Senior Manager, Tax
Lightspeed Commerce, Inc.•Ottawa, ON
•Hybrid
About The Position
We’re looking for a Senior Tax Manager to join our Finance team. Reporting to the Director, Tax, the ideal candidate is self-motivated, possesses strong organizational skills, and is extremely detail-oriented. Our working environment is dynamic, and daily tasks include a variety of tax duties.
Requirements
- 8-10 years of progressive tax experience, ideally combining public accounting and corporate tax
- CPA designation
- Strong knowledge of Canadian and US taxation
- Experienced with international tax issues, transfer pricing and government grants
- Strong people management skills including leading, performance management, mentoring, coaching and developing teams
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure, manage priorities and meet deadlines
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality
- Adept at handling sensitive documents
- Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English. As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in public companies, including IFRS and SOX control compliance
- In-depth Tax course, Masters of Taxation or equivalent
- Familiar with European and APAC taxes
- Knowledge of the Pillar 2 framework
- Proficiency in written and spoken French
- Experience with systems such as NetSuite, TaxPrep, Salesforce and Avalara
Responsibilities
- Manage the company's global tax function and provide hands-on leadership to the Tax team
- Coordinate and oversee the company's global tax processes including all compliance filings, quarterly financial statement tax provision reporting, transfer pricing management and other international reporting requirements
- Review and oversee global sales tax return filings, reconciliations and payments
- Provide internal tax advisory guidance to various business units and functional areas across the organization
- Manage tax audits and other correspondence with government authorities
- Utilize our team of external tax advisor relationships efficiently and effectively
- Work closely with the company's Legal and M&A teams, making recommendations on potential transactions, helping with post-acquisition integration activities and corporate structure considerations.
- Provide the company's FP&A team with tax/government grant inputs for reporting, budgeting and forecasting purposes
- Continually monitor, track and report on the existing and proposed tax legislations and related changes that could impact the company's operations
Benefits
- Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
- Equity options
- Contributions to your pension plan
- Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
- Health and wellness credit
- Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
- Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams
- Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
- Enhanced parental leave
- medical, dental, wellness, life and disability insurance, RRSP plan and match, paid parental leave top-up, and paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
