Senior Tax Manager

About the role

Louis Dreyfus Company is expanding its Australian operations and seeks a Senior Tax Manager to lead the national tax function. This senior leadership position will shape tax strategy, ensure compliance, and support major business transformations across the country.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and optimise the group’s effective and cash tax rates, identifying opportunities and risks.
• Provide tax structuring advice for acquisitions, integrations and new ventures.
• Partner with finance and treasury to design tax‑efficient financing structures, including withholding tax and thin‑capitalisation considerations.
• Lead all Australian tax compliance activities, covering income tax, GST, indirect taxes and state taxes.
• Manage ATO engagements, including audits, disputes, negotiations and technical queries.
• Implement robust tax governance, internal controls and documentation; maintain the tax risk register and report to executive management.
• Monitor domestic and international tax regulatory changes and advise on business impacts.
• Drive continuous improvement of tax processes, reporting and systems, leveraging technology.
• Lead the tax workstream for LDC Australia’s multi‑year transformation program and system integrations.
• Support ad‑hoc commercial, innovation and tax‑related projects with clear analysis.
• Oversee transfer pricing matters for specific commodities traded out of Australia within the SSEA region.

Required profile

• 15+ years of experience in a Big 4 firm or senior in‑house tax leadership role within a multinational corporation.
• Strong technical tax knowledge of cross‑border transactions, M&A, tax treaties and transfer pricing.
• Excellent business acumen and analytical capability, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, adaptability and proven project‑management skills.
• Demonstrated stakeholder‑management capability across diverse business functions.

Required skills

• Tax compliance (income tax, GST, indirect and state taxes)
• Transfer pricing
• Tax structuring for acquisitions and new ventures
• M&A tax considerations
• Tax governance and internal controls
• Regulatory monitoring and advisory
• Stakeholder management
• Project management