Senior Tax Accountant

Overview

Susquehanna is looking for a Senior Tax Accountant to join our team in Sydney on a 12-month parental leave max term contract, with potential to extend. Reporting to the Financial Controller, Asia Pacific, you will support monthly, quarterly and annual financial and management reporting across multiple APAC entities, alongside related tax compliance and returns.

This role suits someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, builds strong relationships with stakeholders, and takes ownership of delivering high-quality outputs to deadline.

What you’ll do:

Financial & management reporting

• Own the preparation and review of monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary.
• Support the month-end close process, reconciliations, and reporting deliverables across multiple APAC entities.
• Assist with year-end financial statements, audit coordination, and documentation.

Tax compliance & governance

• Prepare and/or coordinate tax-related compliance obligations (e.g., income tax, GST/BAS, FBT and other required filings), working with internal stakeholders and external advisors as needed.
• Maintain strong controls, documentation, and audit-ready support for tax and accounting positions.

Budgeting, forecasting & analysis

• Partner with stakeholders on budgeting and forecasting cycles; track performance, investigate variances, and provide insights.
• Produce clear, decision-useful reporting for regional leadership.

Stakeholder management

• Work closely with teams locally and offshore, building trusted relationships across Finance, Operations, and other partner groups.

Continuous improvement

• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve controls, and increase automation and reporting efficiency.

What we’re looking for

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline; CPA/CA (or equivalent) required.
• 10+ years’ experience across financial and management reporting, with strong end-to-end close ownership and senior-level accountability.
• Financial services industry experience required (e.g., trading, banking, asset management, funds management, insurance, fintech).
• Strong tax compliance capability across relevant obligations (preparation and/or review), with proven experience partnering with external advisors and auditors.
• Demonstrated experience owning budgeting/forecasting cycles, delivering variance analysis, and producing clear management insights for senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills; strong capability with financial systems, reporting tools, and working with large datasets to produce accurate, decision-useful reporting.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight deadlines in a high-performance environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills—able to build trust quickly across teams locally and offshore.
• High attention to detail, strong controls mindset, and disciplined documentation practices.
• Continuous improvement mindset—experience driving process uplift, automation, and efficiency gains.

What’s in it for you

• Our flat hierarchy enables you to drive meaningful impact, by leveraging your expertise and taking ownership.
• Breadth and ownership across the full suite of financial and management accounts for multiple APAC entities.
• Exposure to stakeholders locally and globally, with genuine partnership across teams.
• A culture focused on improving how we work—through better tools, automation, education and process improvement.
• Private healthcare and gym allowances, plus wellness initiatives.
• Additional leave entitlements including marriage leave and 2 bonus days annually.
• Fully stocked kitchen, with daily breakfast and lunch.
• Regular social, sporting and community events including annual poker tournament.
• Matched donations and corporate discounts.
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About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.

What we do 

Susquehanna’s deep integration of trading, technology and quant research makes us experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives. We handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day as both a market maker and market taker. Our efforts provide liquidity and ensure competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized to allow for a deep understanding of the unique drivers of each asset class.

Equal Opportunity statementWe’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.

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