Tax Law - Litigation Associate Calgary jobs at Ey in Canada, Calgary

Your key responsibilities

The successful candidate will be involved with all aspects of tax advisory and tax controversy. Responsibilities include:

• Assisting clients in responding to federal and provincial audits; advising clients on the tax dispute resolution process; preparing notices of objection and written representations to the federal and provincial tax appeals divisions; and assisting with the litigation of tax appeals before various courts.
• This role also includes assisting with the preparation of legal opinions with respect to the tax consequences of transactions and performing post-transaction audits for tax efficacy and litigation risk.

Skills and attributes for success

• The ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, collegial, dynamic team-oriented environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Sound professional judgement and a high level of professionalism

To qualify for the role you must have

• 1 to 5 years of tax litigation and controversy experience gained at a leading law firm
• Superior academic credentials and strong tax technical skills and a genuine interest in tax and tax policy
• The candidate must also be a member in good standing of a Canadian Bar

What we offer

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

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As a Strategic Tax Operations Lead (Manager Level), you will be part of our Tax Services team.

Your role will focus on establishing relationships with clients at senior levels while working to consistently deliver exceptional client service across the tax processes. In this role, you will develop the technical knowledge and connectivity to address client issues and help them operate their tax function through integrated services management.

You will bring strategic thinking to centralize and coordinate overall delivery and identify opportunities for operational improvements. You will help clients modernize tax processes and engage very closely with various corporate tax professionals across the service line to bring relevant solutions to our clients and drive account level growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with local or global tax teams to coordinate, deliver and manage integrated tax service offerings, supporting the full engagement life cycle of tax services engagements
• Track delivery and operational metrics for status, efficiency, risk and quality; provide a consolidated view to stakeholders about progress and expected outcomes
• Develop and maintain relationships with key contract stakeholders (internal and external) across multiple jurisdictions, and ensure effective and timely communication related to the delivery, operational metrics and other areas
• Deliver value by understanding and sharing tax developments, insights and market trends with stakeholders
• Continuously identify opportunities for operational efficiency or value creation, and help implement relevant client solutions
• Manage commercials of contract, billing, scope, and related change management
• Draft and review executive level reporting, presentations, and data analytics
• Drive strategic planning and execution processes across various pillars such as tax operations, technology, data, learning, and other
• Facilitate strategic discussions and workshops to identify and solve clients pain points, bringing relevant EY solutions to the table to drive growth at the account level

Our ideal candidate has:

• Strong strategic thinking, analytical skills, interpersonal, and written/verbal communication skills as well as a strong problem-solving ability, attention to detail and quality, and an entrepreneurial approach to work
• Proven ability to work with senior executives and experience with strategic initiatives
• Strong organizational and time management skills with a demonstrated ability to capture and synthesize stakeholder requirements
• Proven project management skills, and an ability to plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor budget (A PMP qualification or similar would be beneficial)
• Experience driving process improvements and operational efficiencies and working with emerging technologies
• Stakeholder engagement, facilitation skills, and ability to run effective meetings
• Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of five to eight years of related work experience (e.g. accounting firm, international or regional tax experience)
• CPA or tax specific process/technology knowledge or similar background

What we offer you

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

Discover how, when and where you can work at

Underpinning everything is our focus on developing a talented team through investment in technical and commercial training and knowledge transfer. Within the team you will have the opportunity to take on client management responsibilities and have the potential to gain excellent career progression.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior within Decision Modelling, you will join a collaborative team where our experienced leaders will coach and mentor your growth as a modeler, analyst and rounded commercial advisor. You will likely spend your day-to-day designing, building and testing integrated financial models for transaction decision-related projects or even for forecasting purposes for our clients. You’ll need a strong knowledge of Excel and how it can be applied to corporate finance and be flexible and adaptable when it comes to different projects. Reviewing financial models is key too and you will be part of teams that provide preliminary conclusions regarding the logical integrity of our clients’ models. Knowledge of analytical tools and techniques would also be of benefit in the role, such as data visualization software.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong Excel Skills - designing and building models as well as testing them; incorporating operational, tax, accounting and financing aspects across a range of sectors. Strong understanding of Excel and its key functionality (such as Power Query, Power Pivot, spill functions, tables) and demonstrated ability to build models and analysis in Excel
• Knowledge of one or more complementary coding languages (such as M, DAX, VBA, Python and R) how they can be applied to corporate finance and business strategy problems
• Stakeholder Management - every day you’ll interface with multiple stakeholders across different functions to identify underlying business drivers and appreciate context of the transaction and the client's business issues
• Logical thinking - you’ll apply logical thinking and creative problem-solving skills to support resolution of issues
• Attention to Detail – you will build models to meet our rigorous standards and review models built by others to identify logical concerns
• Communication - Communicating effectively with the engagement manager, the client, and the wider team in a concerted effort towards delivering work products of the highest standard
• Support - assisting senior team members in developing new business

