Ey Law - Corporate Lawyer Associate Toronto jobs at Ey in Canada, Toronto

Your key responsibilities

Your role as a Senior Tax Staff will give you the opportunity to combine corporate tax work with structured and virtual learning. You will have the opportunity to combine tax engagements with structured learning. You’ll get experience in tax compliance, tax accrual review, calculating income tax provision and tax planning. Our people focus on the main issues affecting our clients, paying particular attention to the implementation of tax strategies aligned with their business objectives.

Skills and attributes for success

• 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 approaches to the client's tax situation and arrive at appropriate conclusions.
• Share tax planning ideas with others.
• Participate in and contribute to achieving team goals.
• Assist in the development of recommendations and implementation plans and assist in making quality decisions in complex areas.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor's degree, preferably with an emphasis in accounting, finance, or a related field
• Accounting designation or Masters’ degree
• Experienced Senior- Minimum of 3 years of relevant CDN Corporate tax experience or equivalent experience in business or industry.
• Broad exposure to corporate income taxation
• Ability to research and write utilizing electronic tax tools
• Excellent managerial, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Mature mindset, proactive and committed, highly motivated 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

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EY Canada’s Corporate Development Office (CDO), responsible for managing mergers and acquisitions for EY Canada, has an exciting opportunity for a full-time position as an Assistant Director - Corporate Development. This role supports an important strategic inorganic growth objective of the firm as part of our All-In Strategy. In addition to the CDO, you will be a core member of our Strategic Investment Office, working closely with various areas of the business involved in:

• The identification and validation of potential acquisition targets and management of transactions from inception through due diligence, day 1 readiness, successful closure, onboarding, and integration into the firm.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Deal Sourcing, Target Analysis and Administration
• Work with our business leaders across Service Lines, Sub-service lines, Competencies, Industry Groups and Sectors to understand the areas of strategic priority for inorganic growth.
• Develop and maintain a robust M&A pipeline, working directly with our leaders as well as through the running of markets scans, targeted research and relationships with investment bankers,
• Build strong internal relationships with our leaders, maintaining regular touch points to continue to drive deal origination.
• Take part in target outreach, supporting initial exploratory discussions and strategic alignment sessions.
• Develop a deep understanding of how EY assess targets in terms of Strategic, Cultural and Financial fit, leveraging that knowledge and experience to evaluate and document potential M&A
• targets, providing critical insights to assist leadership decide on the right opportunities to pursue.
• Support valuation modelling and business cases development.
• Support in the preparation of expressions of interest (EOI), letters of intent (LOI), and purchase and sale agreements (PSA).
• Maintain an awareness of M&A activity outside of EY, including market trends
• Maintain and enhance CDO governance, acquisition tracking, and reporting.
• Bring thought leadership around continuous improvement of CDO tools, processes and procedures including the use of AI and automation.
• Oversee and manage the acquisitions database, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information.
• Assist in Post Acquisition Reporting (PAR), and deal evaluation against business case.

Transaction Management Office (TMO)

• Working with the Director of Corporate Development, you will have the opportunity to lead the TMO on certain transactions, providing TMO support on others, as appropriate.
• Help plan and execute due diligence and day 1 readiness activities, coordinating across multiple internal workstreams and target leadership.
• Build and maintain relationships with Target leadership, in many cases acting as a single point of contact.
• Manage and maintain transaction documentation: project kick-off materials, org charts, timeline & milestone charts, status updates, meeting notes, action logs, confidentiality NDA logs, etc.
• Identify, document, and manage program risks, ensuring all stakeholders are informed and appropriate actions are taken.
• Coordinate team meetings with multiple internal stakeholders and target leadership.
• Maintain constant communications across multiple workstreams, understanding and coordinating the flow of critical and relevant information to the right audiences in a timely manner.
• Lead team meetings, driving the agenda, identifying and tracking key decisions and actions.
• Coordinate the collection and distribution of diligence responses and supporting documentation shared by the target.
• Help ensure that we close transactions on a timely basis and have a robust onboarding and integration plan.

