
Senior Manager, Cross Border Individual Tax
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead multiple client facing engagement teams responsible for managing U.S. and combined U.S.-Canadian individual income and estate tax return preparation for U.S. citizens living in Canada, U.S. residents working in Canada and Canadians working and investing in the U.S.
- Assist in carrying out cross-border income tax and estate planning
- Deliver industry and technical expertise relating to Canadian and U.S. individual income tax, social security and international tax treaties through client interactions, reports, technical work, management presentations and high-quality deliverables
- Participate in expatriate policy design and implementation and in expatriate compensation design and implementation
- Accountable for engagement planning and scheduling as well as project financials (i.e. budgets, WIPS, timely billing, collection and variance recognition)
- Maintain high quality control by reviewing tax returns and other work done by team members for accuracy and completeness
- Network in the local business community, consider business development opportunities and contribute to the preparation and delivery of competitive proposals to meet client needs
- Contribute to strategic and operational planning related to client and practice management, as well as the development of new ideas and approaches to improve work processes
- Mentor, motivate and coach team members towards professional and personal development by setting clear expectations, providing feedback and conducting performance reviews
- Maintain flexibility to travel, as necessary
- CPA designation
- Completion of, or working towards, a master’s degree in U.S. taxation or law is considered an asset
- 7 to 8 years of relevant public accounting or tax consulting experience
- Extensive working knowledge of Canadian and U.S. individual and income and estate tax
- Extensive working knowledge of 1040, 8621, 5471 and 3520
- Strong understanding of business, accounting, management and practice development principles
- Proven people management, relationship and leadership skills
- Strong strategic planning and conceptual thinking skills