To qualify for the role you must have

• Strong commercial awareness and an ability to identify the factors that drive business and financial performance, and proven ability to think logically and map business understanding into Excel-based analytics or modelling
• A passion for Decision Modelling; highly motivated, numerate and a logical thinker are all key to the role

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Proven experience of Decision Modelling, with 2-3 years of commercial, client-facing work experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and previous experience of working within a similar team
• Financial modelling experience
• A designation (such as CFM, CFMP, CBV, CFA, CPA or P.Eng) certification or significant progress towards these or similar certifications
• Strong communication skills that enable you to simplify complex technical topics and share those with non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with any of the following software packages: Data Visualization applications (e.g. MS Power BI, Tableau), Statistical packages (e.g. MATLAB, SPSS), VBA; C#, R or Python, MS Access; SQL Server

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, analytical, logical thinkers with a passion for decision modelling and analytics, with very strong attention to detail. Being a strong team player is critical with the ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines in support of our clients’ goals. Also, being highly motivated and self-aware to work autonomously where required.

The Resource Management Associate is a member of the Canada Assurance Resource Management Team, contributing to the goals of effective deployment of our practitioners and comprehensive project staffing for delivery of our engagements in the Calgary and Edmonton offices

Your key responsibilities

• Assist with staffing intermediate resources, junior resources, maintaining Retain with client bookings and staff projections
• Maintain databases regarding client data, staff preferences, skills and restrictions as required
• Produce general forecasting, availability and capacity management reporting as required
• Prepare weekly communication as required
• Monitor unassigned resources, act as point of contact for unassigned staff, identify assignments for same
• Audit Retain regularly for accuracy
• Assist with annual planning process - incl. data input to planning tool as directed by EM team leaders
• Communicate regularly with EM and practice managers on status of staffing requirements and issues
• Liaising with other groups as needed – Learning, Campus, HR
• Involved in ad hoc projects as required
• Identify over/under utilized individuals and bring to attention of EMs as required.
• Identify conflicts and resolve or escalate

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing priorities
• Ability to problem solve
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also

• Post Secondary Education
• Experience scheduling staff

What we look for

• Experience working in a Corporate Office Environment
• Ability to demonstrate strong organization skills
• Ability to demonstrate working high volume coordination activities

Job Summary:

GDS runs the Account Centricity Program (ACP) for the MENA region that directly complements efforts to grow GDS Client Services support for the region in alignment with the overall firm’s account centric strategy. The ACP Supervising Associate is expected to help with oversee and drive various activities – operational and strategic – both at a program level and account level to ensure the success of the program. The role will be a strategic and operational anchor for the program within the GDS MENA unit.

Account/Sector-Level

• Coordinate GDS account calls, GDS sector connects, and MENA account/sector leadership connects and support in their delivery
• Govern relationship management activities with account/sector stakeholders in MENA. Monitor and report relationships strength and progress
• Tack high-value opportunities and wins, and drive traction with identified opportunities and action items
• Research and analyse account/sector level information leveraging reports (internal and external) and internal research databases to share actionable insights with account/sector leads
• Prepare high quality research reports and presentations on account or sector related topics
• Develop and circulate account-specific news digests for GDS, and quarterly account/sector newsletters for MENA
• Support in coordinating and delivering account/sector strategy events, client visits and workshops
• Maintain trackers for stakeholder connects, account team changes, and client engagement information

Program-Level

• Own and manage the ACP PMO reporting process, including monthly KPI scorecards, dashboards, and performance summaries
• Lead process automation/ improvement initiatives associated with opportunity management, account team coordination, reporting, etc.
• Independently coordinate and drive program onboarding calls and community calls
• Manage Power BI dashboards and work with support team for enhancements and issue fixes
• Prepare reports and intelligence packs leveraging data and information from multiple sources
• Drive regular performance review connects with account leaders, SL/competency leaders, and GDS/MENA leadership
• Support in coordinating and delivering annual planning workshops, quarterly all hands meet, learning programs, etc.
• Support in program communications, leadership presentations, and strategic initiatives

Professional

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience collaborating across teams/business units
• Strong communications skills – written and oral – to be able to articulate ideas and messages impactfully
• Strong project management skills
• Strong presentation development skills to visually and narratively represent information and concepts in a compelling and structured manner
• Good research skills and working knowledge of proprietary research tools/databases
• Comfortable with number crunching and data interpretation, and be able to synthesize complex data into actionable insights
• Good strategic mindset with the ability to connect dots across functions, initiatives, and business priorities
• Proactive approach to process optimization and innovation at work
• Strong problem-solving skills to investigate and resolve issues/bottlenecks
• Working knowledge of account management and associated industry best practices would be highly desirable

