Whats the role?  

The Senior Tax Advisor is a key role for Shell Australia based in Perth. In this position you will be responsible for providing specialist tax advice to the Integrated Gas business to ensure adequate and proactive responses to business opportunities and risk. It includes collaboration with other tax functional areas (transfer pricing, indirect tax and employment tax). 

Some of the key deliverables and responsibilities of this role are: 

• Identify and resolve technical problems by facilitating solutions individually or as part of a cross-functional team and serve as first management line of escalation and resolution of issues. 

• Provide proactive and straightforward advice to complex businesses and transactions whilst balancing value and risk. 

• Interact with Global and Regional teams to ensure cross-border issues are properly managed. 

• Develop and maintain expertise in country tax advice and structuring, including knowledge sharing with fellow team members (both onshore & offshore). 

• Monitor developments and changes in Australian direct tax and ensure businesses are being properly advised and implemented. 

• Build and maintain co-operative relationships with revenue authorities consistent with the Shell Responsible Tax Principles. 

• Collaborate with the Tax Operations Manager, Tax Lead and tax compliance and reporting teams to ensure all aspects of planning and advice are properly considered in the compliance and reporting process which includes actively supporting period end compliance, audit and SOX processes and authority reviews. 

• Proactively engage with the business to ensure tax information is disseminated and tax issues are understood, sufficient to identify business changes/issues impacting tax. 

• Establish and maintain good working relations within Shell and the Tax Community. 

What we need from you

To be considered for this role you will have: 

• Broad experience in business taxation working for multinational business, or a professional firm. 

• Recognised professional qualification and member of a recognized accounting or legal professional body. 

• Experience with Tax Technologies, including AI tools and analytics to drive efficiencies across tax processes. 

• Effective communicator of complex tax issues; both written and oral. 

• Effective at establishing and maintaining external relationships for the benefit of Shell. 

• Strong negotiation skills and effective at influencing others within and outside of Shell. 

• Ability to evaluate tax risks, balance risk with business objectives, and make recommendations that are objective, practical, technically appropriate, and supportive of the business 

• Comfortable reviewing the impact of tax on project economics and financial modelling 

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet.

Youll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. Youll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.

• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and

• international teams.

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Application period will run until June 4 (Thursday)

Note: We are keen to support flexible working arrangements, subject to local regulations and legislative frameworks. If this is of interest to you, please describe in your application the type of flexible working arrangements for which you would like to be considered (e.g., part-time, job share).

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the worlds most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in Australia

Shell has operated in Australia since 1901. From operating Australias first oil refinery, which was central to meeting Australias fuel needs, to fuelling the first Qantas commercial flight in the 1920s, to playing a foundation role in building some of Australias largest and most innovative natural resource developments.

Throughout this 124-year relationship the needs of our customers and the nation have changed and we have continued transforming our portfolio to meet these needs. Today, we are a leading natural gas producer and are playing our part in the transition to a low-carbon future by investing in the power sector, renewable energy sources and carbon abatement activities.

Shell has a significant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) business in Australia that makes a valuable contribution to todays energy supply. This integrated gas portfolio includes our two Shell-operated gas production and liquefaction businesses, Shell QGC in Queensland and Prelude Floating LNG offshore in Western Australia, and our joint venture interests in Gorgon and North West Shelf in Western Australia and Arrow Energy in Queensland.

Today, Shells portfolio in Australia also includes zero- and low-carbon energy businesses such as commercial and industrial retailer, Shell Energy carbon farming specialist, Select Carbon the 120MW Gangarri solar development; residential energy retailer, Powershop Australia a 49% stake in WestWind Australia a 50% share of Kondinin Energy and several grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Solutions projects. High quality Shell branded fuels and lubricants are available right across Australia, through an exclusive brand license arrangement with Viva Energy.