Tax Specialist

AMLB; Canada; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in Canada is seeking an experienced Tax Specialist to support their growing tax services practice. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in corporate tax and financial statement preparation for international clients, combined with exceptional client communication skills. This remote role offers the chance to work with a talented team and engage in meaningful projects that impact clients' businesses.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing financial statements and tax returns for international clients.
• Strong communication skills and client-facing experience.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual financial statements and supporting working papers.
• Prepare T2 Corporate and T1 Tax Returns for clients.
• Identify tax planning opportunities and collaborate with other team members.

Skills

Client communication

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

AI and innovation orientation

Education

CPA preferred

5 years in a multi-client accounting environment

Tools

Caseware Cloud

CCH iFirm

QBO

Xero

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Tax Specialist to support our growing tax services practice. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in corporate tax and financial statement preparation for international clients, direct client communication and hands-on experience with relevant tax and financial statement preparation software.

Note: We have identified a preferred candidate for this role, but this posting remains open for other external candidate interest.

About AMLB

AMLB is a progressive virtual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) business that enables clients and team members to reach their potential. AMLB is growing quickly, having onboarded a portfolio of innovative clients making a real impact in a range of industries from technology to social impact. Purpose-driven and relationship-focused, we are strategic financial partners who intimately understand our clients\' businesses and have built a reputation for delivering proactive advice that unleashes our clients’ performance potential.

Services Overview

Cloud Accounting: AMLB takes the stress out of managing clients\' day-to-day finances by providing a comprehensive cloud bookkeeping solution. From a digitized receipt capture solution to maintaining up-to-date financial records, we handle the clients\' bookkeeping tasks efficiently and accurately. We also simplify accounts receivable and payable workflows by setting up and managing user-friendly AP/AR systems through tools like Plooto and Stripe to deliver a seamless, cloud-based solution for managing all incoming and outgoing payments.

Tax Planning & Preparation: AMLB offers comprehensive tax support, including the preparation and filing of T2 corporate tax returns, GST/HST filings, financial statement management, and strategic tax planning. AMLB also provides T1 tax filing for owner-managers and audit support for CRA reviews, ensuring peace of mind and compliance throughout the year.

Payroll: AMLB’s cloud-based payroll solutions enable clients to securely process payroll anytime, from anywhere. With WagePoint at the core, we manage direct deposits, T4 slips, tax remittances, and real-time updates, while leveraging collaborative tools to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and insight-driven payroll management.

CFO Advisory: Through virtual CFO services, AMLB delivers strategic financial guidance tailored to the needs of growing businesses. Our advisory offering includes financial modeling, deep dives into profit and margin leakage, audit committee and board reporting, cash flow and forecast analysis, and key performance indicator (KPI) development—all at a fraction of the cost of an in-house CFO.

Not-for-Profit Services: AMLB provides end-to-end financial compliance and advisory for not-for-profit organizations, including preparation and electronic filing of T3010 Registered Charity Returns, funder reporting, and support with government rebate programs such as HST, property tax, and public service body rebates.

Technology Enablement: AMLB stands out through its industry-leading use of cloud-first tools to automate, document, and streamline client services—leveraging platforms like Karbon for workflow management, SweetProcess and Loom for process documentation, Dext Prepare for receipt capture, QBO/Xero for accounting, WagePoint for payroll, Plooto for payments, and Microsoft SharePoint and Teams for seamless collaboration.

AMLB IN THE COMMUNITY

AMLB is a purpose-driven organization committed to improving outcomes for clients, team members, and its communities. We regularly supports various causes, such as ending youth homelessness, reducing poverty, and eliminating its carbon footprint.

AMLB\'s global recognition includes being named a Top 50 Modern Accounting Firm, winning the Karbon Excellence Award for Diversity & Authenticity and being shortlisted for the Karbon Excellence Award for Sustainability.

AMLB is a fast-growing and innovative organization with strong values, progressive leadership and a collaborative, purpose-driven, and inclusive culture. This is a unique opportunity to join an organization on a significant growth trajectory and directly contribute to the organization\'s success. If you want to work at an entrepreneurial business where you will have the opportunity to make a real impact and gain experience using tools that are disrupting the way accounting is done, you may be a great fit for AMLB.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare annual financial statements and supporting working papers in accordance with Canadian standards. The financial statements are utilized by high-performing entrepreneurial clients in discussions with investors, lenders and for internal reporting
• Prepare T2 Corporate Tax Returns, T1 Tax Returns for Owner/Managers and T5 slips to enable clients to meet tax compliance requirements
• Proactively identify tax planning opportunities, prepare written memos and summaries
• Working directly with clients on tax issues and document requests
• Collaborating with Directors and Partners on more complex tax engagements
• Responding to CRA queries and notices
• Collaborate with Cloud Finance Services Team to enhance key processes by creating training videos and step-by-step procedures. Promote sustainability and effectiveness by identifying pain points, analyzing root causes, and implementing sustainable changes.
• Create and improve standardized year-end financial statements and tax preparation processes, develop internal documentation and training.
• Research new tax topics and share expertise with the team.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a multi-client accounting environment, ideally within a cloud accounting or public accounting firm with clients in US, Canada, UK, Australia or New Zealand. At least 2 years of experience preparing financial statements and tax returns for such international clients.
• Strong communication skills and client-facing experience
• Proficient in financial statement preparation software such as Caseware Cloud, tax software such as CCH iFirm and cloud-based accounting software such as QBO and Xero.
• CPA preferred; extensive financial statement and tax preparation experience also acceptable
• Committed to a minimum 2-year engagement
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently
• AI and Innovation Orientation: Curious and future-forward, with a desire to explore how tools like ChatGPT can enhance service delivery, internal workflows, and client outcomes. Eager to engage in continuous learning and support AMLB’s commitment to embedding AI thoughtfully into operations.
• Work Environment Fit: Thrives in a remote-first, fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting. Self-motivated, disciplined, and resilient—comfortable operating autonomously while also contributing to a highly collaborative team.
• Prior experience working in a mid or night shift schedule