Senior Commodity Tax Advisor

Senior Commodity Tax Advisor

An excellent opportunity for an experienced commodity tax professional to join a well-established, complex organization in a senior-level advisory role. This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of key Canadian commodity tax functions, provide technical expertise to business leaders, and influence tax strategy, compliance, and process improvements across the organization.

The successful candidate will bring deep technical knowledge of Canadian commodity tax legislation, strong research and analytical capabilities, and the confidence to advise on complex tax matters while identifying opportunities to improve processes, mitigate risk, and maximize tax recoveries.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously enhance Canadian commodity tax compliance, recovery programs, and related internal controls, ensuring adherence to regulatory and SOX requirements.
• Serve as a senior technical resource, providing commodity tax expertise, guidance, and mentorship to colleagues and internal business partners.
• Interpret federal and provincial commodity tax legislation and provide practical advice on the tax implications of complex business transactions and operational activities.
• Evaluate business transactions and recommend tax-efficient approaches that maximize eligible recoveries while minimizing tax exposure.
• Oversee the assessment, implementation, and validation of tax system logic to support accurate tax treatment across business processes.
• Lead and coordinate commodity tax audits, assessments, objections, and appeals with federal and provincial tax authorities.
• Prepare and review technical tax memorandums, audit responses, supporting documentation, and correspondence with tax authorities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve complex tax issues, strengthen internal controls, and drive process improvements.
• Identify potential tax risks, control deficiencies, and compliance gaps, developing and implementing appropriate corrective actions.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments, evaluate their impact on the organization, and contribute to tax policies, procedures, training, and governance initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• CPA designation required or actively pursuing a professional accounting designation.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in Canadian commodity tax, with demonstrated expertise in tax compliance, advisory, technical research, rulings, refunds, audits, appeals, and legislative interpretation.
• Strong technical knowledge of Canadian federal and provincial commodity tax legislation.
• Exceptional tax research, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance, influence stakeholders, and communicate complex tax matters in a clear and practical manner.
• Experience identifying tax efficiencies, improving processes, and strengthening tax controls and governance.