Senior Tax Analyst

Summary

Join Hootsuite as a Senior Tax Analyst and contribute to timely and accurate tax compliance and risk mitigation globally. You will manage Hootsuite's tax compliance processes, conduct nexus analysis, and handle sales tax reporting. Responsibilities include supporting tax accounting processes, reviewing customer agreements, and participating in audit defense. This 12-month contract role offers flexible work arrangements (remote or hybrid) and is open to Canadian applicants. You will report to the Senior Director of Tax. The role requires considerable corporate tax experience, a CPA designation or equivalent, and strong analytical and communication skills.

Requirements

• Considerable relevant experience in a corporate tax environment, within a firm or in industry with a multinational corporate group
• CPA designation, enrollment or completion of In-Depth Tax Course or Masters of Taxation
• Skilled with learning new software, including intermediate / advanced Excel skills, experience with an ERP system (Netsuite is a bonus)
• Accountability: holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Decision Making: consistently chooses the best course of action (from a number of alternatives) to address business problems and/or opportunities
• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems
• Priority Setting: focuses time/energy on the most important issues/opportunities. Clearly understand how to assess the importance of tasks and decisions
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; Builds an integrated plan for course of action to accomplish this vision
• Challenges and supports others to create results but also develop new capabilities

Responsibilities

• Own Hootsuite’s tax compliance process, staying abreast of changes and developments in Canadian, U.S. and international income and sales tax rules while being the main point of contact with external service providers, responsible for project timelines and providing them with timely and accurate information and instruction
• Conduct nexus analysis and evaluate the international tax footprint related to business expansion
• Own the sales tax reporting cycle for Hootsuite and its subsidiaries, which will include using sales tax tools i.e. Avalara and working with the finance team on booking and funding of the taxes
• Support the preparation of the inter-company calculations and associated information reporting arising from Hootsuite’s global transfer pricing policies
• Support Hootsuite’s Tax Accounting processes, maintaining up-to-date technical knowledge of ASC 740, supporting preparation of the tax provision calculations with external services providers and responsible for determining appropriate accounting treatment for issues identified during the business cycle in cooperation with management
• Review customer agreements, obtaining certifications of tax residence, communicating treaty benefits, and responding to business unit queries regarding sales taxes and withholding taxes
• Play a key role in audit defense and other tax authority examinations by working with the Senior Director of Tax to develop strategies to respond to tax authority information and audit requests, supervise and coordinate the information gathering by responsible parties, and reviewing materials for accuracy, adequacy and presentation
• Provide support to other functional areas in the business through thoughtful consideration of the impact of tax issues and decisions in those business segments, ranging from the A/P and A/R teams to, Legal, Commercial Sales, People, Total Rewards and other teams with whom the tax department interacts
• Provide support to senior management in various department projects and other strategic initiatives as they arise

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with an ERP system (Netsuite is a bonus)

Benefits

Flexible work arrangement allows for remote work or a hybrid model