Strategic Investment Office (SIO)

• Act as a core member of the Strategic Investment Office, supporting its initiatives and objectives.
• Collaborate with the SIO team to assess investment requests and provide insights and recommendations.
• Assist in the development of business cases for investment requests, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Assist in the preparation of detailed investment reports and presentations for the Strategic Investment Committee (SIC).
• Engage with cross-functional teams to assist in the tracking and reporting on the performance of approved investments, providing analysis and insights to leadership.

What You Will Gain from This Role

• Broad Exposure : You’ll understand the “inner-workings” of EY, working directly with our Chief Investment Office (CIO), Director of Corporate Development, our newly formed Strategic Investment Committee (made up of our CIO, Chair & CEO, COO/CFO along with 3 other members of our EC) and your CDO and SIO team colleagues. You will also develop relationships with your colleagues in Finance, Global Corporate Development, CTO, C&I, Talent as well as with leaders across all Service Lines and Industry Groups. You’ll have direct insight and exposure into the strategic initiatives of the firm.
• Leadership : You’ll develop key leadership attributes, gain confidence in chairing discussions, presenting ideas, and managing critical decision points.
• Understand EY: You will develop a deeper understanding of the firm’s capabilities and strategic growth priorities.
• M&A Experience: You’ll hone your skills across the M&A transaction lifecycle, including financial modeling, due diligence processes, and integration strategies, including cross border transactions and intra-firm agreements.

What We Look For

• Positive Attitude : A strong work ethic, willingness to learn, and openness to welcome new challenges.
• Work Independently : Ability to work effectively under pressure and time constraints in an unstructured environment relying on self-direction.
• Creativity : Leverage past experiences to continuously improve and streamline processes.
• Teaming – Be dedicated to the program and help your team be successful.
• Strategic Mindset : Understand the ‘big picture’ of the transaction and its strategic importance.
• Organizational Skills : Diligently track, execute, and follow up on daily activities; manage your own and your team's workload effectively. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects andmeet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Consulting Skills : Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high degree of proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and financial analysis tools. Advanced Microsoft Suite skills considered anadvantage.
• Confidentiality : Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Executive Presence : Ability to work seamlessly with and direct the activities of senior leaders demonstrating credibility and inspiring confidence.
• Analytical Skills : Ability to synthesize information, draw conclusions, and make appropriate recommendations.
• Financial Modeling Skills : Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis tools is essential.
• Communications : Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to a senior leadership audience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field
• CPA, CBV and or CFA designation or working towards it is considered an asset

As a Seasonal Tax Assembler, you will be a part of our Private Tax practice during the busy season. You will be provided with an opportunity to work within a Big 4 firm while being part of an entrepreneurial practice. This is an ideal opportunity for individuals looking to work for a few months during the year and who would like to form a long-lasting relationship with EY.

Your key responsibilities

As a Seasonal Tax Assembler, you will provide administrative support in the processing of personal tax returns for shareholders, managers and entrepreneurs for a wide variety of small owner managed clients and private entities.

Skills and attributes for success

• Photocopying and scanning of tax returns and associated documentation (i.e. T4 slips, investment receipts, etc.)
• Electronic filing of such documents into our TED (Tax Electronic Documents) system
• Collating of tax returns with correct schedules and attachments provided to the correct parties
• Typing letters
• Arranging couriers
• Creating paper files and transportation of such to other staff and records management department

To qualify for the role, you must have

• High school graduation
• Correctly determining which forms/schedules go to which recipient (i.e. CRA versus client versus file copy)
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to work fast at very meticulous work for long periods of time
• Works well under pressure
• Able to work overtime
• Enjoys repetitive tasks
• Intermediate level understanding of MS Office Word and beginner level use of MS Excel
• Able to navigate and use MS Windows XP folders and files and quick to learn other in-house electronic filing systems
• Able to work independently as well as within a team
• must be available to work Monday - Friday during the day, with the possibility of overtime

Ideally, you’ll also

• Some office experience; preferably 3 months - 1 year

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 Staff, you will be a part of our International Tax and Transaction Services, Toronto Transfer Pricing team. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of dedicated transfer pricing professionals to provide a fully integrated approach to transfer pricing, which includes preparing annual documentation, defending transfer pricing results in statutory audits, designing and implementing transfer pricing policies, and advising multinational enterprises on how to streamline and automate their transfer pricing processes.

