Senior Director, Taxation & Treasury

Canadian Standards Association Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CSA Group is seeking a senior leader to direct treasury and cash-flow management for CSA, including tax planning, administration, and compliance, and to ensure accurate accounting and reporting of investments and the group's interest in an investment entity. The role oversees investment reporting, governance coordination, pension plan governance, and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with external advisers, the Board, and senior management to optimize liquidity and financial risk

Qualifications

• CPA designation strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in treasury, accounting/financial reporting and tax.
• Strong experience in cash-flow forecasting and liquidity management.
• Experience accounting for investments and coordinating information from external managers.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls, and treasury governance.
• Experience preparing materials for senior management and Boards.
• Leadership across multiple finance disciplines and development of high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead CSA's treasury operations and enterprise cash-flow management, including liquidity forecasting.
• Develop and maintain rolling cash-flow forecasts to ensure liquidity for operating, capital and strategic needs.
• Coordinate cash movements with the investment entity per governance and approvals.
• Manage CSA's banking and treasury relationships, accounts, signing authorities and controls.
• Oversee tax planning, administration and compliance activities; coordinate with external advisors.
• Lead pension plan administration and regulatory compliance, coordinating with payroll and actuaries.

Skills

Treasury management

Cash flow forecasting

Financial reporting

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Risk management

Team leadership

Education

CPA designation

Accounting/Finance degree

Job description

Employment Status

Regular

Time Type

Full time

BUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU

At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place. It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.

Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.

Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.

Job Summary

Responsible for leading treasury and cash flow management for the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), overseeing tax planning, administration, and compliance, and ensuring accurate accounting, reporting, and internal coordination related to CSA's investments and its interest in a separately governed investment entity.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

Investment Reporting & Governance Coordination

• Serve as liaison with the separately governed investment entity to ensure accurate accounting, reporting, and reconciliation of CSA's interest in, and transactions with, the investment entity.
• For CSA’s investment portfolio, manage relationships with external investment consultants, asset managers, custodians, and banking partners.
• Prepare and/or review investment-related account reconciliations, schedules and supporting documentation for monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting.
• Coordinate with the investment entity, custodians, external investment managers, auditors and other service providers to obtain timely and accurate information required for CSA accounting and reporting.

Treasury, Cash Flow & Capital Management - Canadian Standards Association

• Lead CSA's treasury operations and enterprise cash-flow management, including short- and medium-term liquidity forecasting.
• Develop and maintain rolling cash-flow forecasts to ensure CSA has sufficient liquidity to meet operating, capital and strategic requirements.
• Determine CSA's near-term funding needs and coordinate cash movements, contributions, distributions or other transfers with the investment entity in accordance with approved governance and authorization processes.
• Manage CSA banking and treasury relationships, bank accounts, signing authorities and treasury controls.
• Optimize CSA's operating cash balances and short-term liquidity within approved policies and risk parameters.
• Develop liquidity management policies, cash reserve parameters and contingency funding plans for CSA.
• Monitor counterparty exposure, interest rates, credit conditions and currency developments relevant to CSA's treasury activities.
• Prepare treasury and liquidity reporting for executive management and the Board, including cash forecasts, liquidity headroom and key risks.

Tax Strategy, Planning, Administration & Compliance

• Lead and coordinate CSA's tax planning, administration and compliance activities, working with external tax and legal advisors as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain tax policies, internal controls and governance processes.
• Assess tax implications of transactions between CSA and the investment entity, including investment income, distributions, capital movements, financing arrangements and restructurings.
• Oversee corporate tax compliance, including income tax returns, information returns, withholding taxes, indirect taxes and applicable foreign reporting obligations.
• Coordinate tax provisions and related financial statement reporting and audit support.
• Monitor relevant Canadian and international tax developments and advise management on implications for CSA. Pension compliance
• Lead the financial and regulatory compliance activities for CSA's Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) pension plans, ensuring adherence to applicable legislation, plan provisions, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee the financial administration of CSA's pension plans, including monitoring pension contributions, special payments, and funding obligations to ensure compliance with plan policies and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with Payroll, Human Resources, and external actuaries to validate pension calculations, contribution requirements, and funding transactions.
• Monitor pension regulatory developments and funding requirements, including those established by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA), and advise management on implications for CSA.
• Support pension-related accounting, financial reporting, audit requirements, and disclosures associated with CSA's pension obligations.

Preferred Education & Experience

• University degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field; CPA designation strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in treasury, accounting/financial reporting and tax, ideally in a complex organization.
• Strong experience in cash-flow forecasting, liquidity management, banking and treasury operations.
• Experience accounting for investments and/or interests in separately governed entities and coordinating information from external managers, custodians or administrators.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls, corporate taxation and treasury governance.
• Knowledge of foreign-exchange risk management and hedging is an asset.
• Experience preparing materials for senior management and Boards or Board committees.
• Critical and innovative problem-solving ability and strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across multiple finance disciplines and develop a high-performing team.

CSA Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any grounds stipulated by applicable laws. We are an organization where opportunities are based on skills and abilities, and differences are respected and valued. Please contact us at [e-mail] if you require accommodation in the interview process.