Snr Manager, Tax
Markham, ON, Canada
Position: Snr Mgr Tax
Location: Markham IN-OFFICE
Salary: $140,000-$150,000+ Bonus, RSP Match
Industry: Building Materials, Construction
Company Overview
Our client is a global leader in the building materials and construction space spanning multiple countries. The North American headquarters located in Markham consists of 14 operating entities.
Role Overview
The Snr Manager Tax will report directly to the Executive Vice President of Finance, North America, and is responsible for overseeing North American direct and indirect tax compliance, tax accounting, reporting and planning support. You will lead the development of a centralized tax function across a multi-entity North American platform, with a focus on structure, consistency, and integration.
Responsibilities
- Lead preparation and review of Canadian and U.S. federal, provincial, state, and local direct and indirect tax returns
- Ensure timely, accurate filing of all returns and payments, maintaining entity-by-entity reconciliations, tax account roll forwards, and audit ready documentation.
- Own monthly and quarterly income tax provisions for North America, including current and deferred tax calculations
- Monitor and analyze variances between forecasted and actual tax provisions and payments, providing clear explanations and insights to FP&A and regional finance leadership.
- Support the SVP, Global Tax on planning initiatives, reorganizations, and cross border structuring for the North American group, providing data, modelling support, and technical input.
- Act as the primary resource on North American tax matters for finance, project accounting, legal, and operations teams
- Drive continuous improvement, standardization and automation of tax compliance processes, data collection, and controls across the 14 entities, leveraging ERP and tax technology where possible, to enhance accuracy, efficiency and scalability of the tax function.
Qualifications
CPA , CPA In-Depth Tax, MST, or equivalent
- 7+ years progressive tax experience, primarily in corporate tax, with a mix of public accounting and in-house industry experience.
- Direct experience with both Canadian and U.S. corporate income tax compliance and provisions, including multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction (federal, provincial, state, and local) environments.
- Strong exposure to indirect taxes (GST/HST, QST, U.S. sales/use tax) and related compliance, ideally in a project-based, construction, infrastructure, or capital-intensive business.
- Solid tax accounting skills under IFRS/US GAAP: current and deferred tax calculations, uncertain tax positions, and tax note support for financial statements.
- Experience with transfer pricing documentation and intercompany transactions across borders (management fees, services, financing, etc.).
- High proficiency with Excel and tax compliance/provision software
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