Senior Manager - Tax - Global Compliance and Reporting - Vancouver

EY•Vancouver, BC

76d•$128,000 - $178,000

About The Position

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. The opportunity As a Senior Tax Manager, you will be a part of our Private Tax practice. You will be part of a team that are subject matter specialists who provide advice to high-net-worth business owners and individuals on domestic and cross-border tax planning, estate, wealth transfer and postmortem planning, asset protection strategies and philanthropic planning. Our Private Tax team works closely with our family office services practice acting as the tax advisor to family offices. This opportunity is ideal for someone who is a dynamic and entrepreneurially motivated individual who wishes to grow a long-term career in advising high net worth business owners and individuals. This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization. As a Senior Tax Manager, you will be responsible for recommending and implementing tax strategies that align with the client's objectives, corresponding with legal counsel and tax authorities on client issues, assisting with reorganizations, researching compliance and planning issues and reviewing personal, corporate and trust tax returns.

Requirements

An undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting and/or other appropriate academic major
years of relevant tax experience or equivalent experience in business or industry
Possess a Canadian CPA
Completed the In-Depth Tax Course (or equivalent)
Ability to lead small, medium and large sized client engagements and interact effectively with clients and internal team members
The successful candidate must lead by example and have proven leadership and people management skills
Ability to research and write utilizing electronic tax tools
Strong project management and organizational skills
Ability to work with tight deadlines
Process oriented with excellent documentation skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Proactive attitude, commitment, and a highly motivated and driven team player

Responsibilities

Recommend and implement tax strategies that align with the client's objectives
Correspond with legal counsel and tax authorities on client issues
Assist with reorganizations
Research compliance and planning issues
Review personal, corporate and trust tax returns
Identify planning opportunities and prepare correspondence describing the income tax implications of implementing transactions
Research client issues that arise from planning or compliance work using a variety of on-line sources
Coaching and mentoring more junior staff to execute assignments with accuracy and completeness
Liaise with the client’s legal counsel
Liaise with Canada Revenue Agency and relevant provincial ministries on client issues
Correspond with audit managers, staff and/or clients in answering clients’ specific personal, trust or corporate tax queries or about matters that arise from compliance or planning work
Prepare tax election forms
Assist and manage the administration of personal and trust tax compliance seasons
Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products.