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Tax Manager

Progress Group Inc • Full-time • Oakville, ON, CA • 1m ago

Tax Manager

Job Title: Tax Manager

Reports to: CEO

Industry: Financial Services

Department: Accounting

Employment Type: Full-time

At Progress Group, we are entrepreneurs at heart. This means that we uniquely understand you are working to maximize your outcomes in your personal and professional life. Make an impact with our team as Tax manager, where you can combine your passion with purpose and join a culture that is thriving in the face of change. We are committed to creating a working environment mutually beneficial to our team and clients which includes (but not limited to):

· Customer Service Excellence

· Innovation, Empowerment

· Power-Driven

· Task-Oriented, Honesty

· Accountability

Our firm offers a multi-faceted work environment with fulfilling challenges. We are seeking a motivated leader who can develop innovative strategies that enable clients to streamline processes, maximize efficiencies and minimize tax liability. You must be willing to handle multiple projects for our Oakville location while utilizing prioritization skills and a sense of urgency.

Hours

The Tax Manager is expected to be in office from 9:00am-5:30pm Monday to Friday. These hours are expected to increase during tax season.

Job Responsibilities

· Prepare personal, corporate, partnership and trust income tax returns

· Work on tax planning engagements for owner managed Canadian domestic clients

· Play a key role in managing the processes and procedures during tax season

· Draft correspondence for internal use, for client engagements as well as with tax authorities

· Working with accounting staff in the preparation of the legal entity financial statements.

· Identify technical issues, research, propose and implement solutions

· Participate in the analysis of new legislation and implementing planning ideas for our clients

· Prepare and present professional development seminars

· Coach and mentor staff and delegate assignments, and provide advice and support to team members

· Actively participate in all engagement phases including budget, analysis of work-in-progress, drafting of invoices and management of accounts receivables

· Solve client problems and introduce clients to new tax planning strategies

· Management and payment of tax installments

· Market the firm’s services

· Serving as a liaison to CRA and other taxation authorities on assessments, audits and other administrative matters

Competencies

· A minimum of 3 years’ experience working in tax within a public accounting firm.

· Experience with owner managed clients and mid-size companies

· Excellent written and verbal communication in English

· Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clients or other parties

· Ability to solve practical and complex problems

· Research and information gathering skills

· Organizational skills for prioritizing demands, workflow and meeting deadlines