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Senior Indirect Tax and Pension Compliance Specialist
Job in
Toronto, Ontario, M5A, Canada
Listed on 2026-02-15
Listing for:
Vaco by Highspring
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-15
Job specializations:
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Finance & Banking
Accounting & Finance, Financial Compliance -
Accounting
Accounting & Finance, Financial Compliance
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
$105,000 - $120,000/year
How to Apply
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Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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