Head of Tax, USA Head of Tax, USA
About The Position
As a Head of Tax, USA in our Enterprise Finance team, you will hold a senior leadership role with end‑to‑end accountability for ANZ’s United States tax outcomes within a highly regulated banking environment. You are anchored in the United States, reflecting the scale, complexity, and regulatory intensity of the US market. While this role is not designed as a standing regional or multi‑country position, you are expected to lead and coordinate tax matters with broader Group or global impact where these arise from US tax rules, structures, or activities, working closely with Institutional and Group Tax. While ANZ operates a global tax operating model with strong internal support, you will remain personally accountable for senior judgment, escalation, and regulatory engagement. Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.
Requirements
- Significant senior US tax experience within a regulated financial services environment
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate tax law and regulatory change and drive timely business response
- Experience leading audits, regulatory interactions and complex tax positions
- Strong commercial judgment and senior‑level stakeholder engagement capability
- Experience leading and developing tax capability
- A hands‑on, accountable leadership style, with disciplined use of advisers
- Professional tax qualification (e.g. CPA or equivalent) desirable
Responsibilities
- End‑to‑end ownership of US tax outcomes, including advisory, compliance, reporting, audit, and regulatory engagement
- Acting as a proactive business partner, anticipating changes in US tax law and regulatory practice, translating implications for ANZ, and enabling timely business response and implementation
- Leading or coordinating resolution of tax matters with Group or global impact, including those arising from ANZ US’ role as a funding hub
- Providing senior judgment on complex, sensitive, or precedent‑setting tax matters
- Serving as the primary interface with US tax authorities, auditors, and senior stakeholders
- Leading hands‑on audit and regulatory defence, with strong discipline around documentation, controls, and execution, working with internal tax specialists and delivery teams
- Providing leadership to an existing US‑based tax resource, ensuring capability, continuity, and development
- Operating within ANZ’s Institutional Tax function with support from an established Tax Centre of Excellence (CoE) operating as a team‑extension model
- Retaining full end‑to‑end accountability for technical judgment, escalation, regulatory engagement, and risk outcomes
- Actively leading and scaling the use of internal support as appropriate to strengthen delivery discipline and enable focus on senior judgment and stakeholder engagement
Benefits
- flexible working arrangements
- access to health and wellbeing services
- discounts on selected products and services from ANZ
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
