Tax Audit Adviser The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance

Consulting Opportunities in Directorate General of Taxes Jakarta
Australia Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance (AIPEG)

Tax Audit Adviser
The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance (AIPEG) is an AusAID-funded project assisting Indonesia to undertake economic and financial policy reforms. Norton Rose Australia, the Managing Contractor, seeks applications for the position of Tax Audit Advisor. The duration of the appointment will be one year but there is a strong likelihood that the position will be extended. The successful candidate will be expected to have more than 15 years experience in tax audit and be able to demonstrate the following qualifications, skills, attributes and personal qualities:

1. Strong technical and practical knowledge of:
   1.1 The tax enforcement (compliance) program of an OECD country;
   1.2 Strategies commonly used to detect non compliance;

1.3 Strategies to mitigate complex tax compliance risks;
1.4 The practices and methodologies used to identify the amount of undeclared taxable income and/or tax evaded at an individual taxpayer level; and

2. An ability to:
2.1 Understand and analyse complex technical issues;
2.2Interpret and apply tax technical knowledge;

A strong capacity to implement reform programs that will impact significantly on the performance of a national Tax Agency.
An ability to effectively communicate with a broad range of stakeholders.
Strong professional leadership skills and the capacity to advise senior executives of the Directorate.
The ability to produce high quality reports in the English language.
Formal qualifications in an area relevant to the services.
In addition, Bahasa Indonesia language skills would be an advantage.

A copy of the terms of reference may be obtained by writing to: procurement@aipeg.or.id.

Applicants should submit a CV, a covering letter which clearly addresses the selection criteria listed above and a short statement addressing each of the following questions to procurement@aipeg.or.id no later than Sunday 24 July 2011. The statement should not exceed 500 words per question.

Failure to address the selection criteria and/or the questions may result in your application being rejected.

1. Briefly outline your expertise in Tax Audit and explain:
a)where and how you developed this expertise,
b) your working experience in the field,
c)your international working experience in the field, and
d)your prior experience as a mentor /adviser.
2. Explain how you would approach implementing:
a)a new tax audit program, and/or
b)new business systems and techniques to improve enforcement capabilities?
3. What do you believe the risks and challenges are in successfully introducing and implementing and a new tax audit program and what do you believe the major barriers would be? How would you deal with these risks, challenges and barriers?

Selection will be made in accordance with Government of Australia procurement guidelines. Norton Rose Australia is an equal opportunity employer.