By joining EY Tax, you will be able to develop technical transfer pricing expertise through our worldwide network of dedicated professionals and the critical skills required of a well-rounded consultant and trusted business advisor.

Your key responsibilities

Staff in our Transfer Pricing practice participate in various challenging engagements and contribute to the delivery of quality transfer pricing services to our diverse portfolio of clients.

Core elements of the role include

• Demonstrating a basic understanding of economic, finance, and accounting principles and effectively applying this knowledge to client engagements
• Assisting in the delivery of quality services and work products in a timely and responsive manner
• Thoroughly and accurately analyzing financial and other business information
• Assisting in the preparation of high quality, practical approaches to the client's economic situation and arrive at logical conclusions
• Presenting the results of your work to small groups of colleagues or client personnel
• Conducting research on and reviewing comparable transactions for companies in support preparing documentation, including for advanced pricing arrangements, audit defence materials, and planning
• Performing industry, company and other research as needed
• Participating in and contribute to achieving team goals.

Skills and attributes for success

• An undergraduate degree in economics, accounting, finance, business or a related field
• The ability to thrive within a fast-paced, professional services environment requiring multi-tasking and frequent collaboration with colleagues and clients
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Microsoft Power BI and Pivot experience

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

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As a U.S. Tax Manager, you will join a team of experienced and knowledgeable U.S. tax professionals providing corporate and partnership tax compliance and tax provisioning services for our clients in various industries. You will also have opportunities to work on organizational structuring, tax planning and provide on call advice.

Your key responsibilities

Managers in our U.S. Tax practice participate in and supervise multiple and challenging tax engagements as part of a team delivering high quality compliance services and innovative tax planning ideas for our clients.

• Demonstrating a thorough understanding of U.S. tax concepts as it relates to U.S. Corporate Federal and state income tax compliance and U.S. income tax provision review, U.S. income tax provision preparation
• Leading preparation and reviews of U.S. corporate and partnership tax returns for multinational clients and U.S. income tax provisions for both public and private companies.
• Conducting federal and state tax research, thoroughly analyzing U.S. cross-border tax issues and drafting technical memos related to specific client matters
• Developing and delivering innovative tax planning ideas with timely and responsive services and work product that meets or exceeds client expectations.
• Analyzing the client's tax situation effectively to arrive at appropriate conclusions with practical and creative solutions.
• Leading in the development of tax recommendations and implementation plans.
• Making informed decisions in complex and judgmental areas.
• Establishing and maintaining long-term working relationships with clients.
• Pursuing and sharing knowledge to develop professionally and enhance service delivery.
• Identifying and selling opportunities for tax planning and other special services.
• Leveraging technology to continually maximize productivity.
• Participating in EY national initiatives.
• Communicating effectively, encouraging open communication and effectively supervising team members.
• Participating in recruiting efforts when necessary.
• Contributing to a flexible, stable, and team-oriented working culture that fosters personal professional development.

Skills and attributes for success

• An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Law or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in U.S. Tax
• A U.S. CPA designation or be a member in good standing of a state bar, or an IRS Enrolled Agent
• A background in tax compliance and accounting for corporate income tax as well as a broad understanding of U.S. federal, state and local income or franchise tax
• A commitment to continuous learning and sharing the knowledge with junior staff members
• Strong software skills, including but not limited to proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with tax applications and research tools such as GoSystems, OneSource, CCH, and Checkpoint.
• The ability to analyze complex data from multiple sources and a high attention to detail
• The ability to prioritize when working on multiple projects and manage client relationships by ensuring data quality, teaming, and timely deliverables
• Experience with REIT taxation and partnership allocations in the private equity or real estate industry is an asset.

