FTC - Asia Pacific Tax, Senior Manager

About the Opportunity
Job Type: Fixed Term Contractor

Contract duration : 5 months.

Application Deadline: 27 April 2026

Job Description

Title: APAC Tax Senior Manager

Department: Asia Tax

Location: APAC (preferably Sydney)

Reports To: APAC Tax Associate Director

About Fidelity International

Fidelity International offers world class investment solutions and retirement expertise. We are a privately owned, independent company, with the commitment and resources to provide the investment expertise, technology and service innovation needed to help our clients achieve their financial goals.

Our people are passionate, engaged, smart and curious, and we give them the independence and the confidence to make a difference. While we take pride in the excellence of our investment solutions and client service, we know we can always do better. We are honest, respectful and make tough calls, challenging the status quo to achieve better outcomes through innovation. Above all else, we always put our clients first.

Department Description

The Financial Services Global Tax team is responsible for all the management and governance of direct, indirect and operational risk across all FIL group companies and funds. We provide effective and proactive tax services to the business, support the development of tax efficient products for our customers, and assist in influencing, interpreting, and implementing major tax legislative changes.

Purpose of your role

This is a mixed role covering both corporate and fund taxes. The individual will enable Fidelity International to effectively manage money for APAC investors globally and manage money for all investors in Asian markets while complying with taxation obligations. This role will also involve oversight and support for corporate and international tax matters in the APAC region.

Key Responsibilities

Corporate Tax

• Providing oversight and assistance with compliance obligations of APAC corporate and indirect tax returns, including assistance with year-end tax provisioning;

• Assisting with tax audit and regulatory inspection information requests on both operational tax and corporate tax matters;

• Assist in International tax matters including BEPS Pillar 2 compliance requirements and filings, Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting and Transfer Pricing (e.g. Local Files) of APAC entities;

• Monitoring of tax developments and tax risks across Asia, including providing tax advice support for transactions and ad-hoc business projects.

Operational & Fund Tax

• Primary responsibility for oversight of the compliance obligations of Fidelity International's Australian domestic fund range and domestic legal entities including review of distribution calculations and investor reporting of Fidelity International's Asia (ex-Japan) fund ranges;

• Support and manage annual Australian CFC reporting for a supernational investor into a Luxembourg fund range;

• Review tax disclosure sections in fund prospectuses and offering documents, along with analyzing the availability of treaty relief on fund investments, for Fidelity International's Asia ex-Japan fund ranges;

• Assist in tax structuring analysis for new fund launches;

• Support with ad-hoc request from wider Operational Tax team, including reports and filings for CRS, FATCA and US tax forms (e.g. W-8BEN).

Experience and Qualifications Required

• tax professional with a professional qualification and a minimum 5 years' experience in Public Accounting or in-house for an International organisation, ideally at a Manager or Senior Manager level;

• technical expertise on fund and investment tax matters, hands on experience with fund accounting offerings, fund distribution and investor reporting processes and tax return preparation;

• strong communication skills with the ability to both engage in detailed technical analysis and debate as well as distil tax technical analysis to key messages and actionable recommendations (the ability also to speak and read an Asian language would be an advantage);

• strong appreciation of governance and risk management frameworks;

• a self-starter who is intellectually curious, sets high standards and can work without detailed day-to-day supervision, can learn quickly and develop informal networks.

• international tax and financial services experience (particularly in the asset management industry) is preferred

We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse company to work for and strive to create a culture where flexible working is encouraged so that we retain and attract the best talent by offering working patterns that suit both individual and business needs.