Senior Tax Analyst

About Us

G Adventures is the world’s largest small-group adventure travel company and we’ve been making epic travel memories happen on all seven continents for over 30 years.
Our mission is simple: to change lives through travel. And not just our travelers’ either. Since day one, our tours have been built to establish meaningful relationships with local communities, directly benefiting the people and places we visit at every step of our tours.
With the demand for travel coming back strong, we are set up and excited for this next chapter in our company’s story — and we’d love for you to be a part of it.
Our DNA revolves around building, nurturing, and developing a diverse culture of people and a true sense of belonging, where everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic self to work each and every day. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, and yourself, alongside a passionate, talented, and welcoming community that works hard to spread goodness around the world.
If all that sounds like your kind of thing, well, we can’t wait for you to join us.

Reporting to the Senior Tax Manager, The Senior Tax Analyst role will ensure compliance of direct and indirect tax filings, assisting with tax audits, drafting responses, preparing tax provisions for entities in multiple jurisdictions, information returns filing and any ad hoc projects.
 

This position will play an integral role in a key function within the organization, performing duties that will ensure timely compliance and tax efficiency for our global operations and liaising with advisors as well as finance management and staff in all regions which G Adventures operates.
 

We are seeking a team player possessing exceptional quantitative and analytical abilities to assist in driving our strategic outlook, paired with great interpersonal and communication skills. This position will be a great opportunity for an individual keen on learning and developing along with the evolving global tax landscape. This is a 9 month fixed term contract.
 

This role is a hybrid role based out of Toronto, Canada where a minimum number of days as set by the region, is required in our Downtown Toronto office.

What You’ll be Doing:

• Preparation of quarterly and annual tax provisions for entities in various jurisdictions including but not limited to Canada, US, etc. and provide support to outsourced tax provision preparation by liaising with third-party advisors.

• Preparation of Canadian income tax returns including but not limited to T2, T5013, T106 and T1134, and provide support to outsourced corporate tax return preparation for other jurisdictions by liaising with third-party advisors.

• Preparation and filing of periodical indirect tax returns to entities in various jurisdictions, which may include liaising with third-party advisors. Additional jurisdictions may be added as the business and tax legislation evolves.

• Assistance in monthly tax account review and analysis, draft journal entries including tax account reconciliations, true ups adjustments and facilitate legal entity tax installment calculation

• Assist with the preparation of responses to tax related annual audit information requests and preparation of tax account reconciliation and tax note disclosure for financial statements

• Assist with government audits, prepare responses to queries, and review assessments

• Liaise with regional finance teams, AP, and treasury team to support tax-related information requests

• Assist with template development and automation opportunities on tax calculation workbooks

• Responsible for managing project timelines, including coordinating preparation schedules and communicating timelines to management.

• Assist with the preparation of ad-hoc analysis and management reporting to provide tax input as needed.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or finance

• CPA designation (or close to completion) or Masters in Taxation preferred

• Completion of CPA in-depth Tax Program level I to III (or working towards) is an asset

• At least three years of corporate income tax or auditing/accounting experience in public accounting or an international corporation

• Willingness to develop an understanding of corporate income tax on a multi-national scale

• Demonstrates initiative to drive tasks to completion with minimal direction

• Proven ability to effectively communicate and maintain relationships with external stakeholders

• Experience with tax accounting, tax provisions and international tax preferred

• Experience with indirect tax filing and EIFEL rules is considered an asset

• Proficiency with Corporate Taxprep, Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Experience with Looker, Dynamics GP or Workday is an asset

• Comfortable with large amounts of data and strong documentation skills

• Sound business and accounting/finance knowledge and judgment

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proven problem-solving capabilities and excellent attention to detail

• Aptitude to work both independently and as a team member in a dynamic environment

• Self-motivated person who takes initiative and ownership to improve tax related processes and procedures

What do we offer you?

• Competitive salary commensurate with the role

• Competitive benefits package 

• Birthday day off

• Vacation time for you to recharge

• Enhanced Parental Leave

• Learning and growth opportunities

• Employee Resource Groups

*Applicable based on location*

G Adventures is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants.