across the globe. Our Sustainability report provides information on the progress we’ve made each year, across our four strategic sustainability pillars – Good Governance & Responsible Business, Empowering Safer Play (formerly responsible gameplay), Operational Sustainability & Climate, and People & Community. You can read more about our progress here: https://www.aristocrat.com/sustainability/

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