Senior Manager, International Income Tax

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid and Remote Work Options

• Award-Winning Culture

• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

• Up to 20 Weeks of Parental Leave Top-up (Adoption Included

• Monthly Gym Membership OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

• Health and Dental Benefit Eligibility Effective Day One

• RRSP with Employer Match

• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

The Senior Manager, International Income Tax (“Senior Manager”) requires expertise in planning, research, compliance, and accounting for Canadian and international income tax. The Senior Manager will work in conjunction with other members of the international income tax team to plan and execute both domestic and international income tax projects.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team member experience.
• Develops and motivates engagement staff and provides leadership, counseling and career guidance.

Client:

• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Manage tax planning projects for Canadian and international income tax engagements for multinational clients, which includes project planning, project oversight, scheduling staff resources and developing and implementing tax-planning solutions.
• Travels to client locations both domestically and internationally, as needed, for planning meetings, data collection, fact gathering, plant tours, client visits and other travel as required.
• Works with colleagues in foreign offices and across other tax service lines to develop and implement global solutions for clients.
• Prepares memoranda and relevant reports for senior management’s review.
• Research and write technical documents in response to client requests on specific issues.
• Assists in new client development and introduces new services to existing clients.
• Work in conjunction with global teams on tax-planning projects for clients across diverse industries, participates in engagements requiring tax analysis for multinational entities and their affiliates, researches and analyzes a wide range of tax issues and develops and communicates proposed solutions.

Value:

• Drafts proposals, engagement letters as well as presentations to showcase ideas and solutions.
• Preparation of and presentation at tax seminars.
• Oversees file and research documentation protocol, data collection and organization, utilization of software, management of the process, and final review of results.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Accounting, Economics, Statistics and/or Finance and a minimum of eight to ten years of tax-related experience. In addition, a professional accounting designation (CPA-CGA, -CMA, -CA) is desired.  Must have excellent organization and time management skills, strong communication skills, a willingness to learn and be a team player, proven ability to direct and develop staff, strong project management skills, excellent communication skills, strong business development and interpersonal skills.

Other requirements include:

• Understanding and experience with Canadian tax compliance and accounting for income taxes
• Understanding and experience with Canadian tax planning and corporate reorganizations
• Experience advising First Nations is considered an asset
• Experience with transfer pricing and international tax treaty interpretation is considered an asset
• Experience with cross-border withholding taxes and application for waiver is considered an asset
• Development of practice management business processes and creation of templates and technology are considered assets
• Strong personal integrity
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments and manage rapidly changing assignments in a team environment
• Strong analytical, comprehension and problem-solving skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to master new tasks and industries quickly
• Ability to travel on a limited basis
• Commitment to obtaining outstanding results.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, CCH Taxprep, Carswell or CCH tax research applications, and Internet navigation and research.
 

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include leading project teams, training employees, assigning work, and signing off and approving work for accuracy and completeness.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm; interface with external vendors, attorneys, and clients also necessary.

• Independent travel requirement: ~25%.

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Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran