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AVP, Corporate Tax

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City Toronto

Type Direct Hire

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About the Company
Our client provides a full range of insurance products designed to help Canadians make the right choice for their protection needs. The people, products and service that make up our client, have stood the test of time and have been around for over 80 years in the Canadian marketplace. Through our commitment to always being approachable and transparent in everything we do, we are dedicated to starting a fresh, new conversation about insurance.

Why Work Here

• Strong and flexible corporate culture
• Opportunity to be involved in exciting projects working with senior stakeholders from across the globe
• Career development and progression opportunities available
• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
• Opportunities for professional development
• Recognition programs to cheer you on, motivate and reward
• Wellness programs to keep you healthy and happy

About the Opportunity

• Support Canada Revenue Agency and provincial large case file audits, including handling queries and proposed adjustments, filing Notices of Objection with Appeals when necessary. Communicate, advocate, and negotiate as needed
• Oversee accurate and timely remittance of all corporate taxes
• Direct accurate tax accounting and provisions for all corporate taxes (current and deferred) to meet quarterly and annual filing deadlines for internal and external reporting, also for all financial projections
• Review all required prescribed tax returns to ensure preparation on a tax compliant basis for all taxable entities (corporations and trusts including Canadian Affiliates) with all federal and provincial jurisdictions, including international tax reporting requirements
• Monitor and review all tax changes in the legislative, regulatory, and judicial environments
• Recruit, train, develop and coach tax resources capable of discharging recurring day to day tax compliance duties
• Monitor policyholder tax administration policies, procedures, and systems to ensure compliance with tax withholdings and reporting requirements, including oversight of related IT transformation project
• Establish, maintain, monitor, and assess the effectiveness of internal controls for financial reporting of tax disbursements and accruals
• Monitor and review all related accounting changes, partnering with the Finance Department, to ensure the tax impacts are assessed and understood relative to the Company’s business and/or potential business, as well as for specific business transactions
• Support Sagicor tax projects and work with Vice President, Corporate Tax to oversee external advisor’s work, or facilitate the completion of tax compliance deadlines for the Sagicor Financial Company Ltd., including, tax-provision to account for Global Minimum Tax, QDMTT rules for Barbados, BEPS CbCr reporting, Transfer Pricing documentation, country by country reporting etc.
• Work with Vice President, Corporate Tax to coordinate all internal and external processes related to Sagicor Financial Company Ltd tax return compliances and tax provision
• Engage in industry-level consultations with tax authorities and peer companies
• Support other corporate objectives, as needed

About You

• Minimum of 12 to 15 years of senior corporate tax administration, compliance, and planning experience in issues related to the financial services industry (life insurance preferred)
• Completion of the CICA in-depth tax course or MTax
• Knowledge of finance and accounting matters, certain actuarial matters, policyholder tax matters, product design and certain aspects of policy administration
• Leadership/management skills and 5 years or more of supervisory experience
• Experience mentoring and coaching of direct reports to ensure work is performed and completed accurately and on time

Salary Range
Depending on experience

How to Apply
Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please know that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats.
When referencing this job, quote #407832.

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.