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Liberty Utilities Senior Manager, Corporate Tax in Oakville, Ontario
Senior Manager, Corporate Tax
Oakville, ON, CA, L6J 2X1
At Algonquin-Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.
Purpose
Reporting to the VP, Tax, the Senior Manager, Corporate Tax has primary responsibility over income tax reporting, short and long term tax planning and tax modeling, tax compliance, corporate tax accounting, commodity taxes and tax audits. Together with Director, Tax, the Senior Manager, Corporate Tax will support the management of international tax issues impacting the business, including mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, regulatory matters, and all strategic cross border tax planning issues.
Accountabilities
Support preparation and review U.S. GAAP quarterly and annual income tax provisions and effective tax rate reconciliations for the Consolidated group to support public reporting and stand-alone financial statement requirements.
Support preparation and review of both Canadian and certain U.S. income tax and information returns.
Support Director, Tax with tax due diligence, tax modelling and tax structuring advice. Engage and manage external advisors as needed.
Assist with tax planning and reorganization projects, including research and coordination with advisors and internal stakeholders.
Oversight over the calculation of basis, surplus, safe income, and FAPI of the Company's international investments.
Review cash tax and effective rate forecasts to support the Company's budgeting and long term modeling requirements.
Manage Canadian income tax audits, prepare and review responses to queries, and review assessments.
Develop and maintain high levels of employee engagement and teamwork where employees are disciplined in processes and work collaboratively towards the achievement of personal, departmental and business goals and initiatives.
Education and Experience
Extensive experience in preparing/reviewing complex tax provisions in a US GAAP environment
Prior experience with M&A related tax structuring
Excellent interpersonal skills and effective oral and written communication skills
Past experience to include one of the big 4 firms
Self starter who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment
Professional Accounting designation ( CPA, CA) preferred
Able to work with and meet tight deadlines
Proficient in the use of MS office products; SAP or similar; Power Plan and Power Tax exposure preferred; Hyperion smart-view preferred
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business and as an employee team.
Our Mission
We provide safe, secure, reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy and water solutions. Our mission is how we create value as an organization—it is what drives us every day to fulfill our purpose.
Our Vision
We better the lives of our customers and communities. Our vision is what we see as possible. It's where we aspire to be, what we want to achieve and how we'll make animpact. It guides and keeps us on the right path as we work towards fulfilling our purposes.
Our Guiding Principles
Customer Centric
Integrity
Entrepreneurial
Teamwork
Owner mindset
Outcome focused
Continuous learning
What we offer
Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
Share purchase/match plan
A defined contribution savings plan
Leadership Development Program
Volunteer paid days off
Employee Assistance Program
Achievement fund
Group Benefit Plan
Variety of Health & Wellness programs
Discount and Perks program
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not confident you meet all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to investigate the opportunity further.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person's unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents.
Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honour this commitment in their daily responsibilities.