State and Local Tax General Senior Associate

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RSM’s growing Canada Indirect Tax practice is seeking a Senior Tax Associate to join their team in India. We assist clients with various consulting, planning and compliance services in GST/HST, PST and other excise, fuel and carbon taxes. This is an exciting opportunity with a growing firm that hosts a broad cross-section of clients and experiences. In our Indirect Tax practice, we work with clients to manage their indirect tax opportunities and risks. As a compliance senior, you will be a part of our indirect tax compliance team which has talented and dedicated professionals who provide quality compliance services across a wide variety of industries and tax jurisdictions through use of technology to improve reporting and compliance. We’re a top choice in the middle market when it comes to strategies on reducing indirect taxes, innovative indirect tax planning, and the effective management of reporting burdens as well as indirect tax controversy support. We are seeking a candidate who has an entrepreneurial spirit, an unwavering client service mindset, and strong ability to work effectively in a team environment.

As a Senior Associate, you will be responsible for the following which are focused around two core concepts (Technical and Quality Expertise, and Client Service):

• The primary focus of this role will be to prepare indirect tax compliance returns, and other Canadian indirect tax filings ranging from
  • Goods and services tax (GST)
  • Harmonized sales tax (HST)
  • Provincial sales tax (PST)
  • Quebec sales tax (QST)
  • Registration of non-resident taxes for GST/HST and QST
  • Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia consumption tax PST
  • GST claim back/tax credits
• Prepare indirect tax account reconciliations.
• Provide excellent client service to our clients and the RSM tax team through responsive and professional interactions that foster the RSM experience for our clients that exceeds their expectations with timely and proactive indirect tax advice and consulting that enable clients to increase stakeholder value
• Provide indirect tax consulting, via tax research including nexus and registration analysis, indirect tax compliance, voluntary disclosures, indirect tax audit defense, indirect tax recovery projects, data and analytics using technologies such as Alteryx, Tableau, PowerBI, as well as indirect tax planning related to new client ventures in or outside Canada, reorganizations/M&A and due diligence reviews
• Draft written technical advice in the form of technical memos or other technical forms, elections, analysis and indirect tax treatment of various transactions, ranging from the impact of reorganizations to new product lines or jurisdictions in which our clients operate
• Contribute to client satisfaction by providing clients with quality, timely and responsive services, and work products.
• Interacting with government officials as you help our clients through indirect tax audits
• Identify opportunities to bring in other indirect tax or direct tax colleagues to provide our clients with a full suite of services to best serve their business needs
• Ability to integrate with clients and the overall tax team to help solve our clients’ tax issues
• Excellent interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with others effectively in teams.
• Strong commitment to professional client service excellence.
• Develop strong client relationships and networking with existing and prospective clients.
• Ability to develop and present new ideas and conceptualize new approaches and solutions.
• Work on multiple files and issues while communicating in a non-technical manner to facilitate communication between the client and the RSM service team while managing risk for the client and firm.

 Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience providing sales and use tax consulting services in Industry, or a public accounting, consulting or law firm 
• Bachelor’s degree in the field of accounting or closely related field from an accredited college or university 
• Possess thorough knowledge of a variety of state and local sales and use tax laws, regulations, policies and procedures, as well as tax planning, restructuring, due diligence, audit defense, and state controversy work.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to work as part of a collaborative team
• Excellent client relation and interpersonal skills with the ability to work closely with clients to answer questions or to collect necessary information for client service engagements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters in taxation or MBA desirable 
• CPA, CMI, JD or LLM preferred 
• A proven record of building profitable, sustainable client relationships 
• A proven record of simultaneously managing multiple projects and engagement teams for various clients 

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/india.html.  

RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; colour; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the Indian Armed Forces; Indian Armed Forces Veterans, and Indian Armed Forces Personnel status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable provincial employment legislation.  

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please send us an email at [email protected].