Job Description

About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

As a Head of Tax, USA in our Enterprise Finance team, you will hold a senior leadership role with end‑to‑end accountability for ANZ’s United States tax outcomes within a highly regulated banking environment.

You are anchored in the United States, reflecting the scale, complexity, and regulatory intensity of the US market. While this role is not designed as a standing regional or multi‑country position, you are expected to lead and coordinate tax matters with broader Group or global impact where these arise from US tax rules, structures, or activities, working closely with Institutional and Group Tax.

While ANZ operates a global tax operating model with strong internal support, you will remain personally accountable for senior judgment, escalation, and regulatory engagement.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: New York, USA
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

What will your day look like?

As a Head of Tax, USA you will be responsible for;

• End‑to‑end ownership of US tax outcomes, including advisory, compliance, reporting, audit, and regulatory engagement
• Acting as a proactive business partner, anticipating changes in US tax law and regulatory practice, translating implications for ANZ, and enabling timely business response and implementation
• Leading or coordinating resolution of tax matters with Group or global impact, including those arising from ANZ US’ role as a funding hub
• Providing senior judgment on complex, sensitive, or precedent‑setting tax matters
• Serving as the primary interface with US tax authorities, auditors, and senior stakeholders
• Leading hands‑on audit and regulatory defence, with strong discipline around documentation, controls, and execution, working with internal tax specialists and delivery teams
• Providing leadership to an existing US‑based tax resource, ensuring capability, continuity, and development
• Operating within ANZ’s Institutional Tax function with support from an established Tax Centre of Excellence (CoE) operating as a team‑extension model
• Retaining full end‑to‑end accountability for technical judgment, escalation, regulatory engagement, and risk outcomes
• Actively leading and scaling the use of internal support as appropriate to strengthen delivery discipline and enable focus on senior judgment and stakeholder engagement

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Significant senior US tax experience within a regulated financial services environment
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate tax law and regulatory change and drive timely business response
• Experience leading audits, regulatory interactions and complex tax positions
• Strong commercial judgment and senior‑level stakeholder engagement capability
• Experience leading and developing tax capability
• A hands‑on, accountable leadership style, with disciplined use of advisers
• Professional tax qualification (e.g. CPA or equivalent) desirable

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is US$200,000 to US$240,000

This range is determined by the job, location and level of expertise required for this specific role. The final salary offered will consider your capabilities, skills and knowledge

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. you'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 115162.

Job Posting End Date

13/05/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)