Are you looking to join a growing company in the services space? Are you a qualified CPA with impeccable Corporate Tax, Treasury and analytical skills? Do you enjoy a fast paced, exciting environment with lots of opportunity to learn and grow? If so please keep reading as our client in the Toronto area is looking to add a Senior Director, Taxation and Treasury to the team.
Responsible for leading treasury and cash flow management, overseeing tax planning, administration, and compliance, and ensuring accurate accounting, reporting, and internal coordination related to investments.
Tax Strategy, Planning, Administration & Compliance
- Lead and coordinate tax planning, administration and compliance activities, working with external tax and legal advisors as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain tax policies, internal controls and governance processes.
- Assess tax implications of transactions across different entities including investment income, distributions, capital movements, financing arrangements and restructurings.
- Oversee corporate tax compliance, including income tax returns, information returns, withholding taxes, indirect taxes and applicable foreign reporting obligations.
- Coordinate tax provisions and related financial statement reporting and audit support.
- Monitor relevant Canadian and international tax developments and advise management on implications.
- Lead the financial and regulatory compliance activities Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) pension plans, ensuring adherence to applicable legislation, plan provisions, and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee the financial administration of pension plans, including monitoring pension contributions, special payments, and funding obligations to ensure compliance with plan policies and regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with Payroll, Human Resources, and external actuaries to validate pension calculations, contribution requirements, and funding transactions.
- Monitor pension regulatory developments and funding requirements, including those established by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA), and advise management on implications.
- Support pension-related accounting, financial reporting, audit requirements, and disclosures associated with the company’s pension obligations.
Investment Reporting & Governance Coordination
- For the investment portfolio, manage relationships with external investment consultants, asset managers, custodians, and banking partners.
- Prepare and/or review investment-related account reconciliations, schedules and supporting documentation for monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting.
- Coordinate custodians, external investment managers, auditors and other service providers to obtain timely and accurate information required for accounting and reporting.
Treasury, Cash Flow & Capital Management
- Lead treasury operations and enterprise cash-flow management, including short- and medium-term liquidity forecasting.
- Develop and maintain rolling cash-flow forecasts to ensure sufficient liquidity to meet operating, capital and strategic requirements.
- Determine near-term funding needs and coordinate cash movements, contributions, distributions or other transfers in accordance with approved governance and authorization processes.
- Manage banking and treasury relationships, bank accounts, signing authorities and treasury controls.
- Optimize operating cash balances and short-term liquidity within approved policies and risk parameters.
- Develop liquidity management policies, cash reserve parameters and contingency funding plans.
- Monitor counterparty exposure, interest rates, credit conditions and currency developments relevant to treasury activities.
- Prepare treasury and liquidity reporting for executive management and the Board, including cash forecasts, liquidity headroom and key risks.
Preferred Education & Experience:
- University degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field; CPA designation strongly preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in treasury, accounting/financial reporting and tax, ideally in a complex organization.
- Strong experience in cash-flow forecasting, liquidity management, banking and treasury operations.
- Experience accounting for investments and/or interests in separately governed entities and coordinating information from external managers, custodians or administrators.
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls, corporate taxation and treasury governance.
- Knowledge of foreign-exchange risk management and hedging is an asset.
- Experience preparing materials for senior management and Boards or Board committees.
- Critical and innovative problem-solving ability and strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead across multiple finance disciplines and develop a high-performing team.
Additional Information:
The Mason Group is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and accessible recruitment process. We welcome applicants from all qualified candidates. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all stages of the recruitment process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
This role is for an immediate vacancy, and we are actively hiring.
Technology-assisted screening tools including AI may be used during the recruitment process; however, all applications are reviewed by our Consultants.
If you are already registered with The Mason Group, please contact your Recruiting Consultant directly with reference to job #21546.