Ideally, you’ll also

• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, professional services environment
• A high level of motivation and drive along with maturity and a proactive, team-based working style

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

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The Mobility Tax services include Canadian and US personal income tax, compliance and advisory services; mobility policy design; executive compensation advice; employer tax advice; and global coordination. You’ll be part of a team with a wide variety of experiences and a supportive environment.

Your key responsibilities

• Contribute to client satisfaction by providing clients with exceptional quality and timely work products
• Determine appropriate and optimal Canadian and US filing positions
• Prepare complex personal income tax returns
• Review personal income tax returns
• Advise clients on the tax implications of working in another tax jurisdiction
• Research on Tax technical matters to support both compliance and advisory deliverables
• Contribute to the national education program by preparing and/or delivering tax technical material
• Leverage technology to maximize productivity

Skills and attributes for success

• Effective communicator and confident team player who can not only collaborate with people from various teams but also prioritize shifting demands
• Willingness to contribute to a flexible, stable, and team-oriented working culture that fosters personal development and a positive attitude
• Commitment to learning in a tax technology environment
• Ability to work in a high pressured and time sensitive environment
• Excellent managerial, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills
• The ability to manage time spent against budget and work alongside team members to ensure the timely completion of deliverables while providing exceptional client service

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor's degree, preferably with an emphasis in accounting, finance, or a related field; or a diploma in accounting with a minimum of 3 years of relevant tax experience; or equivalent experience in industry
• Excellent Knowledge of current automated tax processing systems and tax laws

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Exceptional PC proficiency including Microsoft Excel, Word, and Powerpoint

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you to decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future.  Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

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.

Manager – People Consulting – Workforce Advisory – HR technology

Your key responsibilities

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex HR technology and implementation concepts.
• Lead teams and work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services, in particular in change and organizational design. Develop and successfully manage to project budget.
• Deliver quality services. Value and model excellent client service by establishing goals and implementation plans to achieve a high quality deliverables and within expected timeframes. Monitor progress, manage risk and confirm key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management. Focus on deliverables and client business priorities. Manage expectations of service. Understand the client's industry and recognize key performance drivers and business trends.
• Develop people. Provide constructive on-the-job feedback/training. Foster an innovative and team-oriented work environment.
• Demonstrate high levels of technical and professional knowledge and quickly assimilate new knowledge. Keep up-to-date with current developments and trends in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.
• Generate new business opportunities. Understand Ernst & Young and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients. Develop long-term client relationships and networks. Develop relationships with other Ernst & Young team members across all practices to serve client needs.
• Flexibility and ability to travel; willingness to travel on short notice to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 30%

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience supporting people components of transformation, such as: ERP implementation, Change Management, Culture change, operating model and organizational design, strategic workforce planning, learning design and/or talent management
• Project management experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability storytelling, adapting messaging and style to suit the needs of different audiences. Strong facilitation skills, including the ability to design meeting agendas or workshop activities to design creative solutions, build commitment to outcomes and drive decision making.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment (knows when to lead and when to follow)
• Experience managing staff on multiple projects and providing direction to team members
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• High level of motivation and a self-starting attitude
• Strong work ethic
• Effective organization and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadline

To qualify for the role you must have

• bachelor's degree and approximately 5-8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4-6 years of related work experience
• PROSCI or other industry standard Change Management Certification considered an asset
• Experience in selling and delivering projects that cover the full life-cycle of assessment, design and implementation support

What we look for

• A demonstrated curiosity to understand how and why a problem or issue exists
• A creative approach and be comfortable with ambiguity and finding new solutions
• High level of motivation and a self-starting attitude
• Ability to think outside of the box, and thrive on new challenges

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you