Canadian Corporate Tax Manager

Location: Onsite in Toronto, Ontario - Canada

Our client is a large, established organization with a sophisticated North American operation and a growing need for strategic tax leadership in Canada. They are seeking a Canadian Corporate Tax Manager to take ownership of critical compliance and advisory work while helping the business navigate transactions, evolving tax requirements, and complex corporate decisions. This is a highly visible opportunity for an experienced tax professional who enjoys combining technical depth with practical business partnership. The organization is flexible on level and will consider an accomplished Manager or a Senior Manager caliber candidate who brings the right experience.

This Role Offers:

• Competitive compensation with base salary and performance based incentive opportunity.
• High visibility within a complex corporate environment, with exposure to senior finance and business stakeholders.
• Opportunity to contribute to major business decisions, including acquisitions, integrations, financing, and organizational changes.
• Collaboration with experienced tax, finance, legal, treasury, and operational professionals across North America.

Focus:

• Lead Canadian corporate income tax compliance activities, coordinating external providers and internal stakeholders across a complex enterprise.
• Research Canadian tax law and translate legislative or regulatory changes into practical guidance for finance and business leaders.
• Provide tax input on acquisitions, integrations, reorganizations, financing decisions, and other significant corporate transactions.
• Manage interactions with Canadian tax authorities, including audits, information requests, objections, and dispute matters.
• Support tax accounting and reporting activities while strengthening controls, documentation, and repeatable tax processes.
• Partner with finance, legal, treasury, and operating teams to evaluate tax implications and identify compliant planning opportunities.
• Coordinate specialized tax matters with internal experts and external advisors, including cross border, transfer pricing, and indirect tax topics.

Skill Set:

• 7 or more years of progressive Canadian corporate tax experience in a large company, public accounting, tax advisory, or comparable environment.
• Demonstrated experience with Canadian corporate tax compliance for a sizable, complex organization.
• Strong tax research capability, with sound judgment in interpreting technical guidance and applying it to business decisions.
• Hands on exposure to the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, integrations, restructurings, or other strategic transactions.
• Experience supporting corporate tax audits and communicating with tax authorities or external advisors.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related discipline. CPA, graduate tax education, MBA, or law degree is an asset.
• Clear communicator who can build credibility across functions, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a changing environment. French language capability is an asset, but is not required.

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