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

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