Tax Manager

Royal Bank of Canada•Toronto, ON

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Tax Manager within RBC Taxation, you will be part of a dynamic group of forward-thinking and technology-enabled tax professionals who value working in a fast-paced team environment. In this role, you will be directly responsible for supporting RBC’s Canadian tax compliance and reporting obligations, both domestic and international. In addition, you will have opportunities to assist senior members of the RBC Taxation Group with the delivery of value-added tax advisory and planning services to all business units operating within the RBC group. Our ideal candidate is a self-starting team player with strong analytical and organizational skills, and an ability to communicate complex tax matters to both tax and non-tax audiences. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to continually developing their own tax knowledge and an inherent desire to simplify and improve tax compliance work through process refinements, standardization of best practices and the adoption of tax technology solutions.

Requirements

CPA or equivalent professional accounting designation
Minimum 3 years of full-time Canadian tax experience in a large corporation or major accounting firm
Good knowledge of financial and tax accounting principles
Detail oriented, with the ability to meet multiple deadlines and work under pressure
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Intermediate Excel skills, proficient in look ups, pivot tables, and similar functions
Strong organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
A performance driven attitude with a continuous process improvement mindset seeking best in class operations and solutions
Staying current with technological advances, particularly AI

Nice To Haves

Advanced Excel proficiency, including Power Query, Power Pivot, and VBA
Knowledge of Canadian taxation for international subsidiaries
Partial completion of the CICA in-depth tax course
Completion of a Masters in Taxation (MTax) course

Responsibilities

Prepare monthly income and capital tax provisions, and quarterly tax note reporting for assigned subsidiaries
Manage the income and capital tax return preparation process for assigned subsidiaries as well as assist the team in the preparation of Canadian international tax compliance work (including surplus calculations, T106 and T1134 information returns for foreign affiliates)
Ensure that reconciliations of income and capital tax accounts are in accordance with RBC’s audit requirements and its standards of documentation
Ensure timely preparation and payment of income tax and capital tax instalments for your assigned entities
Support other RBC Taxation Group team members, as well as business partners, in the delivery of value-added tax advice
Research and prepare responses to CRA audit queries
Keep abreast of Canadian tax legislative developments to determine and communicate the impact to relevant stakeholders within RBC, and recommend strategies and solutions to the senior levels of the RBC Taxation Group to manage the impact of such legislative developments
Identify, support and operationalize improvements to processes with latest technology and/ or best practices