Assistant Director, U.S. Taxation, Sales Tax and Tax Advisory Services
iA Financial Group (Industrial Alliance)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Québec • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Lead
About the role
- Collaborate with and regularly support the Senior Tax Director to plan, organize and structure team operations related to the practice areas under your responsibility
- Be accountable for the smooth running of operations related to the practice areas under your responsibility and escalate issues/opportunities/areas for improvement to the Senior Tax Director
- Manage the workload and capacity of a team of tax professionals
- Address and resolve operational issues with your team
- Lead and oversee strategic tax initiatives and provide strategic recommendations to the Senior Tax Director
- Establish and monitor performance indicators for the processes under your responsibility in alignment with strategic planning
- Collaborate and communicate regularly with our partners to understand their needs and provide the required support with the team to achieve corporate objectives
- Optimize team members’ contributions to achieve business objectives in a collaborative, high-performance environment
- Contribute to the business vision of the Executive Vice-President
- Support and engage the team to foster synergy in achieving objectives
- Participate in recruitment and selection processes and facilitate the integration of new employees
- Evaluate the performance of employees under your responsibility, participate in setting annual objectives and identify training needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Law
- Master’s degree in Taxation or an advanced ICCA tax course (in-depth tax course)
- CPA designation (an asset)
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in corporate taxation (relevant experience in one or more of the practice areas under your responsibility is an asset)
- Relevant experience managing teams
- Ability to adapt quickly and flexibly to a constantly evolving environment
- Ability to build strong relationships and manage a team effectively
- Leadership skills with the ability to inspire teams through change
- Ability to work under pressure combined with strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Ability to develop high-performing teams: articulates the vision, develops resources through action and shares responsibilities with the team
- Ability to quickly identify problems and find effective solutions
- Excellent analytical and synthesis skills and strong attention to detail
- Autonomy and initiative
- Excellent command of French, both spoken and written
- Advanced knowledge of English.
Benefits
- Flexible group insurance plans
- Competitive retirement plan
- Employee share purchase plan
- Paid vacation and wellness/personal development days
- Telemedicine
- Employee and family assistance program
- Ergonomic furniture program
- Performance bonuses
- Discounts on iA products
- And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
corporate taxationperformance indicatorsstrategic tax initiativesteam managementanalytical skillsproblem-solvingorganizational skillsprioritization skillstaxation knowledgetraining needs assessment
Soft skills
leadershiprelationship buildingcollaborationadaptabilityautonomyinitiativecommunicationteam inspirationattention to detailhigh-performance environment
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business AdministrationBachelor’s degree in LawMaster’s degree in TaxationICCA tax courseCPA designation