Transfer Pricing - Montreal - Senior Tax Staff

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In EY Tax, you’ll have the opportunity to help leading multinational enterprises navigate the complex tax environment and meet tax obligations around the world. You’ll get a unique glimpse deep inside the business of many companies and become a trusted advisor, working collaboratively on a team that influences major business decisions. Continuously evolving tax legislation and reporting requirements in an increasingly digital world have increased demand for EY’s Tax services, including transfer pricing.

The opportunity

As a Senior Tax Staff, you will be a part of our Montreal Transfer Pricing team and broadly as part of our International Tax & Transactions Services group. You will work alongside a team of dedicated transfer pricing economists and tax professionals to provide a fully integrated approach to transfer pricing, which includes preparing annual documentation, defending transfer pricing results in tax audits, designing 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 use and further develop technical transfer pricing expertise through our worldwide network of dedicated professionals and the critical skills required of a well-rounded transfer pricing consultant.

Your key responsibilities

Senior Tax Staff in our Transfer Pricing practice actively 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

1. Demonstrating a good basic understanding of economic, finance, and accounting principles and effectively applying such knowledge to client engagements
2. Assisting in the delivery of quality services and work products in a timely and responsive manner
3. Thoroughly and accurately analyzing factual and financial information to generate insights
4. Demonstrating versatility and adaptability to various management styles and different types of projects
5. Assisting and overseeing in the preparation of high quality, practical approaches to the client's economic situation and arriving at logical conclusions
6. Presenting the results of your work to small groups of colleagues or client personnel
7. Conducting research and reviewing comparable transactions research for companies in support of preparing documentation, including for advanced pricing arrangements, audit defence materials, and for planning purposes
8. Performing and reviewing industry, company and other research as needed
9. Participating in and contributing to achieving team goals
10. Delegating and overseeing some work performed by onshore and offshore junior team members

To qualify for the role, you must have

1. An undergraduate degree in economics, accounting, finance, business or a related field, or a professional designation
2. Prior work experience in a professional environment for at least three years
3. Experience in transfer pricing would be an asset
4. The ability to thrive within a fast-paced, professional services environment requiring multi-tasking and frequent collaboration with colleagues and clients
5. The capacity to quickly understand fast-moving situations
6. The ability to lead a team and manage budgets effectively, with some oversight
7. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
8. Excellent verbal and written communication abilities in English. Fluent French speaking is required.
9. Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint

While based in Montreal, this position will interact with external and internal stakeholders both within and outside of Canada. French and English bilingualism is therefore a requirement.

What we look for

We’re interested in strong, result-focused team players who support their colleagues in reaching their goals while also considering their own workload and development. We’re looking for people with a genuine passion for tax consulting and are inspired to help the world’s leading multinational organizations meet complex tax obligations around the world. If you have the confidence to speak up and influence a team that affects big businesses worldwide, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers

At EY, our Total Rewards package supports our commitment to creating a leading people culture - built on high-performance teaming - where everyone can achieve their potential and contribute to building a better working world for our people, our clients and our communities. It's one of the many reasons we repeatedly win awards for being a great place to work.

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 discretionary bonus program, 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.

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

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