Position: Associate
Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Full-time
About GreenMount
GreenMount is a boutique independent advisory and funds management firm that advises on, and has the ability to co-invest in, private capital transactions predominantly in the Australian and New Zealand venture capital and private equity sectors. We have offices in Sydney, Auckland, and Christchurch.
GreenMount’s core advisory services are M&A tax services in the private capital industry, including fund and deal structuring, tax due diligence, restructuring/special situations, exit/sale support and as well as management incentives.
What makes GreenMount unique
At GreenMount, we care passionately about what we do and making our client’s businesses and our own business better every day. Everyone works with clients. Everyone is a business builder. Everyone is an essential member of the team.
We are the only independent M&A tax focused advisory business in the Australian and New Zealand markets. Our GreenMount Capital funds management business presents opportunities for us to participate financially in deals alongside our advisory clients either through our own venture capital co-invest fund or our private equity co-invest fund.
About the role
You will be involved in the end-to-end delivery of client engagements, which, for example, will include performing the following tasks:
- Assist/lead the development of structure ideas and step plans to support the commercial and legal requirements of transactions
- Undertake core analysis of tax returns and work papers to identify tax risks, compliance, and valuable tax attributes
- Demonstrate strong technical skills with a commercial overlay to understand and present matters of significance to our clients
- Lead the drafting of tax due diligence and structuring reports and lead Q&A with management
- Identify and maintain ‘level appropriate’ connections with client and colleague networks to enhance our relationships in the market
- Develop proposals for new opportunities based on briefs received
- Any other tasks reasonably expected of a tax professional
- Actively living and exhibiting GreenMount’s values of ‘Trust, Respect, Loyalty, Collaboration, Accountability & Resilience
- Ensuring personal ‘Accountability’ in respect of daily timesheet completion, client billing and active engagement practices (as appropriate)
Firm building involves
- GreenMount’s growing business, one of your key activities will be to build and maintain relationships with existing clients or targets
- You will be encouraged to bring new ideas to growing our business and supported in executing on those ideas
- We have a sophisticated, whole of team, approach to business development and you will work closely with our senior team members in growing our market share
- Being a valued team member involves:
- being a self-starter and bringing an entrepreneurial mindset
- being comfortable voicing your views with senior team members
- working collaboratively across functional and geographical boundaries
- Depending on your interests and skillsets, you will be encouraged to get involved in Developing new and better ways of doing things inside our business
- You will have regular interactions with your coach who will assist you with shaping your daily activities at GreenMount and your longer-term career development
About you
- Minimum 2 years experience within a top or mid-tier accounting or top tier legal firm in the international tax, M&A or corporate tax areas
- Ideally, M&A tax experience on buy-side and sell-side transactions
- General tax advisory experience across at least income tax law, regulations and guidance
- An Accounting or Law degree
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent research, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Confident in your ability to be a positive contributor
Benefits
- In addition to a highly competitive remuneration and bonus structure, all GreenMount Advisory employees have the opportunity to invest in the GreenMount Capital co-investment funds
- Hybrid working options to support you achieve a more balanced approach to life
- Funded CA/Tax qualification and additional study support classes to foster continuous learning
- Be part of a winning culture in a specialist area of market leading private capital transactions