Tax Manager

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This Tax Manager role centers on leading Canadian tax engagements with a strong advisory and planning component. You will oversee federal, provincial, and international tax matters while managing teams and building client relationships. The position emphasizes strategic counsel beyond compliance, serving a mix of corporate and owner-managed clients.

What you will be doing

• Lead and manage tax engagement teams across federal, provincial, and international files
• Review tax compliance work, returns, forms, and supporting documentation
• Deliver tax planning and advisory solutions tailored to client business needs
• Consult on complex tax reporting issues and changing business circumstances
• Research and advise on international tax matters
• Mentor and guide team members toward professional and engagement goals

What the role requires

• Public accounting experience with Canadian federal and provincial tax
• Demonstrated ability to manage tax engagements and review team output
• Experience delivering tax advisory and planning services to corporate or owner-managed clients
• Knowledge of international tax matters and cross-border issues

What your resume should make obvious

Screeners spend seconds on a first pass. For this role, these are the things worth putting where they will be seen.

• Specify the tax services you delivered: compliance, advisory, planning, restructuring, or research
• Name the jurisdictions and tax types you handled: federal, provincial, international, corporate, partnership
• Quantify your team leadership: how many staff or seniors you supervised, how many files you managed concurrently
• Show client variety: note if you served owner-managed businesses, national corporations, or cross-border entities
• Highlight any international tax work: treaty application, transfer pricing, foreign reporting, or non-resident issues

Where people in this role usually come from

Candidates typically come from public accounting tax practices where they progressed from compliance to advisory work and began supervising teams. Experience spans corporate tax, owner-managed clients, and increasing exposure to planning and international matters.