Intermediate Accountant to manage & support Income Tax returns for a large complex Financial Systems transition . 48319

Our Financial Services Client is looking for an Intermediate Accountant to manage & support Income Tax returns for a large complex Financial Systems transition . 48319

This job is located in Vancouver. Hybrid setup: 2-3 days in the office.

Contract is until Feb 2024 with high chances of extension

Must Have:

• Experience working as an Accountant within an enterprise environment
• Canadian accounting designation (CA, CPA, CGA, CMA)
• 5+ years' accounting skills and financial systems knowledge on income tax, Canadian tax slips, Preparation of Trust tax returns (for non qualifying investments and deceased taxpayers)

Responsibilities:

Accountabilities

• Validate financial information for the test runs of data migration to purchaser; ensure that the test balances for tax accounts migrate correctly (but scope not known yet)
• Compile tax working papers for the preparation of the FY2023 and sub-period income tax returns
• Compile information to address queries from the company re. our income tax processes and returns
• Checking that all historical income tax records for open tax audit years are complete before transferring to the company

Tax Reporting

• Assurance testing for 2023 tax slips (would need to complete testing earlier in 2024 than past years to reduce dependency on the TSA)
• Deceased 2023 T3 for HIFC (to complete the excel calculations for these 2023 T3 earlier – estimated 90T3s)
• NQI and deceased 2023 T3 for HIDC (to complete these 2023 T3 as soon as possible in 2024 – estimate 300 T3s)
• To comply data for NQI, deceased T3s for the 2024 stub period for the company
• 2024 stub period tax slips : approach to be determined but this would require Tax’s involvement