Tax Evasion Specialist

Saskatchewan Ltd.; Regina; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Saskatchewan Ministry of Finance, Regina, is seeking a Tax Evasion Specialist to join the Revenue Division's Non-Compliance Response Team. You will lead audits and collection activities for high-risk cases and collaborate with investigators to uncover active non-compliance and tax avoidance.

You will negotiate resolutions with taxpayers, defend assessments through appeal or court processes, and maintain confidentiality while delivering training to team members.

Qualifications

• Experience in tax audits or compliance investigations.
• Ability to negotiate resolutions with taxpayers and representatives.
• Strong understanding of provincial tax statutes and enforcement processes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct tax audits and collection activities on provincial and inter-provincial businesses with high risk and complexity to uncover non-compliance.
• Negotiate appropriate resolutions and achieve understanding with taxpayers and their representatives.
• Collaborate with intelligence and revenue investigators to conduct audits in time-sensitive situations.

Skills

Tax audits

Compliance investigations

Negotiation

Legal submissions

Court testimony

Confidentiality

Training delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, law, or related field

Job description

The Opportunity:

The Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance is responsible for the administration of Saskatchewan’s consumption tax programs including Provincial Sales Tax, Liquor Consumption Tax, Fuel Tax, Tobacco Tax, and Vapour Products Tax.

Revenue Division is seeking a highly skilled and self-motivated individual to fill the key role of Tax Evasion Specialist. This position forms a critical part of the division’s Non-Compliance Response Team, responsible for addressing cases of high-priority, flagrant and active non-compliance with provincial tax obligations. This team is at the forefront of driving impactful compliance strategies within the Revenue Division.

This opportunity will appeal to high-performing, energetic and creative individuals with proven interpersonal, communication, and personal leadership qualities. This is an opportunity to drive excellence and innovation in an area critical to the province’s consumption tax system.

Reporting to the Manager of the Non-Compliance Response Team, you will make an impact by:

• Contributing to the development and implementation of innovative tax compliance programs, policies and procedures to help drive compliance across multiple tax statutes.
• Conducting tax audits and collection activities on provincial and inter-provincial businesses with the highest levels of risk and complexity, to uncover active non-compliance, tax avoidance and underground economic activity.
• Collaborating with our intelligence and selection analysts and revenue investigators to conduct audits and collection activities in a time-sensitive manner where businesses are actively avoiding their tax obligations.
• Negotiating appropriate resolutions and achieving understanding with tax clients and their representatives who may be behaving in a difficult, confrontational or evasive manner.
• Collaborating with a diverse group of partners and interested stakeholders to maximize the effectiveness of compliance activities.
• Identifying, researching and providing recommendations on creative approaches that address non-compliance with tax legislation.
• Defending tax assessments or legal collection actions through the appeal or court process including preparing legal submissions, attending court and providing testimony, preparing disclosure packages and collaborating with justice officials.
• Acting with a high level of discretion, maintaining confidentiality and securing tax client’s financial and personal information.
• Delivering training and transferring knowledge about programs, policies and procedures to team members or across other work groups in the division.
• Demonstrating our Commitment to Excellence and acting out our Core Values of Respect and Integrity, Serving Citizens, Excellence and Innovation, and One Team

Applicants that can work from either our Regina or Saskatoon office will be considered.

Prospective candidates with relevant education obtained outside of Canada are strongly encouraged to include in their application an ICAS Assessment Report from www.icascanada.ca or a Credential Evaluation and Authentication Report from www.wes.org. This will ensure your qualifications are appropriately evaluated and considered in the application process.