Senior Tax Specialist - 105120-1 and 105119-1

Our client, a premier financial institution, is seeking a highly skilled Senior Accountant / Senior Tax Specialist to join their Tax Trust Services team as a Manager. In this day-to-day operational role, you will focus on high-volume, complex tax compliance and administration for Estates and Trusts, specifically managing returns for clients who have passed away.

This position requires a blend of advanced technical tax expertise and emerging leadership. You will act as a critical technical resource, ensuring credit optimization and timely filings while helping manage, train, and oversee junior staff.

If you thrive in a paperless environment and have deep experience navigating specialized estate tax structures, this role offers an excellent platform to showcase your capabilities.

Position Title: Senior Accountant / Senior Tax Specialist (Manager, Tax Trust Services)

Location: Toronto, ON – Hybrid (3 days per week in-office)

Contract Duration: 6 Months with potential for extension or FTE conversion

Advantages

•FTE & Extension Potential: Strong possibility of contract extension or conversion to a full-time permanent role based on business needs and performance.

•Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy a balanced work model with 3 days in-office at a state-of-the-art downtown campus and 2 days remote.

•Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a seasoned team of professionals available to support your onboarding, workflow integration, and day-to-day questions.

•Leadership Experience: Expand your resume by taking ownership of projects and mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

•Tax Preparation & Review: Accurately prepare and review complex personal, estate, and trust income tax returns, including T1, T1 Terminal (final), T3 trusts, Graduated Rate Estates (GREs), and Rights or Things.

•Compliance & Audit Defense: Review client accounts to ensure all reporting and compliance obligations are met on time. Review assessment notices, prepare adjustments, objection notices, and Clearance Certificate requests.

•CRA & Internal Liaison: Correspond directly with the CRA regarding information requests. Partner with the internal Tax team, Trust staff, and external tax professionals to explain and resolve complex taxation issues.

•Team Leadership: Oversee, review, and manage the workloads of junior staff, delivering training sessions and ensuring high-quality output.

•Workflow Management: Maintain a fully electronic working paper file system, utilizing Taxprep software and managing multiple overlapping compliance activities independently.

Qualifications

Must-Have Requirements

•Experience: 3 to 5+ years of dedicated accounting or tax compliance experience, with a heavy emphasis on Estates and Trusts.

•Technical Tax Expertise: Confirmed hands-on experience preparing and reviewing T1, T1 Terminal, and T3 Trust/Estate returns.

•Specialized Knowledge: Deep familiarity with Graduated Rate Estates (GREs), their unique benefits, and associated post-mortem tax planning opportunities.

•Software Proficiency: Advanced experience working with Taxprep software and a proven ability to manage automated, paperless workflows.

•Education: Post-secondary degree or diploma in Accounting or a related field.

•Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal skills, with the ability to articulate complex tax descriptions and specialized Estate & Trust terminology clearly.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

•CPA/CA designation (or actively working towards it).

•Current accreditation and good standing with STEP, CSI, or advanced tax compliance courses.

Summary

This is an exceptional contract opportunity for an estate and trust tax professional to step into a leadership-oriented capacity within a top-tier institution. This role is strictly focused on day-to-day high-volume operational tax files with no direct customer contact.

Qualified candidates must be ready to undergo a thorough multi-stage interview process, which includes a 15-minute initial screening, an intensive 1-hour technical case study test focusing on deceased taxpayer scenarios, and a final behavioral interview.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees.

In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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