Senior Tax Manager

Job Description

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Finance, the successful candidate’s primary responsibilities include overseeing the Tax Team, ensuring compliance with the Company’s income and indirect tax filings, leading the quarterly tax provision reporting and assisting with various other tax projects.

Key Activities

Core Tax Reporting, Compliance and Planning Responsibilities

• Review and prepare income tax provision for quarterly reporting.
• Oversee the tax team responsible for preparation of all Canadian tax filings, including income and indirect tax return filings.
• Lead tax compliance and assist with tax planning for potential transactions and internal restructurings.
• Analyze and manage budget to actual variances for indirect taxes and income taxes.
• Research and analysis on resident tax issues, resident indirect tax matters and payroll tax questions.
• Liaise with CRA, Revenue Quebec and other tax authorities to resolve income tax, commodity tax and payroll tax issues.
• Review details relating to CCA schedules, and other current deductions ensuring appropriate audit support.
• Provide tax support for major projects as required.
• Ensure compliance with SIFT rules for income tax filings and quarterly tax reporting.
• Stay up to date on new legislative changes and ensure appropriately applied to tax filings and reporting.
• Proactively engage with business partners across the organization to identify tax planning opportunities, support business initiatives and provide practical tax guidance.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Treasury, Operations, Real Estate and other internal teams to ensure tax considerations are appropriately identified, communicated and incorporated into business decisions and projects.
• Oversee tax administration matters, including coordinating staff workloads, managing tax related billings and ensuring related processes are completed accurately and on a timely basis.
• Timely, accurate, clear and to-the-point communication of tax information to leaders and other team members of the organization.
  
  

Team Management:

• Provide daily oversight and manage four direct and indirect reports as leader including recruitment, training, mentorship and performance management. Perform adhoc projects as required as well as process improvement initiatives.
• Promote a spirit of cooperation and teamwork by taking the initiative to improve the team’s effectiveness.
• Appropriately delegate and provide development experiences for direct reports.
• Serve as a source of technical/financial expertise and set meaningful objectives for direct reports.
  
  

Qualifications

Experience and Education:

• CPA, CA with a minimum of 8 years of post-designated tax experience in public accounting firm or large company in industry.
• Completion of the CICA In-Depth course.
• Experience with multi-entity structures and the taxation of trusts and partnerships.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and experience in managing and developing staff.
• Strong problem-solving skills and business acumen.
• Strong organizational skills and pays close attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely.
• Real estate industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience using accounting systems, specifically Yardi and OneStream.
• Proficiency with excel power query and power automate.
  
  

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong financial and analytical skills, as well as demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, at all levels of the organization.
• Excel proficiency (intermediate to advanced) is mandatory.
• Sound managerial and mentoring skills.
• Strong knowledge of the Canadian Income Tax Act.
• Ability to understand the big picture.
• Attention to detail.
• Take full ownership of tasks on hand.
• Easily adapts to changes, delays, or unexpected events in the work environment.
• Able to work and solve problems independently.
• The ability to organize and prioritize work to meet defined deadlines in a large fast-paced work environment.
• A focus on continuous improvement and quality.
• Demonstrates Chartwell’s values of RESPECT.
  
  

Special Requirements

• Presentation of criminal record check
• Participation in all conferences and educational courses, as required
• Flexibility in hours will be required during peak periods
  

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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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.