Tax Analyst

We’re looking for a Tax Analyst to support critical tax compliance and reporting across a retail business. You’ll gain hands-on experience preparing filings, managing reconciliations, and partnering with internal stakeholders to interpret tax requirements and resolve complex issues. This role offers exposure to audits, process improvements, evolving tax legislation, and provides the opportunity to build valuable cross-functional relationships, strengthen your technical expertise and contribute to enterprise-level financial compliance initiatives. 
 

Why Work With Us? 

• We value integrity, respect, and teamwork, encouraging a unique and inclusive culture.  

• Enjoy Associate discounts at our stores, available to you and eligible family members.  

• Immediate access to our Group Benefits package, including a Health Care Spending Account, Retirement Savings Program, Associate & Family Assistance Program, and various well-being resources  

• A competitive vacation package, paired with a Vacation Trade Program that allows you to opt in for an extra week.   

• Comprehensive training and development resources to help you learn, grow, and succeed. 

• Exciting career paths with growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement to support your career progression. 

• Discover innovative amenities at our eco-friendly corporate office, along with the flexibility and balance of our hybrid work model. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Prepare and file monthly commodity tax returns across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with legislation. 

• Prepare and record monthly journal entries, performs general ledger reconciliations related to Canadian indirect taxes, investigate and resolve variances. 

• Support annual planning activities (budget preparation and forecasting for tax accounts). 

• Monitor and enhance processes to ensure commodity taxes are correctly applied within POS systems; identify and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner. 

• Support tax audits by analyzing and compiling required documentation; contribute to post-audit assessments and remediation actions. 

• Review and maintain processes to ensure accurate assessment of commodity taxes on purchases and expenses; identify gaps and recommend improvements. 

• Monitor changes in federal and provincial tax legislation and business processes; assess impacts and support timely process updates. 

• Serve as a primary point of support for commodity tax inquiries, providing guidance and resolving issues for internal stakeholders 

About You: 

• Minimum two (2) years’ experience in Canadian taxation, with a focus on indirect taxes; solid understanding of Canadian tax law. 

• Post-secondary education in related field (e.g. Accounting/Finance/Economics); working towards the CPA designation is considered an asset. 

• Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills; ability to leverage prior experience and adapt quickly to changing work environments. 

• Strong time management skills including the ability to prioritize, meet tight deadlines, escalating certain issues as necessary. 

• Strong problem-solving and research skills (identifying and correcting errors as they occur, paying attention to detail). 

• A passion for continuous learning and curiosity to explore what’s possible. 

• Excellent spreadsheet management skills (Microsoft Excel). Able to create intermediate to complex spreadsheets, conduct financial modeling, manipulate large sets of data (advanced formulas, pivot tables, graphs, lookups). 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills including facilitation, collaboration, and information gathering.