Tax Manager, Canada Indirect Tax Planning

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Tax Manager to join their Canada Indirect Tax team. This role offers the chance to shape the strategy for Canadian indirect tax planning, ensuring compliance and efficiency across various business operations. You will leverage your expertise in GST/HST/PST to manage complex tax projects and provide valuable insights to stakeholders. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, this position allows you to tackle challenging tax issues while supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Equity options

Comprehensive medical benefits

Flexible working hours

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Canadian indirect tax advisory/planning.
• Experience in large public accounting firms or corporate tax departments.

Responsibilities

• Manage Canada indirect tax planning and related inquiries.
• Draft and review tax requirements for business launches.
• Research complex Canadian indirect tax issues.

Skills

Canadian indirect tax advisory

Tax risk management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Research skills

Education

5+ years of tax or finance experience

Experience in public accounting or corporate tax

Job description

Amazon’s Canada Indirect Tax team is looking for a Tax Manager in our Indirect Tax Planning team! In this role you will help manage, coordinate, oversee and set the strategy for all Canadian indirect tax planning activities, reporting directly to the Head of Canada Indirect Tax. The role offers many opportunities for you to Think Big, be creative, and to solve complex and interesting problems.

What kind of tax technical do I need?
To be successful in the role you need to have experience in Canadian indirect tax (GST/HST/PST) advisory that includes providing technical and practical guidance on complex Canadian indirect tax topics, understanding impacts of relevant court decisions, and understanding user experience with respect to Canadian indirect tax federally and across all four sales tax provinces. You must demonstrate a proven ability to identify and manage tax risks and execute on projects. Having experience in providing technical indirect tax advice for large, national retail operations would be an asset.

What other skills do I need?
The breadth of our businesses requires the ability to process, organize, and understand complex variables and use cases, the interplay of the tax rules to those variables and uses cases, and present that analysis and recommendations in a clear and logical manner. In this role, you will need to gain a deep understanding of Amazon’s various business models and end-to-end systems in order to ensure effective and clear communication and requirements with business partners and stakeholders. You must be comfortable operating independently and providing guidance and direction to non-tax business partners and stakeholders.

What else will I be doing?
You will also have opportunities to support the wider Canada Indirect Tax team with audit, controllership, tax planning and policy efforts. For example, understanding and communicating the impacts of new tax laws or policies to businesses and other stakeholders, understanding compliance, controllership, and audit requirements to ensure comprehensive and clear requirements are provided to business and partner teams. You will work closely with other members of the global tax department to obtain cross-functional tax subject matter input, and ensure coordination of cross-functional tax solutions and approaches.

Key job responsibilities

In this role you will help support the management and coordination of Canada indirect tax planning and related enquiries for all Amazon businesses (except AWS), including:

1. Drafting and reviewing tax requirements related to business launches and ensuring those requirements are implemented correctly
2. Developing test plans and sign off on test transactions related to new business and product launches
3. Providing Canada indirect tax planning input to global projects
4. Managing complex tax technical planning projects
5. Identifying and tracking planning and policy trends, both in Canada and globally
6. Researching complex Canadian indirect tax issues
7. Drafting tax technical memos and opinions
8. Liaising with advisors and tax authorities on matters relating to Canadian indirect tax planning and the Amazon businesses
9. Developing and implementing internal processes to improve efficiency and controllership
10. Analyzing legislative changes for Canada indirect tax that impact Amazon’s businesses
11. Reporting on planning initiatives and launches to senior leaders
12. Promoting indirect tax awareness and knowledge internally including liaising with key stakeholders on changes to systems, policies and processes
13. Assisting with career development of other team members

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• Experience working in a large public accounting firm or multi-national corporate tax department
• Experience researching indirect tax issues including taxability of products and services.
• 5+ years in providing Canadian indirect tax advisory/planning guidance on complex issues and transactions across GST/HST/QST/PST.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience relating complex tax risks to non-tax business stakeholders

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The base salary for this position ranges from $89,200/year up to $149,000/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.