Senior Manager, Enterprise Tax (14-month Contract)

at  Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan HOOPP

Why you’ll love working here:

• high-performance, people-focused culture
• our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves
• learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth
• membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security
• competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team’s diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, and newly extended maternity/parental leave top of 26 weeks)
• optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
• yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
• access to an annual wellness reimbursement program for health and wellness-related expenses for permanent and temporary employees
• the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Job Summary
Reporting to the Associate Director, Enterprise Tax, the Senior Manager, Enterprise Tax will be responsible for Enterprise Tax activities, including research, monitoring of and reporting on tax risks that may impact either the pension plan or its investments, and overseeing all domestic and international tax (excluding U.S.) compliance obligations. The Senior Manager will support the Associate Director to ensure proper oversight of all tax matters related to legislative and regulatory requirements.
What you will do:

Tax Research

• Proactively monitor and analyze relevant domestic and foreign information sources including legislation and regulation, court rulings, advisor alerts, and published circulars to identify and assess tax changes that may impact HOOPP, including its pension plan or investments.
• Independently analyze and research information to ensure evidence of the research, impacts, and recommendations are appropriately documented in detail and in a consistent manner.
• Engage with and manage external advisors to ensure tax matters impacting HOOPP are properly understood and documented.
• Identify, analyze and provide recommendations to the Associate Director, Enterprise Tax, the Senior Director, Taxation, or other relevant parties, as applicable, on an efficient and timely basis of new and changing requirements impacting the organization.
• Lead the development of new processes within HOOPP ensuring that legislative tax changes are responded to with appropriate changes in HOOPP practices and processes in a timely and appropriate way.
• Maintain and ensure completeness and accuracy of desk procedures.

Tax Compliance

• Assist the Associate Director, Enterprise Tax in monitoring HOOPP’s global tax compliance (excluding U.S.) (approximately 200 returns in more than 9 jurisdictions) and reporting responsibilities, including income tax, indirect tax, and withholding tax that are either prepared in-house or outsourced to external tax service providers.
• Assist in monitoring all global tax compliance (excluding U.S.), including tax compliance related to foreign offices and managing external tax service providers as needed. Perform tax account review to ensure the global tax compliance obligations (excluding U.S) are within HOOPP’s risk profile.
• Maintain record-keeping to document relevant tax responsibilities, deadlines, assumptions, methodologies, checklists, etc.
• Assist with reviews, audits, disputes, and assessments initiated and performed by the CRA and other tax authorities, domestic and foreign, as appropriate. Work closely with all divisions within HOOPP such as Legal Services, Plan Operations, Investment Management, and Finance to resolve tax reviews and audits.

Tax Risk Monitoring

• Collaborate with the Associate Director, Enterprise Tax, to develop a tax risk register by ensuring tax risks and related mitigants are adequately documented.
• Ensure tax advice and supporting documents related to the plan or its investments are appropriately maintained and documented.
• Document key tax assumptions and attributes affecting tax compliance for senior leaders at HOOPP.

What you bring:

• 10+ years of work experience in Taxation with a minimum of 2 years of work experience in transaction taxation
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation, with completion or enrollment in CPA Canada In-depth Tax Course
• Excellent research and analysis skills, along with prior experience working with tax research software
• In-depth knowledge of tax laws, especially those pertaining to tax-exempt pension plans
• Strong knowledge of the pension industry and investment products and strategies. Work experience at a pension fund is an asset
• Exceptional communication skills, with a commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite
• University degree, (B. Comm, M. TAX, etc.)

Please refer the Job description for details