
Senior Accountant, U.S. Corporate Tax
- Winnipeg, MB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conduct U.S. corporate tax engagements involving advice on tax planning opportunities, tax minimization strategies, and compliance issues
- Work with a team to deliver industry and technical expertise relating to complex tax and assurance issues through client interactions, reports, technical work, management presentations and high-quality deliverables
- Assist in performing due diligence or modeling with respect to potential acquisitions by Canadian entities of US subsidiaries, partnerships or business operations
- Set up files for new clients and newly incorporated businesses
- Prepare U.S. corporate tax returns
- Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns for various types of entities
- Prepare journal entries and provide bookkeeping services
- Review legal documents such as articles of incorporation, purchase agreements and amalgamation agreements
- Prepare domestic/international federal and multi-state corporate/partnership information returns
- Research client issues that arise from compliance or planning work such as the effects of various tax treaty provisions on the taxpayer (capital gains, dividends, business profits, etc.)
- Collaborate with client engagement team and build relationships with client contacts
- Contribute to the development of new ideas and approaches to improve work processes
- Maintain flexibility to travel, as necessary
- Bachelor’s degree in commerce or business administration (accounting or finance major is preferred)
- Enrolled in the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP)
- 1 to 2 years of relevant public accounting or tax services experience
- Experience in the preparation of domestic tax compliance is considered an asset
- Working knowledge of the Canadian Income Tax Act and U.S. Corporate Tax
- Experience working with accounting and tax software is preferred