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.
Client:
- Assists clients with sales tax issues as required.
- Identifies and advises clients of areas of sales tax exposure.
Value:
- Reviews client’s sales tax payments, input tax credits and sales tax accounts to identify sales tax recovery opportunities.
- Reviews client’s accounting records to identify areas of federal and provincial fuels tax recoveries.
- Prepares refund claims, including supporting schedules providing full details of refunds.
- Prepares comprehensive client reports summarizing the engagement results, including the preparation of process improvement reports.
- Attends technical training sessions and continually updates knowledge in all areas of GST/HST/PST/QST and Ryan proprietary application software: Ryan eReview®.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or College Diploma in Accounting and/or Finance.
- Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA) and four to six years accounting or tax-related experience in industry and/or public accounting environment.
- Senior financial experience with emphasis on operational accounting experience and good exposure to current ERP software applications in accounting and financial management.
- Basic working knowledge of GST and PST administration is required. However, a strong knowledge of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) legislation and policies, working as a professional in the commodity tax field is a definite asset.
- Superior organizational skills and ability to meet project deadlines.
- High level of self-motivation and ethical conduct.
- Good client relations and communication skills: pleasant, positive personality.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
Certificates and Licenses:
Valid driver’s license required.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job requires no supervisory responsibilities.
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 clients and external vendors as necessary.
- Independent travel requirement: 20 to 25 %
- 40+ hour standard workweek requirement.
Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or College Diploma in Accounting and/or Finance
- Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA) and four to six years accounting or tax-related experience
- Senior financial experience with emphasis on operational accounting and exposure to ERP software
- Basic working knowledge of GST and PST administration
- Strong knowledge of GST and PST legislation and policies (commodity tax experience)
- Superior organizational skills and ability to meet project deadlines
- High level of self-motivation and ethical conduct
- Good client relations and communication skills
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, Outlook and Internet research/navigation
- Valid driver's license
- Independent travel requirement: 20 to 25%
- Ability to work a 40+ hour standard workweek
Ryan Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ryan and has not been reviewed or approved by Ryan.
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Flexible Benefits — The myRyan model provides results-based flexibility for exempt staff alongside hybrid/remote options, while non‑exempt roles use a PTO bank and receive paid holidays. Many benefits are available from the date of hire, reinforcing practical flexibility in how benefits are used.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and fertility support are highlighted as meaningful family-oriented offerings. Consistent emphasis on family-friendly policies positions this area as a standout.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A performance-driven culture offers bonuses and commissions in certain tracks, with role descriptions noting meaningful variable pay beyond base salary. Total compensation is often characterized as strong where these incentives are prominent.
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What We Do
Ryan is a tax services firm providing tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis. Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 2,500 professionals and associates serves over 14,000 clients in more than 50 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies.
