Senior Manager, Sales Tax Recovery

Ryan; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and Remote Work Options

Award-Winning Culture

Generous PTO Benefits

Up to 20 Weeks Parental Leave Top-up

Gym membership or equipment Reimb.

Health and Dental from Day One

RRSP with Employer Match

Tuition Reimbursement after 1 year

Job summary

Ryan is seeking a Senior Manager, Sales Tax Recovery who will lead tax recovery engagements, identify sales tax savings for clients, and prepare detailed client reports. The role involves onsite work at client facilities and collaboration with other managers to deliver findings on GST/HST/PST and fuels tax opportunities.

Candidate should have CPA/CMA/CA/CGA designation and 4–6 years in accounting or tax, with ERP exposure and strong client relations. Travel up to 20–25% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or College Diploma in Accounting and/or Finance.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA) and four to six years accounting or tax-related experience in industry and/or public accounting environment.
• Senior financial experience with emphasis on operational accounting experience and good exposure to ERP software applications in accounting and financial management.
• Basic working knowledge of GST and PST administration; strong knowledge of GST and PST legislation is a definite asset.
• Superior organizational skills and ability to meet project deadlines.
• High level of self-motivation and ethical conduct.
• Good client relations and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify sales and fuels tax savings opportunities for clients.
• Conduct recovery engagements onsite at client facilities to understand how the client computes each component of sales tax.
• Prepare and present to clients a comprehensive report of recovery opportunities.
• Review client’s sales tax payments, input tax credits and sales tax accounts to identify recovery opportunities.
• Review client’s accounting records to identify areas of federal and provincial fuels tax recoveries.
• Prepare refund claims, including schedules providing full details of refunds.
• Prepare comprehensive client reports summarizing engagement results, including process improvement reports.
• Attend technical training sessions and update knowledge in GST/HST/PST and Ryan proprietary application software: Ryan eReview®.

Job description

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid and Remote Work Options
• Award-Winning Culture
• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
• Up to 20 Weeks of Parental Leave Top-up (Adoption Included
• Monthly Gym Membership OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
• Health and Dental Benefit Eligibility Effective Day One
• RRSP with Employer Match
• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

The Senior Manager, Sales Tax Recovery (“Senior Manager”) works either independently or with other Managers/ Directors to identify sales and fuels tax savings opportunities for clients. The Senior Manager conducts recovery engagements onsite at client’s facilities to gain an understanding of how the client computes each component of sales tax. This includes researching issues, working with client downloads in our proprietary software, and identifying potential exposure areas. Once the field work is completed, the Senior Manager prepares and presents to Clients a comprehensive report of the recovery opportunities.

_ ***Please note: This posting is intended to build a talent pipeline for anticipated future openings at Ryan.*** _

Duties and Responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team member experience.

Client:

• Assists clients with sales tax issues as required.
• Identifies and advises clients of areas of sales tax exposure.

Value:

• Reviews client’s sales tax payments, input tax credits and sales tax accounts to identify sales tax recovery opportunities.
• Reviews client’s accounting records to identify areas of federal and provincial fuels tax recoveries.
• Prepares refund claims, including supporting schedules providing full details of refunds.
• Prepares comprehensive client reports summarizing the engagement results, including the preparation of process improvement reports.
• Attends technical training sessions and continually updates knowledge in all areas of GST/HST/PST/QST and Ryan proprietary application software: Ryan eReview®.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or College Diploma in Accounting and/or Finance.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA) and four to six years accounting or tax-related experience in industry and/or public accounting environment.
• Senior financial experience with emphasis on operational accounting experience and good exposure to current ERP software applications in accounting and financial management.
• Basic working knowledge of GST and PST administration is required. However, a strong knowledge of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) legislation and policies, working as a professional in the commodity tax field is a definite asset.
• Superior organizational skills and ability to meet project deadlines.
• High level of self-motivation and ethical conduct.
• Good client relations and communication skills: pleasant, positive personality.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job requires no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm; interface with clients and external vendors as necessary.
• Independent travel requirement: 20 to 25 %
• 40+ hour standard workweek requirement.

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Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran