Financial Services Corporate Tax, Senior Manager

PwC Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 129,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Canada in Toronto seeks a Financial Services Corporate Tax Senior Manager to lead engagements across asset and wealth management, insurance, and banking, delivering high-quality tax compliance and advisory services. You will provide strategic guidance on Canadian and cross-border matters and mentor teams to drive client service excellence.

You’ll lead business development, build strong client relationships, and champion innovation and analytics to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• CPA designation or equivalent with strong asset in In-Depth Tax Program or MTax.
• Extensive corporate tax compliance and advisory experience in financial services or public accounting.
• Deep technical Canadian corporate tax knowledge, including cross-border matters.
• Strategic leadership with ability to manage senior client relationships.
• Proven coaching, development of teams, and inclusion-focused leadership.
• Strong business development, proposal leadership, and growth mindset.
• Excellent analytical thinking and ability to navigate ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements across financial services sectors (asset management, insurance, banking).
• Deliver high-quality tax compliance and advisory services, including filings and structuring advice.
• Provide strategic guidance on Canadian and multi-jurisdictional tax matters.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs and develop practical tax solutions.
• Lead and mentor high-performing teams and drive accountability.
• Drive business development, including proposals and client relationship growth.
• Champion innovation, automation, and use of analytics to improve service.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationship management

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

GenAI interest

Education

CPA designation (or equivalent)

CPA In-Depth Tax Program or MTax asset

Tools

GenAI awareness

Job description

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions. As part of the financial services tax team at PwC, you will focus on offering compliance, consulting and advisory services to clients on various tax matters. You will provide advice and guidance on tax compliance, planning, and strategy, helping financial institutions optimise their tax positions and navigate complex tax regulations.

The Opportunity:

As a Financial Services Corporate Tax Senior Manager, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

• Lead client engagements across financial services sectors including asset and wealth management, insurance, and banking
• Deliver high-quality tax compliance and advisory services, including corporate tax filings, provisions, and structuring advice
• Provide strategic guidance on Canadian and cross-border tax matters, including multi-jurisdictional implications
• Anticipate stakeholder needs and proactively develop solutions that align with business and tax objectives
• Move between big-picture strategy and technical detail to deliver practical, actionable insights
• Lead and mentor high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, development, and inclusion
• Drive business development activities, including proposals, identifying opportunities, and growing client relationships
• Champion innovation, including automation, process improvement, and the use of analytics and emerging technologies
• Build trusted relationships with clients and internal stakeholders through clear and impactful communication
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct

What You’ll Bring

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

• CPA designation (or equivalent) with completion of the CPA In-Depth Tax Program or MTax as a strong asset
• Extensive experience in corporate tax compliance and advisory within financial services or a public accounting firm, including oversight of complex, large-scale engagements
• Deep technical expertise in Canadian corporate tax, with strong exposure to cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters, and ability to apply this knowledge to solve complex client issues
• A strategic leader with a proven ability to build and manage senior client relationships, provide trusted advisor insight, and drive high-quality client service delivery
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams, including developing future leaders and fostering an inclusive, collaborative team environment
• Strong business development acumen, with a track record of leading proposals, identifying and converting growth opportunities, and contributing to practice development
• Exceptional analytical thinking, sound business judgment, and a solutions-oriented mindset, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver practical, value-driven outcomes
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple, competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality and client focus
• Proficiency in leveraging current technologies, with a strong interest in innovation and applying GenAI to enhance client service and team efficiency

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $128,900 - $178,900. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started, so we know you have questions about how and why we use it. At certain points during our recruiting process, we rely on AI to improve your experience. This could be during resume review or curating personalized job recommendations, asking you clarifying questions via a chatbot or during our interview scheduling to improve your experience. Our use of AI helps ensure we combat bias by evaluating candidates equally and fairly, without seeing identity information, such as your name, or gender for example). AI also helps us better predict successful hires by reviewing all applicants for a role and the relationship between your skills, experience and likely success at PwC Canada. While AI supports parts of our recruitment process, final hiring decisions always involve human review. For more information about our use and protection of your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy (https://www.pwc.com/ca/en/privacy-policy.html).

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