Principal Tax

Our Opportunity

Work Location:  Perth. Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster:  Monday to Friday.

** We will consider applications for Full-time OR Part-time **

Fortescue is seeking an experienced Principal Tax Advisor to support the Head of Tax on strategic, enterprise-wide and non-routine tax matters within a fast-paced, diverse and pioneering multinational environment.

This is a senior advisory role suited to a tax professional who can see across the full tax landscape, integrate different tax perspectives, anticipate emerging risks and lead high-impact tax initiatives through to completion. The role complements existing tax management positions and focuses on judgement, integration and strategic problem-solving, rather than day-to-day compliance delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on significant, novel and non-routine tax matters across multiple tax disciplines and jurisdictions
• Bring together direct tax, international tax, reporting and governance perspectives to shape coherent, defensible outcomes
• Identify emerging or systemic tax matters and provide senior review and quality assurance over key tax positions, submissions and disclosures
• Support engagement with tax authorities and help maintain strong tax governance and assurance readiness
• Contribute to tax advocacy initiatives and stay across tax policy and legislative developments relevant to the business
• Lead discrete, high-impact tax initiatives from start to finish, coordinating input across Tax, Finance, other stakeholders and external advisors

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in corporate tax roles within multinational organisations and/or large, complex groups
• Broad-based tax knowledge with the ability to operate across multiple tax disciplines
• Proven ability to lead multi-faceted initiatives or projects through to completion, together with strong experience dealing with judgement-based, strategic or non-routine tax matters
• Experience in tax risk management, governance and/or tax authority engagement, with demonstrated positive outcomes
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
• Professional qualifications such as CTA, CA or CPA are preferred. Experience in resources, energy or other capital-intensive industries is advantageous.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.