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About the Role

This leadership opportunity guides how Deloitte Tax & Legal anticipates policy change, responds to reform, and prepares clients for future developments. The Head of Policy will lead the outside-in policy and regulatory intelligence capability, scanning the external environment, identifying emerging themes, and translating complex developments into clear implications for clients and the firm.

Responsibilities

Lead the outside-in policy and regulatory intelligence capability.
Scan the external environment and identify emerging themes.
Connect the right experts to address policy and regulatory issues.
Translate complex developments into clear implications for clients and the firm.
Help establish a coherent external voice for Deloitte.
Ensure Deloitte’s engagement with policymakers and regulators is informed, constructive, evidence-based, and grounded in the public interest.
Develop a clear and coordinated policy agenda.
Create differentiated market perspectives.
Generate practical client insights.
Facilitate timely and constructive external engagement.
Review emerging developments across government, Treasury, the Australian Taxation Office, regulators, and international bodies.
Brief the Tax & Legal Managing Partner, Executive, and client leaders on changing policy landscapes.
Bring together tax and legal partners, economists, sector leaders, and other specialists to assess reform implications.
Translate complex policy and regulatory developments into clear, practical, and commercially relevant insights.
Work with technical teams, Communications, and Marketing to develop policy alerts, points of view, white papers, roundtables, and client briefings.
Coordinate submissions and consultation responses, ensuring necessary reviews are completed.
Contribute to priority pursuits and C-suite conversations with an outside-in policy perspective.
Engage constructively with government, Treasury, the Australian Taxation Office, the Tax Practitioners Board, professional bodies, and other policy stakeholders.
Strengthen systems, networks, and processes for sharing policy intelligence and institutional knowledge.

Requirements

Senior leadership experience in tax policy, public policy, government, regulation, professional services, industry, or a related field.
Strong understanding of Australian tax policy institutions, processes, and stakeholders.
Awareness of relevant international developments.
Credibility to engage senior policymakers, regulators, business leaders, partners, and technical specialists.
Ability to anticipate emerging issues, connect themes, and translate information into a clear point of view and course of action.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the judgment to make complex matters understandable.
Experience developing policy submissions, consultation responses, thought leadership, or public policy positions.
Sound judgment in complex, sensitive, or contested environments.
Strong understanding of confidentiality, independence, and reputation.
Collaborative and inclusive leadership style.
Ability to listen, invite challenge, share credit, and enable others.
Experience leading and developing high-performing teams and networks.
A relevant tertiary qualification.
Qualifications in tax, law, economics, public policy, or a related discipline are valuable.
Breadth, relevance, and impact of experience will be equally important.

Skills

Tax policy credibility
Curiosity
Commercial judgement
Ability to bring people together
Anticipating emerging issues
Connecting themes
Translating complex information
Written communication
Verbal communication
Policy submissions development
Consultation responses development
Thought leadership development
Public policy positions development
Sound judgement
Confidentiality management
Independence management
Reputation management
Collaborative leadership
Inclusive leadership
Team leadership
Network development

Location

Australia

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior leadership

Education Level

Relevant tertiary qualification

Benefits

Retail discounts
Wellbeing leave
Paid volunteering days
Twelve flexible working options
Market-leading parental leave
Return to work support package

About the Company

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work.
We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society.
We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction.
We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles.
What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues.
We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities.
We help you live and work well.

Equal Opportunity

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles.
What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.