Behavioural

• The ideal candidate should be a hustler – proactive, nimble in action, self-driven requiring minimal supervision, and agile to manage multiple competing and sometime shifting priorities
• Good critical thinking and logical reasoning skills to develop alternatives and advise best suited solutions to problems
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work efficiently both independently and within teams, including virtual teams
• Maturity and confidence to interact with leaders at Senior Manager and above levels

Technical

• Advanced proficiency in MS Office suite – Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Good proficiency in CoPilot or other proprietary GenAI tools
• Working knowledge of any automation and data visualization tools like R/Python/Tableau/Power BI is desirable.

Supervision Responsibilities:

• None currently, but may be added in future
• Work Experience and Educational Requirements:

Education:

• Graduation in any stream, but preferably in Engineering or Business Administration
• Post-Graduation: Not mandatory, but a full-time MBA (or equivalent) will be an added advantage

Work Experience:

8-10 years of experience working in Strategy/ Business Operations/ Project Management/ Growth/ Research roles

Experience working in large professional services organization preferred

Other Requirements:

• Flexibility in working hours to accommodate workload and multiple time zones as needed.
• The role will be based out of Trivandrum

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

As a Tax Manager, you will be a part of our Global Compliance & Reporting group which has talented and dedicated professionals who provide quality compliance and provision services in many industries, such as consumer products; energy; financial services; manufacturing; technology; entertainment; communications; and health sciences.

For your key responsibilities as a Tax Manager, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating tax compliance and provision work for clients. You'll also lead and team with talented and innovative professionals dedicated to client service.

Your key responsibilities

• Execution of a variety of corporate, personal, trust and partnership assignments including planning, compliance, provision and controversy matters.
• Provide timely and high-quality services and work products that exceed client expectations.
• Coaching and mentoring more junior staff to execute assignments with accuracy and completeness
• Enhance technical skills by remaining up to date on trends, new legislative developments and tax authority decisions, and apply them to complex situations relevant to the client
• Identify opportunities for providing tax planning and other special services and contribute to thought leadership materials
• Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products.

Skills and attributes for success

• An undergraduate degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years of Canadian Corporate tax experience
• An accounting designation or other related experience or certification relevant to an area of specialization
• Completion of CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Course
• excellent supervisory, analytical, and leadership ability
• strong written and verbal communication skills
• a commitment to learning in a tax technology environment
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to work with tight deadlines
• Process oriented with excellent documentation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Maturity, proactive attitude, commitment, and a highly motivated and driven team player

What we offer you

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

Discover how, when and where you can work at

Running a business is all about making intelligent decisions, powered by accurate information. As a Valuation Senior you’ll help make that happen. You will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced team and work at the forefront for high-profile companies. When you join our industry-leading team, you’ll be right at the heart of that challenge, working with leading business tools and methodologies to provide to some of the most sophisticated clients around.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior, you will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced Valuation team, and you will gain experience from working on a wide variety of assignments across our many clients. You will be responsible for participating and assisting in valuation and financial analyses and applying valuation theories and approaches, including: researching and gathering relevant information; analyzing information; participating in the formulation of valuation approaches; developing valuation and other business models; and assisting in the preparation of valuation reports for a variety of purposes such as financial reporting, transactions, tax, and litigation.

We support clients with their evolving business strategy with the following services:

• Serve as a member of multiple client engagement teams
• Identify issues and propose solutions
• Perform research and business modelling
• Prepare quantitative and qualitative valuation analyses
• Actively contribute to report writing
• Demonstrate ability to listen to clients and to address clients' needs
• Maintain and develop positive, productive, and professional relationships with colleagues and clients
• Demonstrate teamwork and responsibility towards team members
• Stay abreast of current business and economic developments relevant to the client's business
• Use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business, Finance or Accounting with demonstrated aptitude in quantitative and qualitative analysis
• CPA designation
• A commitment to pursuing the Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) professional qualification
• Strong business modelling and analysis skills
• Working knowledge of Canadian and International Finance and Accounting concepts and principles
• Ability to analyze client's information and understand key business drivers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to manage time spent against budget, and work alongside team members to ensure the timely completion of work deliverables
• MS Office proficiency including MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

What we look for

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, analytical, logical thinkers with a passion for valuations and high attention to detail. Being a strong team player is critical with the ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines in support of our clients’ goals.