Manager Tax Private Tax Group Winnipeg

EY US; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm in Winnipeg is seeking a Tax Manager to join their Private Tax practice. You will provide expert tax advice to high net worth clients, managing compliance and planning needs. The ideal candidate will have a Canadian CPA designation and at least 5 years of relevant tax experience. This role offers a supportive environment with unique benefits for your well-being.

Benefits

5,000 per year for mental health support benefits

Wellbeing benefit of $1,200 per year

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant tax experience or equivalent experience in business or industry.
• Completed the CPA In-Depth Tax Courses (or equivalent) is good to have.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Recommend and implement tax strategies that align with clients’ objectives.
• Assist with reorganizations and review personal, corporate and trust tax returns.
• Correspond with audit managers and clients about tax issues.

Skills

Tax Experience

Accounting Software

GAAP

QuickBooks

Sage

Analysis Skills

Research Experience

Microsoft Excel

Financial Analysis

Education

Undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting

Canadian CPA designation

Job description

Overview

At EY we shape your future with confidence. We help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

As a Tax Manager you will be a part of our Private Tax practice. You will be part of a team of subject matter specialists who provide advice to private organizations and high net worth business owners and individuals on domestic and cross-border tax planning, estate wealth transfer and postmortem planning, asset protection strategies and philanthropic planning. Our Private Tax practice works closely with other tax teams including our transaction tax and international tax group.

Your key responsibilities

As a manager you will be responsible for recommending and implementing tax strategies that align with the clients’ objectives, corresponding with legal counsel and tax authorities on client issues, assisting with reorganizations, researching compliance and planning issues, and reviewing personal, corporate and trust tax returns.

Skills and attributes for success

• Identify planning opportunities and prepare correspondence describing the income tax implications of implementing transactions
• Research client issues that arise from planning or compliance work using a variety of online sources
• Liaise with the clients\' legal counsel
• Review personal, trust and corporate tax returns and related compliance responsibilities
• Liaise with Canada Revenue Agency and relevant provincial ministries on client issues
• Correspond with audit managers, staff and/or clients in answering clients\' specific personal, trust or corporate tax queries or matters that arise from compliance or planning work
• Prepare tax election forms
• Assist and manage the administration of personal and trust tax compliance seasons

To qualify for the role you must have

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting and/or other appropriate academic major
• 5 years of relevant tax experience or equivalent experience in business or industry
• Possess a Canadian CPA designation
• Completed the CPA In-Depth Tax Courses (or equivalent) (Good to have)
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate ability to work as part of a team
• Possess organization and time management skills

Ideally you’ll also

• The ability to thrive within a fast-paced professional services environment

What we look for

We’re interested in strong team players who support their colleagues in reaching their goals while also considering their own workload and development. We’re looking for people with a genuine passion for tax and the future of tax and are inspired to help the world’s leading multinational organizations meet complex tax obligations around the world. If you have the confidence to speak up and influence a team that affects big businesses worldwide this role is for you.

What we offer

When you thrive we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• 5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200 per year

Explore how a career at EY is yours to build and how, when and where you can work, and our commitment to DE&I. If you’re ready to shape your future with confidence, apply today.

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EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

Required Experience: Manager

Key Skills

Tax Experience, Accounting Software, GAAP, QuickBooks, Accounting, Sage, Account Reconciliation, Analysis Skills, Research Experience, SOX, Microsoft Excel, Financial Analysis

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1