Tax Manager

Req ID: 123478
Remote Position: Hybrid
Region: Americas
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Summary

What’s in it for you?

When you join Celestica, it's more than just a job. It's about being part of a team of uniquely talented and forward-thinking individuals who are passionate about what they do. It’s about joining a leading global company that enables the world’s best brands, and contributing to our innovative and collaborative solutions that help our customers unlock the potential of the future.

The Tax Manager will support the Global Taxation group in tax compliance, provision, forecasting, planning, audit defense and administration matters.

The Global Taxation group is transitioning to a model where each member of the team would be responsible for all tax matters of a group of subsidiaries. An elaborate model has been developed for team members to follow. We also facilitate in the development of foreign tax and all areas of taxation, as well as the underlying relevant accounting principles that drive tax results. Senior management will mentor team members in the development of the skill of asking the right questions when solving problems.

Detailed Description

This position is a Tax Specialist role at Celestica’s global headquarters in Toronto. In addition to income tax, transfer pricing, and indirect tax compliance and provision responsibilities, work will also include being involved in global tax matters of diverse scope where analysis requires evaluation of business and taxation aspects on a multi-national or global basis. Incumbents are accountable for delivering high quality work to ensure site’s / major function’s operations, schedules, and performance goals are met.

Tasks performed include but are not limited to, the following:

• Prepare IFRS and/or US GAAP tax provisions and forecasts of global sites located in Asia, Europe and Americas
• Prepare income tax and indirect tax returns, information returns, and reports
• Assist in transfer pricing analyses and computations, country-by-country reporting and reviewing transfer pricing reports
• Assist in ensuring that new developments in tax are conveyed to the appropriate people in the company and that processes are developed to ensure that the company is in compliance with laws and regulations
• Assist in gathering or preparing documentation, and responding to queries from internal/external/government auditors
• Support global tax planning and process improvement initiatives, as well as other tax related matters on an ad hoc basis

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Accounting designation or MBA preferred
• 2-4 years of relevant experience with a major accounting firm or multinational organization
• Completed or near completion of CPA designation, or completion of MTax
• Knowledge of corporate income taxation and accounting for income taxes under IFRS and/or US GAAP
• Experience in transfer pricing is a strong asset
• Knowledge of indirect tax is an asset
• Team player with good communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers
• Ability to interface with many international sites to establish strong working relationships and cooperation
• Strong knowledge of basic computer applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and the ability to learn and use multiple applications specific to this department is an asset (SAP, Longview, Tax Prep, OneSource Workflow Manager and Dataflow)
• Logic skills to utilize computer applications to develop complex tax models is an asset
• Ability to evaluate, analyze, prioritize work under tight timelines, and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure timely and accurate completion

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a hybrid office environment (2 days in the office, rest of the week remote)
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data
• Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc)

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.

Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.