Tax Supervisor

Job Duties and Qualifications

Job Duties:

• Prepare, review and/or provide feedback on:
  •  Income tax filings for all Canadian legal entities (partnership and corporations).
  • Monthly, quarterly, and/or annual tax provisions for all Canadian legal entities.
  •  Tax forecasts (Cash and ETR).
  • Return-to-accrual (RTA) and Tax Basis Balance Sheet (TBBS) for all Canadian legal entities within 30 days of filing tax returns.
  • Account reconciliations for various tax accounts.
  • Controls evidence for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls.
  • Legal entity financial statements.
  • Thin capitalization, excessive interest and financing expenses limitation (EIFEL), and Paid-up Capital calculations.

• Manage, review, and provide feedback on:
  •  Annual withholding tax filings under Part XIII, Regulation 102 and Regulation 105 (T4s, NR4s, T4A-NRs) for relevant Canadian legal entities. 
  • Master Service Agreements (MSA), contracts, and business cases to Business Development and Proposals teams.
  • Indirect tax matters as well as GST and PST returns.

• Support and assist the Regional Tax Manager with: 
  • CRA audit responses.   This includes gathering relevant documents, drafting responses to audit questions/letters, communicating with CRA auditors, and liaising with external advisors.
  •  Foreign affiliate information returns (T1134s) and Foreign Accrual Property Income (FAPI) calculations
  • Transfer pricing related filings (T106s)
  • Conducting functional interviews on an annual basis to update transfer pricing related documentation
  • Tax planning and reorganization projects (windups, dissolutions, amalgamations, income tax rollovers, etc.)
  • Due diligence on acquisition of assets or shares
  • Documenting and updating tax exposures on a quarterly basis for the purposes of US GAAP FIN 48
  • Working with external advisors to support the tax function

• Work with finance, accounting, HR, payroll, and operations to deal with various tax matters and questions that arise
• Research technical issues as needed for various corporate, personal, and indirect tax matters.
• Update corporate head office on Canadian tax legislation
• Maintain knowledge with technical tax issues and accounting standards through attending webinars, in person seminars, and reading technical information
•  Monitor and update Canadian tax rates for provision purposes
• Train accounting and offshore staff to prepare relevant working papers that can be used for tax purposes
• Identify opportunities to automate processes to help the tax function become more efficient through the use of technology and resources that have been made available.

Qualifications

•    CPA Canada designation
•    Completion of CPA In-Depth Tax Course (All levels)
•    Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
•    Experienced tax practitioner with 5+ years of tax experience in public practice and/or corporate tax environment
•    Experience with TaxPrep, OneSource, SAP (ECC and S4) and Altyrex