Requisition ID: 268497 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Purpose Contributes to the overall success of a Scotiatrust Taxation Services unit in Canada ensuring specific individualgoals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the teams business strategies and objectives.

Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Accountabilities Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

Proactively engages clients and partners to deliver comprehensive personal and estate and trust tax preparation services to an assigned group of clients within regulatory deadlines, defined policies and procedures, service level agreements, and audit standards.

Provides tax solutions and strategies to clients, and partners by proactively recognizing tax issues as they affect the clients situation and ensuring that the clients, and our partners are made aware, as appropriate.

Primary contact for all clients, partners, and recent business prospects.

Allocates, monitors and reviews all tax returns prepared by Associate Tax Officers, Tax Administrators, and seasonal staff to ensure completeness and accuracy and to minimize risk.

Provides on-going guidance, motivation and tax technical coaching to the Associate Tax Officers, Tax Administrators, and seasonal staff.

Provides constructive performance feedback for Associate Tax Officers, Tax Administrators, and seasonal staff.

Performs key tax preparation functions by preparing the most complex tax returns.





Understands how the Banks risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring thorough knowledge of, and strict adherence to, the Banks Global Sales Practices, ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.

Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Education / Experience Previous employment within a tax unit servicing individuals, trusts, and corporations Post-secondary degree or diploma May be working towards an accounting designation Has completed the STEP or CSI Taxation Courses and keeps up-to-date with respect tolegislative changes, particularly the frequent changes to the taxation of individuals, estates, trusts, corporations, and registered charities Excellent computer skills are required, particularly in the use of tax preparation programs andMS Office, Sales

Force and the Broadridge Trust System Work conditions Work in a standard office-based environment Non-standard hours are a common occurrence Limited travel domestically In addition to French, the successful candidate must also have sufficient knowledge of English, as thework involves interacting and collaborating regularly with groups and individuals based in Toronto, aswell as constantly interacting with other people, including clients, who speak English, locally andelsewhere.

📌 Tax Officer, Scotiatrust - Montreal, QC
🏢 Scotiabank
📍 Montreal