Tax Advisor

Join WSP as a permanent, full-time Tax Advisor, based in Auckland or Wellington, New Zealand, or Manila, Philippines. As a Tax Advisor, you will support tax compliance, reporting, and advisory activities across the business.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare workpapers and supporting documentation for local tax returns, maintaining compliance and reporting schedules, and identifying opportunities to improve and automate tax reporting processes.
• Review expense accounts, working with stakeholders on coding and tax adjustments, and completing GST and/or tax-status updates in relevant systems.
• Draft month-end tax provisioning workpapers, including accounting entries, general ledger reconciliation, financial controls, variance analysis, and forecasting.
• Contribute to management reporting and decision-support analysis.
• Assess the impact of proposed tax legislation and interpretation changes, and support responses to revenue authority enquiries, risk reviews, and tax audits.
• Participate in broader tax and finance projects, including indirect tax reviews, transfer pricing documentation, and M&A integrations.

Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification, preferably with three to four years of professional experience in a related discipline.
• CA, CA-equivalent qualification, or progress towards this qualification.
• Experience in accounting and compliance activities within a professional services or corporate environment, with a basic understanding of the New Zealand tax regime or an overseas equivalent.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to prepare reports, business correspondence, and procedure documentation.
• Confident working with people at different levels, balancing competing priorities, and following responsibilities through to completion in a busy environment.
• Collaborative, client-focused approach, with sound judgement around confidentiality and a consistent commitment to integrity and professionalism.