Senior Tax Specialist preparing complex Canadian personal, corporate, trust, partnership, and sales tax returns. Supporting tax research, planning, authorities, and junior team training at an accounting and advisory firm.
About the role
- Tax Analyst supporting TAG Software Group’s Canadian, US, and international tax compliance. Maintaining cross-border tax schedules, provisions, filings, and audit support for TAG’s software portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Support international mergers and acquisitions, including tax due diligence and post-acquisition integration.
- Maintain exempt, taxable and pre-acquisition surplus balances for foreign affiliates, including updates for acquisitions, reorganizations and dividends.
- Maintain FAPI calculations, including FAPI, FAPL and related adjustments for controlled foreign affiliates.
- Maintain safe income calculations to support section 55 planning on intercorporate dividends.
- Perform mind and management reviews of international companies for tax residency positions.
- Assist with repatriation planning and international money movements.
- Provide tax support to business units in Canada, the US and Europe.
- Maintain earnings and profits schedules for US and foreign entities.
- Advise controllers on transfer pricing methods and policy.
- Prepare quarterly and annual income tax provisions.
- Prepare return-to-provision reconciliations and propose true-up entries.
- Review subsidiary and international tax returns prepared by external advisors or local teams.
- Prepare working papers for US and Canadian tax returns for external preparers.
- Assist with new state sales tax registrations in Avalara.
- Review sales tax filings and support sales tax audits.
- Liaise with the Canada Revenue Agency, Revenu Québec and the IRS on tax matters.
- Assist with income tax audits.
- Prepare W-9 and W-8BEN / W-8BEN-E forms and respond to vendor and customer requests.
- Assist treasury with tax payment scheduling, intercompany settlements and cash forecasting inputs.
Requirements
- CPA designation, or currently enrolled in the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP) with progress toward designation.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, commerce or a related field.
- 2+ years of corporate tax experience in public accounting or a corporate tax environment, with exposure to both Canadian and US tax matters.
- Working knowledge of Canadian corporate tax, including the foreign affiliate rules.
- Strong Excel skills and comfort maintaining large, multi-entity schedules.
- Clear written English; French is an asset for working with the Montreal head office.
- Organized and detail-oriented.
- Completed or in progress: CPA In-Depth Tax Course.
- Experience with international tax, including surplus, FAPI or safe income calculations.
- Exposure to US federal and state tax, including E&P and sales tax nexus.
- Experience with Avalara, Corptax, TaxPrep or similar tax software.
- Experience with ASC 740 / IAS 12 tax provisions.
- Familiarity with M&A tax due diligence, tax structuring and cross-border tax planning.
- Ability to work independently and balance multiple priorities in a decentralized environment.
Benefits
- Work from home: A fully remote role, open to candidates anywhere in Canada, with the flexibility to manage your day in a way that works for you.
- Competitive pay: A competitive salary and benefits package that reflects your skills and your growth with us.
- Varied and engaging work: Broad exposure to Canadian international, US federal and state, and indirect tax in an acquisitive, multi-jurisdiction group.
- Support for your CPA journey: Time off for PEP modules and exams, plus course reimbursement.
- Room to grow: A clear growth path toward Senior Tax Analyst and Tax Manager.
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