Senior Tax Manager - Toronto, Canada - Bridgeway Professionals

Description

Seeking a Senior Tax Manager to join a team in the Greater Toronto area, where you will work in a variety of industries such as investments, high-net-worth individuals, owner-managed businesses, and more. You will be required to complete the necessary forms for clients or for the businesses in which they work while ensuring compliance and advising executive leadership/clients on best practices and emerging issues related to tax.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with tax authorities on tax audits and appeals.
• Preparing and reviewing personal, and corporate tax returns, various election forms, along with other tax information forms.
• Develop and implement strategies for clients to capitalize on business opportunities.
• Researching tax issues and documenting this research in tax memos or client letters
• Discuss complex tax issues with the engagement team and client management.
• Keep informed of current tax developments and effectively apply tax knowledge to client situations by staying abreast of changes in international tax laws, regulations, and emerging trends.
• Identify tax planning opportunities for clients.
• Collaborating with Tax Partners and other senior staff on long-term strategic tax planning; actively identifying, evaluating, and resolving tax risks and exposures.
• Review tax provisions, corporate tax filings, and information returns prepared by junior accountants.
• Coordinate and review the preparation of tax provisions and related financial statement disclosures for cross-border operations by ensuring accurate and timely reporting of tax liabilities, deferred tax assets/liabilities, and tax reserves following relevant accounting standards.
• Conduct research and analysis to assess the impact of tax law changes on the organization's cross-border activities and provide proactive recommendations.
• Manage risk and financial performance of engagements and collaborate with other professionals to identify new marketplace opportunities and growth.
• Manage a team of 8 accounting practitioners.

Qualifications/Experience:

• CPA Designation Completion of In-Depth Tax Program or MTax Degree
• 7+ years of experience in Canadian Tax and Tax Consulting at a public practice firm (corporate, personal, trust planning, and compliance)
• Have some experience in Cross Border Tax
• Extensive understanding of relevant tax legislation, corporate, personal, and trust tax planning and compliance
• Ability to manage a team, and delegate work and deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage clients to describe and market the firms' services and deliver high-quality deliverables.
• Experience preparing and reviewing domestic tax compliance and implementing tax reorganizations.
• Knowledge of cross-border and international tax regulations

NEVER TELL PEOPLE HOW TO DO THINGS. TELL THEM WHAT TO DO AND THEY WILL SURPRISE YOU WITH THEIR INGENUITY. - General George S Patton

FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT WE RECEIVE - Francis of Assisi

LET ME WIN, BUT IF I CANNOT WIN, LET ME BE BRAVE IN THE ATTEMPT - Motto of the Special Olympics

ONE LEARNS PEOPLE THROUGH THE HEART, NOT THE EYES OR THE INTELLECT - Mark Twain

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO SUCCEED AT ANYTHING AND THAT IS TO GIVE EVERYTHING - Vince Lombardi

NO ONE IS USELESS IN THIS WORLD WHO LIGHTENS THE BURDEN OF IT TO ANYONE ELSE - Charles Dickens

LIFE IS 10% WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU AND 90% HOW YOU RESPOND TO IT - Lou Holtz

PEACE BEGINS WITH A SMILE - Mother Teresa

WE CAN'T HELP EVERYONE, BUT EVERYONE CAN HELP SOMEONE - Ronald Reagan

FAITH IS TAKING THE FIRST STEP EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T SEE THE WHOLE STAIRCASE - Martin Luther King, Jr.