About the Role
SS&C Technologies is seeking an Associate Tax Manager to support the Head of Australian Tax in building and leading a high-performing tax team. This role is crucial for delivering accurate tax compliance, conducting technical tax analysis, and supporting tax planning to manage risks within SS&C’s fund administration business. The position will help drive the team’s vision and establish it as a leading tax administration service team in Australia.
Responsibilities
- Prepare a broad range of tax compliance deliverables, including distribution calculations, tax provisions, franking credit calculations, AIIR, income tax returns, investor statements, and BAS returns.
- Support the Head of Australian Tax in reviewing and overseeing end-to-end client deliverables to ensure accuracy, quality, and timely completion.
- Manage client expectations effectively while delivering high-quality outcomes independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Act as a subject matter expert across key technical tax areas and provide guidance to internal stakeholders.
- Assist in the development and enhancement of tax policies, procedures, and control frameworks to support effective tax risk management.
- Identify, drive, and implement process improvement and automation initiatives across tax templates and workflows to improve efficiency and reduce manual processing.
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Accounting, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
- 5–7 years of relevant tax experience.
- CA or CPA qualified.
- Previous experience within fund tax, corporate tax, or professional tax advisory environments is highly preferred.
- Strong technical knowledge of Australian fund and corporate tax, accounting, reporting obligations, and associated operational risk and ATO compliance requirements.
- Proven ability to manage demanding clients, competing priorities, and tight deadlines within a high-performance environment.
- Prior people leadership or team management experience is essential.
- Demonstrated ability to drive outcomes, maintain exceptional attention to detail, and contribute positively within a collaborative team environment.
- Strong customer service mindset with a proactive, solutions-focused approach and “can do” attitude.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Continuous improvement mindset, with experience identifying efficiencies, enhancing processes, and supporting operational excellence initiatives.
Skills
- Australian fund and corporate taxation
- New Zealand tax (favorable)
- Tax compliance
- Technical tax analysis
- Tax planning
- Client relationship management
- Process improvement
- Automation initiatives
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Hybrid Work Model
Experience Level
- 5-7 years
Education Level
- Degree qualified in Accounting, Business, Finance, or a related discipline
- CA or CPA qualified
Benefits
- Income Protection Insurance
- Flexible Time Off
- Private Health Insurance discount
- Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave
- Death & TPD Insurance
- Discounts on fitness clubs
- Discounts on travel
About the Company
- SS&C is a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue.
- Headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, with 27,000+ employees in 35 countries.
- Serves 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations.
- The world’s largest independent hedge fund and private equity administrator.
- The largest mutual fund transfer agency.
- Unique business model combines end-to-end expertise with proprietary software.
- The Australian tax service team sits within the Global Tax team, consisting of over 150 tax specialists across 12 jurisdictions.
- The Global Tax team is continuously growing.
- The Global Head of Tax manages and develops an advanced tax system called Tax BrightLine in the USA, with plans for global rollout.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
- Encourages applications from people of all backgrounds to enable diverse perspectives.
- Strives to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.
- SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
