Global Tax Intelligence Specialist, AVP

Morgan Stanley; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley at Work in Calgary seeks a Global Equity Tax Specialist, AVP, to lead tax and legal content updates for the Global Intelligence platform across 150+ jurisdictions. You will liaise with providers, communicate changes and drive platform improvements in a SaaS environment.

Requirements include 3+ years in global equity, a bachelor’s degree, and strong project management, communication, and collaboration abilities. Calgary-based role with global scope.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in global equity in a professional services firm.
• Bachelor’s degree or similar area of focus.
• Superior and demonstrable attention to detail.
• Proven project management skills.
• Fluency in both oral and written English is required.
• Excellent communications skills – verbal, written, presentation.
• Highly collaborative and team oriented.
• Excellent at building relationships.
• Focus on continuous improvement and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Liaises with third party information providers to update the legal and tax information in the Global Intelligence platform for over 150 countries (and, for the United States, Canada, and Switzerland, updating information at a state, provincial and cantonal level).
• Communicates tax changes in a timely manner and provides reasoning behind to multiple stakeholders at Morgan Stanley at Work ensuring Global Intelligence is the one single source of information when aligning multiple departments.
• Grows and maintains relationships with new and existing third-party information providers.
• Using knowledge of tax legislation, tax policies and mobility rules to propose improvements and development to the Global Intelligence platform to ensure the platform remains a disruptive force with leading technology in the regulatory, compliance and tax space.
• Comparing the information displayed on the Global Intelligence platform with publicly available information to confirm alignment of the information on the platform.
• Collaborates with Global Intelligence’s network of information providers to deliver global tax and legal updates in multiple formats (i.e., newsletters and webinars).

Skills

Global equity

Project management

SaaS knowledge

English fluency

Communication skills

Relationship building

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Morgan Stanley at Work provides a service which is designed to simplify the complexities of employee equity plan management, while helping employees realize the full potential of their benefits.

As part of this group, our dedicated team of equity plan specialists in Global Intelligence partner with law firms across the world to deliver a cost effective employee equity plan compliance management service for global private and public companies, ensuring clients have the information they need to successfully operate their plans. Our Global Intelligence platform provides direct support and expertise including tax and legal information, tax guides, project management tools and additional resources for over 150 jurisdictions. Our tax withholding product for non-mobile, mobile and 3 rd party tax calculations within equity administration platforms enables clients to apply the required rates and withholding positions and provides visibility and clarity to participants on how and why tax is applied to equity compensation.

Located in Calgary, Alberta and reporting to the Vice President, Global Intelligence Information Team Manager, the Global Equity Tax Specialist, Assistant Vice President role leads in:

Responsibilities:

• Liaises with third party information providers to update the legal and tax information in the Global Intelligence platform for over 150 countries (and, for the United States, Canada, and Switzerland, updating information at a state, provincial and cantonal level).
• Communicates tax changes in a timely manner and provides reasoning behind to multiple stakeholders at Morgan Stanley at Work ensuring Global Intelligence is the one single source of information when aligning multiple departments.
• Grows and maintains relationships with new and existing third-party information providers.
• Using knowledge of tax legislation, tax policies and mobility rules to propose improvements and development to the Global Intelligence platform to ensure the platform remains a disruptive force with leading technology in the regulatory, compliance and tax space.
• Comparing the information displayed on the Global Intelligence platform with publicly available information to confirm alignment of the information on the platform.
• Collaborates with Global Intelligence’s network of information providers to deliver global tax and legal updates in multiple formats (i.e., newsletters and webinars).

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in global equity in a professional services firm.
• Bachelor’s degree or similar area of focus.
• Superior and demonstrable attention to detail.
• Proven project management skills.
• Highly tech-oriented person with demonstrated experience of understanding complexities of Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Fluency in both oral and written English is required.
• Excellent communications skills – verbal, written, presentation.
• Highly collaborative and team oriented.
• Excellent at building relationships.
• Focus on continuous improvement and client satisfaction.

Who we are:

Innovators who are helping shape the best online equity platform for our industry.

Vocal contributors and leaders within our organization.

Experts using our collective knowledge and experience to contribute to the benefit of the team, while helping some of the most recognizable global companies.

People who do things a little differently and are willing to challenge the status quo.

Global in scope but local in execution; we are located all over the world and support companies with equity in over 150 countries.

Ce à quoi vous pouvez vous attendre de Morgan Stanley:

Chez Morgan Stanley, nous levons, gérons et allouons du capital pour nos clients, ce qui les aide à atteindre leurs objectifs. Nous le faisons de manière distinctive, et ce, depuis 90 ans. Nos valeurs – mettre les clients au premier plan, faire ce qui est juste, diriger en s’inspirant d’idées exceptionnelles, promouvoir la diversité et l’inclusion, et redonner à la communauté - ne sont pas seulement que des valeurs, elles guident nos décisions au quotidien pour faire ce qu’il y a de mieux pour nos clients, notre communauté et nos 80000 plus employés répartis dans 1 200 bureaux à travers 42 pays. Chez Morgan Stanley, vous aurez l'occasion de travailler aux côtés des meilleurs et des plus brillants, dans un environnement où vous êtes soutenu-e et valorisé-e. Nos équipes sont des collaborateurs acharnés et des penseurs créatifs, enrichis par la diversité de leurs parcours et expériences. Nous sommes fiers d’appuyer nos employés et leurs familles à chaque étape de leur parcours professionnel et personnel, en offrant certains des avantages sociaux et privilèges les plus complets et attrayants de l’industrie. De plus, les possibilités d’évolution au sein de l’entreprise sont nombreuses pour ceux et celles qui démontrent passion et détermination dans leur travail.

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