Senior Indirect Tax and Pension Compliance Specialist

About the Company
Our client is a large automotive organization operating in Canada.
They are looking for a Senior Indirect Tax and Pension Compliance Specialist to join their team!

Why Work Here
Senior level role with real ownership and accountability
Broad scope across indirect tax and pension compliance/accounting
High visibility with senior leadership and regulators
Stable, well-structured environment with long-term career runway
Collaborative team
About the Opportunity
Indirect Tax Compliance
Preparation and filing of monthly or quarterly GST/HST, QST, PST (MB, BC, SK), Excise Tax, Tire Levy, Luxury Sales Tax returns
Prepare annual GST/HST/QST claw back calculations (i.e. meals and entertainment, vehicle demo benefits)
Complete and file annual GST/HST returns for pension plans as well as completion of other Federal pension plan statutory filings (RC4607, RC4615, Deemed Supply, ITC claims)
Prepare and verify self-assessments of provincial sales taxes (e.g. promotional items)
Prepare monthly sales tax rebates on consumer cash incentives
Proactively seek to identify, lead, or support activities to enhance indirect tax compliance and governance
Indirect Tax Audits
Lead, defend and/or support government tax audits for sales and excise tax
Respond to audit queries on a timely basis with relevant and accurate information and support
Work with business units to obtain qualitative and quantitative information that may be required to accurately and timely respond to audit queries
Review and reconcile sales tax audit findings to confirm validity
Communicate audit results to senior management to communicate improvements or changes to improve compliance
Implement required changes/corrections to internal processes resulting from government tax audit findings
Conduct training to transfer knowledge to business users to improve TCI compliance record
Commodity Sales Tax Advisory
Complete sales tax research and provide guidance on ad hoc sales tax questions from business units, in a verbal or written format
Review contracts for sales tax related issues and provide advice to business units or legal department, in an accurate and timely manner
Respond to sales tax related inquiries from dealers in an accurate and timely manner
Support Senior Manager Tax, Governance & Audit and Manager, Tax with sales tax advisory projects
Communicate changes to sales tax rates and/or legislation to TCI business units and dealers
Assist business units and Procurement Dept to set up purchase orders with correct SAP sales tax coding
Provide guidance to Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Teams to assist with SAP sales tax coding on invoices
Oversee issuance of SAP Customer Billing transaction codes to Business Units, and update SAP Customer Billing Mapping Table
Provide sales tax training and resources to Associates annually or as required
Review material transactions and contracts (working with vendors) to ensure correct sales tax treatment of items on vendor invoices e.g. annual Dealer meetings and reward trips
Maintain working relationships with the company’s Affiliates and vendors
Support IS department with sales tax related issues that arise on specific IS projects e.g. SAP system changes, Employee Expense system and other business systems
Commodity Sales Tax Projects
Interact with external sales tax consultants on periodic sales tax recovery reviews
Coordinate with business divisions to oversee administration of ongoing sales tax projects and timely address compliance issues
Other Tax Support
Support Senior Manager Tax, Governance & Audit and Manager Tax with tax audit queries, research and responses
Support Manager, Tax with income tax compliance on ad hoc basis (e.g. taxable benefits, withholding taxes and accounting queries)
Other duties as required
About You
University degree in Business/Accounting CPA Accounting Designation
Ideally completion of CPA In-depth GST/HST Program (within past 5 years)         5 years post designation experience in Canadian indirect tax compliance (sales, luxury tax & excise taxes) and advisory
Salary Range
$105,000 - $120,000/year

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