Senior Manager, Expatriate Tax Serivces

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award‑winning environment that fosters a people‑first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

BDO Canada is looking for a Senior Manager to join the Expatriate Tax Services team. The successful candidate will own the following responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and training to the team in the preparation of Canadian and US individual tax returns.
• Review Canadian and US individual income tax returns.
• Day‑to‑day expatriate tax advice, including queries on items such as individual relocations, payroll benefit taxation and reporting.
• Various additional expatriate tax consulting duties which include researching income tax issues and reviewing memoranda or client letters in the area of executive compensation, global equity plans, policy design and other expatriate tax issues.
• Work closely with the Partner in charge of the practice to develop and support the team.
• Explore future business opportunities with partners across Canada with respect to their clients.
• Engage in business development initiatives to further grow the practice.

• Demonstrate BDO's core values:
  Integrity, Respect, Collaboration.
• Understand clients' industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high quality work.
• Identify, recommend, and focus on effective service delivery to clients.
• Share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains, and attracts talent.
• Actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace.
• Grow your expertise through learning and professional development.

• Hold your professional CPA designation.
• Have 7 or more years of professional experience, part or all of which specializing in Expatriate Tax.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills (French as well as English is an asset).
• Have the ability to collaborate with team members nationally.
• Be interested in contributing to the training and development of team members.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• Engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.
• Become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.
• Support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. Staff are supported with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market‑leading personal time‑off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation.

If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place. Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone's needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.