Manager, International Tax Reporting and Compliance

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About the role:

The Manager, International Tax Reporting and Compliance will assist with the international and Canadian tax reporting and compliance function, which includes foreign affiliate reporting, surplus balances, adjust cost base (ACB) and foreign accrual property income (FAPI) calculations.

What will you do?

• Responsible for certain aspects of Canadian tax reporting and compliance with respect to Sun Life's international operations, including:
  • Preparing FAPI calculations for tax returns and quarterly tax provision purposes;
  • Maintaining tax attributes of Sun Life’s foreign affiliates, such as ACB and surplus balances; and
  • Analyzing excluded property status of relevant foreign affiliates
• Supporting Global Tax Advisory in developing, evaluating and implementing tax strategies to minimize Sun Life's tax liability worldwide
• Keeping apprised of changes in accounting and financial reporting and tax law to ensure tax implications are understood and communicated
• Performing tax research and interpretation of the impact of specific issues and/or transactions
• Preparing formal responses to queries from tax authorities
• Working with junior staff and/or outsourcers
• Responsibility for tax reporting and tax compliance for certain Canadian legal entities as required

What do you need to succeed?

• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in tax including at least two (2) years in public accounting with Canadian international tax compliance and/or consulting experiences
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree – preferrable in Accounting or a related field of study.
• Knowledge of the Canadian Controlled Foreign Corporate (CFC) regime, including provisions in the Income Tax Act and Regulations regarding foreign affiliate tax rules
• Working well in a team; ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members and communicate clearly and efficiently.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and planning skills; ability to attend to details and identify levers and deliver on opportunities
• Good project management skills, with ability to coordinate workflow for outsourcing arrangements and secondments
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, presentations) with the ability to communicate cross functionally
• Experience with Excel (proficient with Pivot Tables and V/X-look ups)

Preferred Skills:

• Holding a CPA designation is an asset
• Financial institutions taxation experience, including complex multinational corporations and financing structures, acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations, is an asset
• Experience with Gen AI tools (Ex. Microsoft Copilot)

What's in it for you?

• Hybrid work environment
• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
• 20 vacation days per year
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• Access to our Global Learning Centre, available 24/7 for your learning needs
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical and financial

Recent Awards:

• We are honoured to be recognized as a 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork 2022
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada 2022
• Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor, 2021 and 2023

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to [email protected].

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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