Bilingual Tax Analyst

About Our Client
Our client is looking for a bilingual Tax Analyst for a 6-month contract-to-permanent opportunity.

This person will support the company’s recurring tax compliance and reporting activities across monthly, quarterly and fiscal yearend cycles. The role will coordinate preparation, collection of source documentation, filers and system entries, liaise with internal stakeholders and external advisors, and help maintain timely and accurate tax filings using company tax systems. This position is ideal for a candidate with strong technical tax knowledge, excellent organizational skills, and proven ability to manage recurring deliverables and ad hoc requests.

About the Opportunity

• Execute recurring tax compliance tasks across monthly, quarterly and fiscal year-end cycles, ensuring deadlines are met and filings are accurate.
• Prepare and maintain tax schedules and workpapers required for corporate, and other periodic tax filings.
• Track task timelines: establish and update starting dates, due dates, and frequency for each recurring filing or submission.
• Identify, request and collect source information from business units and other internal stakeholders: specify required documents, contact names, and contact emails; follow up to secure timely delivery.
• Complete filing activities using established filing methods (electronic portal, e-file, paper submission) and ensure confirmations / acknowledgements are captured and filed.
• Reconcile filings to accounting records and assist with journal entries related to tax accruals and payments.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing requested documentation, responding to queries, and maintaining an organized archive of tax files and correspondence.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Taxation or related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant tax experience in a corporate tax department, accounting firm, or tax advisory role (adjustable depending on level of hire).
• Familiarity with recurring tax processes for monthly, quarterly and annual returns (income tax, VAT/GST/sales tax, withholding taxes, regulatory filings).
• Hands-on experience with tax compliance software and general accounting systems (experience with common tax platforms, ERP systems, or filing portals is a plus).
• Strong Excel skills; experience with data extraction, reconciliation and analysis.
• Excellent organizational skills, able to manage multiple deadlines, tasks and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to draft clear information requests and follow-up messages to internal and external contacts.
• Detail-oriented with high level of accuracy and good judgement.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.

How to Apply
Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats. When referencing this job, quote # 484190.

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com.

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

Privacy Notice

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
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• Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
• Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.