Tax Manager

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,800 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.

You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end‑to‑end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

What you’ll do

Airwallex is looking for a proactive and motivated Tax Manager covering the EMEA and APAC markets with extensive hands‑on experience and a global mindset to provide tax advice and supporting documentation, compliance, and reporting for existing businesses and new business initiatives. This position will be part of a team that works closely with business partners to understand business initiatives, prepare advice on the associated tax implications, provide actionable guidance and requirements for the business, and support reporting and compliance obligations.

Responsibilities:

• Work on complex, high-priority projects whilst managing competing priorities – including working across multi-region and cross-functional teams
• Work on holistic, commercially balanced advice to leadership to devise strategic, technical tax positions
• Analyse and review statutes, regulations, and case laws, and extract data to make appropriate recommendations in simple terms
• Work with the EMEA/APAC tax lead on direct tax, indirect tax, and transfer pricing issues related to current and future Airwallex entities
• Contribute to complex global projects such as M&A transactions, due diligence, or IPO-readiness

• An in-depth, technical knowledge of complex taxation matters, including Direct tax, Indirect tax, International tax, and Transfer Pricing
• Demonstrable experience working across multiple time zones, supporting and/or leading on strategic cross-functional projects designed to identify growth opportunities or mitigate risk

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Finance, Accounting, Tax, or another related field
• Previous experience working in an accounting firm
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Team player mentality and ability to work with individuals across functions and culture

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Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.