Xero

Manager, Product Compliance – Industry Engagement

Xero

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Auckland • 🇳🇿 New Zealand

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Cyber Security

About the role

  • Champion Product Compliance: Own the regulatory landscape for our NZ products, ensuring full compliance with local standards in tax, payroll, accounting, and cyber security.
  • Translate Regulation into Action: Monitor changes from key bodies (e.g., MBIE, Inland Revenue) and translate complex legislation into clear, actionable requirements for our product and technology teams.
  • Shape Future Products: Provide strategic regulatory guidance on our product roadmaps, embedding compliance into the design of new features from the very beginning.
  • Build Our Compliance Framework: Partner with leaders across Product, Technology, and Legal to design and implement the risk frameworks that safeguard our products and customers.
  • Be the Voice of Xero: Build influential relationships with government agencies and professional bodies, representing Xero in technical working groups to help shape future policy.
  • Provide Expert Guidance: Act as the go-to subject matter expert for regulatory queries across the business, including supporting our M&A team with compliance due diligence.

Requirements

  • 7+ years experience in public practice with focus on taxation, compliance or business services
  • 5+ years working collaboratively in technology, software or with Revenue Agencies
  • Experienced in use of a broad range of accounting, tax and payroll software and the preparation of financial statements and tax returns
  • Experienced in writing technical advice addressing complex specialist issues, with in-depth analysis, evaluation and interpretation, often requiring the ability to gain acceptance or change of thinking
  • Experienced collaborating and working with a broad range of stakeholders including senior leadership, external customers, technical peers
  • Experience with risk assessments and product roadmaps is advantageous
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Commerce, Law, Taxation, Finance or similar
  • Qualified accountant or bookkeeper and current member of professional body
Benefits
  • Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays!)
  • Dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing
  • Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family
  • Free medical insurance
  • Wellbeing and sports programmes
  • Employee resource groups
  • 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
  • Employee Share Plan
  • Beautiful offices
  • Flexible working
  • Career development
  • Many other benefits that reflect our human value

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
taxationcomplianceaccountingpayroll softwarefinancial statementstax returnsrisk assessmentsproduct roadmapstechnical adviceregulatory compliance
Soft skills
collaborationstakeholder engagementinfluential relationshipsstrategic guidancecommunicationanalysisevaluationinterpretationproblem-solvingleadership
Certifications
qualified accountantbookkeepermember of professional body