Tax Manager

Summit Consulting Services; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Consulting Services in Hyderabad is seeking a Tax Manager to lead day-to-day Canadian and U.S. tax compliance for a diverse real estate portfolio, supported by a Toronto-based team.

You will prepare returns, supervise REIT testing, and manage estimated tax payments while building the Hyderabad function. This hands-on role requires strong Excel skills, cross-functional collaboration, and experience in multi-jurisdictional filings.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Canadian and U.S. tax compliance.
• Analytical mindset directing detailed financial reviews.
• Advanced Excel with formulas, SUMIFS, pivot tables.
• Highly organized, able to manage deadlines and priorities.
• Confident communicator with cross-functional stakeholders.
• CA/CPA/ACCA or equivalent with 6+ years post-qual tax experience.
• Experience in multi-jurisdictional Canadian/US tax compliance.
• Experience reviewing work or managing a tax team.

Responsibilities

• Lead Canadian and U.S. tax compliance for Tricon's real estate portfolio (partnership returns, US filings, HST/GST).
• Oversee REIT testing, estimated tax payments, and liaison with external advisors.
• Review tax workpapers for accuracy; reconcile GL to filings; investigate variances; document analyses.
• Use Yardi and financial data to support state apportionment and HST/GST filings.
• Oversee recurring tax obligations: entity data, deadlines, EINs, W-9s, and current-year files.
• Manage tax associates; main contact for reviewers and stakeholders on open items.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Advanced Excel

Leadership

Tax compliance

Cross-functional coordination

Education

CA/CPA/ACCA

Tools

Yardi Voyager

Job description

The Tax Manager leads the organization’s tax compliance work, managing a small team responsible for day-to-day execution across a diverse portfolio of Canadian and U.S. real estate entities. Supported by the Toronto-based tax team, the role is responsible for preparation of direct and indirect Canadian and US tax returns, REIT compliance testing, estimated tax payments, and tax reporting. In this hands on role, the Tax Manager will assist in building and growing the Hyderabad tax function, taking on increasing responsibility for tax strategy, controls, and cross-functional coordination.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with the preparation of Canadian and U.S. tax compliance across Tricon's real estate portfolio, including but not limited to Canadian partnership returns, U.S. federal and state filings, and HST/GST filings
• Support the US REIT and broader tax compliance activities, overseeing REIT testing workbooks, estimated tax payment schedules, and related remittance support, and resolving complex determinations with external advisors.
• Review tax workpapers for accuracy, ensuring general ledger information is properly reconciled to tax filings, variances are investigated, and supporting analysis is well documented.
• Direct the use of Yardi and other financial information to support state apportionment schedules, HST/GST filings, and other tax reporting requirements, ensuring consistency across the team's work.
• Maintain oversight of recurring tax obligations, ensuring entity information, filing status, deadlines, EINs, W-9 documentation, and current-year tax files remain accurate and current across the portfolio.
• Manage and develop the tax associates responsible for day-to-day filings, and serve as the primary point of contact for reviewers, senior managers, and cross-functional stakeholders on open items and discrepancies.

Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of Canadian and U.S. tax compliance, with the judgment to review and guide others' work.
• Analytical mindset and confidence directing detailed financial reviews, resolving reconciling differences, and ensuring workpapers meet audit-ready standards.
• Advanced Excel capability, including formulas, SUMIFS, pivot tables, linked workbooks, and multi-tab files.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage recurring deadlines and competing priorities across multiple entities and team members.
• Confident communicator who can identify issues, ask thoughtful questions, and work effectively with reviewers, colleagues, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Qualified CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional designation, with 6+ years of post-qualification tax experience.
• Demonstrated experience in Canadian or U.S. tax compliance, including multi-jurisdictional or shared-services environments, and comfort working hours aligned with Canadian/U.S. business hours as required by filing deadlines.
• Prior experience reviewing work prepared by others or managing a team.

Preferred Attributes:

• Experience managing tax compliance for a portfolio of Canadian or U.S. real estate entities.
• Prior experience in a Big 4 or global shared-services tax leadership role.
• Working knowledge of Yardi Voyager or similar property management/accounting software