Tax Staff – Business Tax Incentives(Ernst & Young)-career opportunity in Canada

Title: Tax Staff – Business Tax Incentives (BTI)
Company:Ernst & Young
Location: QC-Montréal
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Ernst & Young’s BTI team is a dynamic, multidisciplinary group of tax, audit and science & technology professionals. We work with companies of all sizes in many different industries, helping them maximize their tax credits and achieve their business objectives. We’re looking for qualified accountants or tax professionals at the senior staff level to join our team in Montreal.

Our team brings together the right people and resources to provide our clients with a wide spectrum of services, including:
• scoping sessions to determine if there are eligible SR&ED projects or expenditures
• preparation of technical project descriptions and qualifying expenditure summaries
• preparation of the tax submission
• negotiation of claim settlement with taxation authorities/Canada Customs and Revenue Agency science and audit staff
• implementation of systems to track BTI
• information educational seminars

As part of our team, you will…
• be exposed to exciting, state-of-the-art SR&ED work in Canada
• have a wide variety of challenging responsibilities
• learn about a broad range of industries from both a business and engineering perspective
• have an opportunity to play a key role in a specific and growing area in Ernst & Young’s tax practice
• develop skills and knowledge, including BTI tax law, presentation and educational seminar planning and delivery, facilitation, project management, risk judgment and business development.

Duties:
The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for assessing projects in client firms, to determine whether they qualify for tax credits or other incentives under federal and provincial BTI programs. Specific responsibilities include:
• preparing BTI related claims, including costing summaries, linking to supporting documentation
• collecting appropriate documentation for input to reports
• working with a technical specialist in the preparation of the science portion and the submission of the tax claim
• assisting in the defense of BTI claims with tax authorities
• conducting follow-ups with clients to validate information
• training client staff through presentations, seminars and coaching

To qualify, candidates must have:
* Accounting background
* Tax background, an asset
* Strong skills in Excel
* Ideally, at least two years experience in a similar position
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including ability to work in teams
* Good interviewing skills, with the ability to probe for information
* Organizational skills, analytical ability and detail focused Bilingual (spoken and written)

Ernst & Young is committed to diversity and equity.

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