Director, Tax

Position Overview

As a Director, you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic initiatives and providing visionary leadership within the department. Your focus will be on delivering exceptional results, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment, and maintaining frequent and transparent communication. You will lead by example, setting high standards for teamwork and promoting continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

• Reporting to the VP, Tax, the Director, Tax  will be responsible for all income and commodity tax provisions and returns
• Responsible for the local tax authority domestic audit deliveries and requirements
• Research various tax related topics and provide or assist in interpretation
• Manage or provide assistance in a variety of tax compliance and governance/administration functions
• People manage team

Your Role:

Tax Compliance and Governance including Tax Audits

• Manage all quarterly and annual corporate income and commodity tax provisions for legal entities
• Gathers and verifies all supporting documentation from various departments
• Review financial statement disclosure requirements
• Manage and review all tax reporting requirements to Head Office group tax
• Responsible for corporate tax installment remittances process
• Participate in Tax Compliance and Governance projects as required
• Responsible for responding to annual external audit and government domestic tax audit queries
• Project manage audit query responses including the coordination with various departments making significant connections between various parties to present a cohesive representation of the information
• Develop strong relationships with Tax authorities
• Maintains organized audit ready files with appropriate documentation that are fully referenced and supported

Strategic and Operational Excellence

• Monitor and analyze various strategic tax activities
• Assists in tax related special projects, research and analysis (Payroll, Pension, Group Tax)
• Contribute to various other projects (IFRS, Solvency II, M&A due diligence)
• Continuous development of process improvements and automation to the tax compliance process.
• Performs research and analysis independently to support tax positions.
• Provide technical support to ensure compliance with federal and provincial and applicable foreign and domestic tax laws and regulations.
• Partnering with various departments to develop and create efficiencies
• Create and maintain documentation that supports the companies tax position

Your Profile:  

• Post-secondary education and recognized accounting accreditation (CPA, CA/CPA, CMA, CGA)
• Completion of CICA In-depth tax course is required
• 6+ years post designation experience-tax experience required
• Knowledge of Insurance or financial services taxation is preferred but not required
• Proven experience in a leadership role, with a focus on strategic initiatives and visionary leadership
• Self-motivated, results-oriented individual who accomplishes amazing work and continuously strives for excellence.
• Demonstrated passion for establishing best practices and embraces opportunities for change through process and technology efficiencies.
• Exceptional team player who possesses intellectual curiosity and contributes beyond area of expertise.
• Well-developed time management skills with ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently under tight deadlines.
• Ability to present financial information in a clear and concise manner.
• Well-developed time management skills; ability to multi-task under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills to explain analysis and results to management and staff.
• Advanced skills in Excel. Strong proficiency with MS Word, Excel and Taxprep software.

About Munich Re 

Together, we engage with everything we have and are, to help humankind act braver and better.

As the world’s leading reinsurance company with more than 40,000 employees in over 50 locations around the globe, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance.  By turning uncertainty into manageable risk, we enable fundamental change.  We recognize Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as a key priority with a culture that welcomes different thoughts and opinions.  We dare to think big and are continuously innovating on behalf of our clients.

Our data, our technology, and our teams place us in a unique position to drive transformative change in the life insurance industry.  We invest strategically in our world class talent, offering our employees a work experience that promotes professional development, innovation, and rewards high performance.

What Can We Offer You?

We are pleased to offer our employees great benefits and resources to support their mental, physical and financial wellbeing. These include:

• An engaging and collaborative environment that promotes continuous learning and development
• A hybrid work environment that combines weekly in-office and remote days with Meeting-Free lunch hours and Focus Friday afternoons
• A great compensation package including annual company bonus
• Market leading company-paid flexible health and dental benefits, starting on your first day
• Flexible dollars provided by the company to put towards Health Spending Account and/or Wellness Spending Account
• Immediate participation in DC Pension Plan with an automatic 5% employer contribution, plus optional company match
• Generous time off including vacation, personal days, unplanned time, Statutory Holidays and company-wide early closure half-days
• Learning and development programs and resources, including unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Education Assistance Program and reimbursement for professional fees
• Maternity, Parental & Adoption Leave top-up program
• Employee Referral Program, Recognition & Rewards Platform

Please note that only candidates who are selected for interview will be contacted directly. We thank all candidates for their interest.

Munich Re is committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of employment barriers and discrimination. Accommodations will be made for qualified applicants with a disability throughout the recruitment process. If you receive a request for an interview and you have a disability which will require an accommodation to support your participation, please contact AODARequestHR@munichre.ca as soon as practical so that suitable accommodations can be arranged.