Senior Tax Staff(Ernst & Young)-career opportunity in Canada

Title: Senior Tax Staff – EYU – Halifax
Company: Ernst & Young
Location: NS-Halifax
Ernst & Young’s people in more than 140 countries are committed to operating with integrity, quality and professionalism in the provision of audit, tax and transaction advisory services. We strive to help all of our people achieve their professional and personal goals through an inclusive environment that values everyone’s contributions, appreciates diversity of thought, fosters growth, and provides continuous opportunities for development. Recognized as one of Canada’s top employers, Ernst & Young continually strives to be a great place to work.

Tax is an inescapable dimension of almost every business activity, in every jurisdiction where a company does business.
To optimize the financial performance of business operations, tax strategy and business strategy have to work together across a client enterprise.
One of the benefits of being aligned with one of these functional groups is that you will have the technical proficiency and connectivity to address client issues as well as develop as well-rounded, quality-focused tax professionals. As a member of E&Y’s Tax practice, you will have the combination of deep tax knowledge and a sophisticated understanding of business drivers to serve your clients to the best of your ability. We currently have career opportunities for a Senior Tax Staff in our Ernst and Young University (EYU) practice in Ottawa.

The vision of EYU – Tax is to grow today’s tax professionals to be tomorrow’s leaders.
EYU provides staff with the opportunity to combine corporate and personal tax work with structured and virtual learning. Our curriculum includes work experience in tax compliance, tax accrual reviews, tax research and tax planning. Our people work on key client issues in domestic corporate and personal income taxation, with a focus on implementing tax strategies that align with the client’s business and personal objectives.
Responsibilities:
· Contribute to client satisfaction by providing clients with quality, timely and responsive services and work products.

· Demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts.

· Discuss moderately complex tax issues with the engagement team and client management.

· Keep informed of current tax developments and effectively apply tax knowledge to client situations. Thoroughly and accurately analyze information.

· Prepare practical and effective recommendations to the client’s tax situation and arrive at appropriate conclusions.

· Assist in the development of recommendations and implementation plans and assist in making quality decisions in complex areas.

· Share tax planning ideas with others.

· Participate in and contribute to achieving team goals.

To qualify, candidates must have:
*a bachelor’s degree, preferably with an emphasis in accounting, finance, or a related field
*a minimum of 2 years of relevant tax/ accounting experience or equivalent experience in business or industry
*broad exposure to corporate income taxation
*Demonstrated team player and collaborative work style
*excellent managerial, organizational skills , and
*strong written and verbal communication skills

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