Senior Tax Analyst

About the Company

Our client is in the mining industry. They are looking for a Senior Tax Analyst who will be responsible for supporting tax accounting, tax compliance, financial reporting, planning, tax audit coordination, and special project initiatives.

Why Work Here

• Excellent mentor to work with and learn from
• Very good work-life balance
• Opportunities for growth to Manager

About the Opportunity

Tax Compliance

Support the tax compliance process to ensure that the company has complied with tax laws in each country that it operates and that all necessary tax returns are filed on a timely basis and accurately.

• Prepare all tax compliance filings for Canadian and related jurisdictions for review by the tax manager. Prepare return to provision analysis with detailed summary of differences to ensure tax accounting for such differences is in accordance with IAS 12 requirements.
• Coordinate and monitor the company's transfer pricing initiatives via documentation of intercompany transactions and transfer pricing methodology applied to intercompany transactions.
• Prepare and maintain foreign affiliate surplus calculations (including exempt, taxable, and hybrid surplus accounts).
• Maintain global tax compliance tracker to ensure completeness of annual tax filings.

Tax Financial Reporting

Support the financial reporting process for taxation to ensure complete and accurate disclosure while anticipating the impact of changes in tax law and accounting principles to the effective tax rate and disclosure.

• Accountable for the preparation of timely, accurate external financial tax reporting that complies with regulatory requirements and meets the needs of investors, analysts and other stakeholders.
• Ensure financial tax information contained in other external reporting is accurate (ESTMA, CSR Report, Management Information Circular, 40F, Annual Information Form, etc.).
• Support the tax manager in gathering and organizing documentation requested by the Company's external auditors and facilitate timely and positive conclusions to ongoing assurance engagements related to tax.
• Support the tax manager with tax inputs to the FP&A function in support of corporate models.
• Assist with preparing reconciliation and explanation of differences between effective tax rate and statutory tax rate.
• Prepare documentation surrounding the tax accounting environment, including but not limited to: recognition of deferred tax assets, outside basis (IAS 12.39), transfer pricing, and uncertain tax positions.
• Maintain and update quarterly and annual SOX binders and documentation to evidence the operating effectiveness over internal controls.

Tax Controversy

Support all revenue authority audits, tax litigation proceedings, and information requests from revenue authorities.

• Co-ordinate with respective internal departments to obtain the required data.
• Prepare reconciliations, tax data, and responses to audit queries.
• Maintain all responses and any potential tax exposures in our consolidated tracker.

Tax Planning

Research with respect to tax planning, special projects, transactions and analytical support related to tax.

• Provide direct support to the tax manager with inputs to the FP&A function models to ensure that models properly reflect tax legislation changes, implications of alternative tax filing positions, implications of tax planning opportunities and scenario forecasting projections.
• Assist tax manager with research and coordination related to tax due diligence, restructuring and planning as needed.

About You

• Four (4) to Seven (7) years of Canadian corporate tax experience.
• University degree and professional accounting designation, CPA, CA
• Completion of, or active enrolment in, the CPA In-Depth Tax Program.
• Strong experience with tax provision preparation under IFRS and supporting financial statement audits.
• Experience with complex Canadian corporate income tax return filings and information returns (T2, T1134, T106, CbCR).

Salary Range

$100,000 - $118,000/year

Benefits

• Discretionary bonuses
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Company 401(k) retirement plan

Location

Current vacancy. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity.