Manager, Tax Technology
Job Overview
Job title: Manager, Tax Technology
Job description: You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You’ll work with dynamic colleagues – experts in their fields – who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you’ll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients – who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.
Job Description:
The Manager, Tax Technology is responsible for supporting the deployment and use of tax technology by the Corporate Tax department. The Manager, Tax Technology provides input on the functional and technical design of future technology needs, ensures operational efficiency of existing systems and services and the effective implementation of new systems.
This person is also responsible for effectiveness of current tax automation, including the Longview provision platform in Canada and Tax Investment Platform (TIP) used to compute the taxable investment income for the Canadian insurer.
The Manager, Tax Technology also supports continued process improvements for the different areas of the company’s tax operations.
What will you do?
Provide input on direction on tax technology needs
Anticipate benefits to the Corporate Tax team of emerging technologies and provide recommendations and cost/benefit analysis to tax leadership
Participate in the development of the tax technology roadmap
Monitor and assess the effectiveness of current tax tools/technology and electronic services; seek to resolve issues through relevant channels as appropriate
Lead the implementation of new technology projects for the Corporate Tax team
Interact with external providers of software/services
Interact with tax group to ensure that the use of available technology tools is optimized
Be a technical advisor and go to person for all ad hoc tax technology issues for the Corporate Tax team
Responsible for the ongoing maintenance and effectiveness of the Longview and Tax Investment Platform technology being used for Canadian tax reporting and compliance
What do you need to succeed?
Knowledge of Canadian taxation (completion of In-Depth Tax curriculum offered by CPA Canada or equivalent is preferred)
Knowledge of Canadian taxation of investments is preferred
Understanding of reporting and compliance processes
Demonstrated understanding of technology solutions (tax and general business)
5+ years of working experience in professional environment
Good communication skills with ability to communicate technical information to people with different backgrounds and skills
Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
What’s in it for you?
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
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 thebrightside@sunlife.com.
At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range: 68,400/68 400 – 111,700/111 700
Job Category: Finance
Posting End Date: 22/12/2021
Company: Sun Life Financial
Expected salary:
Location: Toronto, ON
Job date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:50:30 GMT
Job Source: Careerjet.ca