09 Aug
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The Georgia Society of CPAs
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Toronto
09 Aug
The Georgia Society of CPAs
Toronto
About The Role
We're seeking a Senior Tax Manager to own the Canadian tax function. Please note this is a hands-on Individual Contributor (IC) role; you will own and execute the work—including preparing workpapers and reconciliations—without direct reports. You bring deep Canadian tax expertise, cross-border experience, and a forward-looking mindset around AI-driven practice improvement. As a real part of our lean global tax team, you will apply sound technical judgment to make the function faster and better than you found it.
What You'll Do
Canadian Tax
- Own Canadian corporate income tax compliance — oversee the full compliance process across all required schedules and applicable provincial jurisdictions, and ensure quality and accuracy at every stage
- Own GST/HST and applicable provincial indirect tax compliance
- Maintain transfer pricing documentation and intercompany agreements — ensuring positions are technically sound, contemporaneous, and defensible under tax authority scrutiny; advise Finance and Legal on cross-border arrangements before decisions are made, not after
- Own the Canadian component of tax reporting, coordinating with the US team
- Stay ahead of Canadian tax change — federal, provincial, Pillar Two — and translate what matters into decisions Finance can act on before the deadline, not after
- Own the tax authority relationship: respond to correspondence and see inquiries through to resolution
US Tax
- Flex into US income tax provision, federal and state compliance review,
and month-end close as a meaningful contributor — not just backup capacity, but a senior person who can carry real workload when it counts
- Contribute to public company tax reporting on a shared basis with the broader team
AI-Driven Tax Practice
- Reach for AI first — use Claude, Claude Code, and similar tools to accelerate research, draft technical memos, analyze notices, run calculations, and design repeatable workflows.
- Default to AI, don’t defer to it. The tools give you leverage; the work is still yours. Every output you put your name on — whether it’s a written position, a calculation, or a workflow result — is something you can explain and stand behind
- Tax work is multi-layered — some steps demand deep judgment, others not as much.
- Map the difference. Automate what's mechanical, build structured workflows for what's in between, and protect your focus for the analysis and positions that actually require you
What You'll Bring
Required
- 10+ years of Canadian tax expertise, with a track record of being a senior Canadian tax voice in the room — the person others deferred to on technical questions
- Background at a major accounting firm in a Canadian corporate or international tax group
- Multinational tax experience — you’ve worked across US and Canadian tax obligations and understand how cross-border arrangements function in practice, not just in documentation
- Transfer pricing expertise beyond documentation review — you understand what makes a position defensible and you’ve had to defend one
- The ability to translate complex technical positions into transparent, actionable guidance — you know the technically correct answer and you know which version of it the business should actually implement
- Meaningful US tax experience — sufficient to flex into provision, compliance, or month-end close and carry real workload during crunch periods
- CPA (Canada) or equivalent
- A track record of making the tax function faster and lighter than you found it — not just maintaining what exists, but leaving it better
- You've rebuilt something because of AI and it runs faster now. When something new lands, you don't prompt and paste — you interrogate it, pressure-test it, and know exactly where it's wrong before anyone else does
Preferred
- Public company experience
- Experience at a technology company or business with material cross-border activity
- Familiarity with NetSuite, Snowflake, or similar finance and accounting platforms
Location
This role is based in our downtown Toronto office, in-person four days per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday). Candidates must be based within commuting distance of the office.
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📌 Senior Tax Manager (Toronto)
🏢 The Georgia Society of CPAs
📍 Toronto