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About the Role

Empire Life is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join their Tax team. This role drives transformation and acts as a subject matter expert for Tax Slip reporting processes, ensuring compliance with tax legislation and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Drives transformation and acts as SME for the Tax Slip reporting processes
• Key contributor to the tax slip reporting production process, ensuring compliance with tax legislation (CRA/MRQ), regulatory requirements and industry practices
• Contribute to the installment remittance process for all corporate, commodity and premium taxes for the Company and its subsidiaries
• Review and identify areas of improvement in policies and procedures to ensure they are consistent and compliant with tax legislation, regulatory requirements and industry practices
• Act as a subject matter expert for the annual year-end tax process and support tax-related system changes
• Act as a technical escalation point for situations relating to taxation issues to ensure compliance through accurate and timely reporting to regulatory bodies
• Provide technical and research support to ensure Empire Life is compliant with federal, provincial, local and applicable foreign and domestic tax laws and regulations
• Collaborate with other business units and departments on special project work and participate in departmental projects as required
• Lead, and/or oversee in departmental projects
• Propose, review and develop efficiencies and improvements to current practices in the tax department
• Ensure compliance with internal control policies

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with Canadian tax
• Completion of a university degree with courses in accounting, finance, taxation, audit, management and business administration
• Enhanced technological skill requirements, such as Power BI, Advanced Excel skills with an understanding of how to create and deploy macros
• Automation and process improvement mindset
• Understanding of entry-level coding and Python would be an asset
• Working knowledge of AI-driven applications and their potential use cases in corporate finance and taxation
• Knowledge of Canadian corporate tax legislation and experience conducting tax research
• Knowledge of insurance/risk and wealth products, including universal life, whole life, term life and segregated funds
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Ability to work and drive desired outcomes with minimal supervision and oversight
• Effective oral and written communication
• Key competencies include initiative, judgment, analytical thinking and problem solving and decision making
• Well-developed organizational skills and great attention to detail/accuracy
• If you are applying for a position which is open to applicants across Canada, unless otherwise indicated in the position, language proficiency in English is required for communicating with customers, advisors, or employees across Canada
• Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results.

Skills

• Power BI
• Advanced Excel skills
• Macros
• Python
• AI-driven applications
• Canadian corporate tax legislation
• Tax research
• Insurance/risk and wealth products
• Universal life
• Whole life
• Term life
• Segregated funds
• Initiative
• Judgment
• Analytical thinking
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Organizational skills
• Attention to detail/accuracy

Location

• Hybrid - Anywhere in Canada

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Permanent
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• 3+ years of experience with Canadian tax

Education Level

• University degree with courses in accounting, finance, taxation, audit, management and business administration
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation, an asset
• FLMI designation is an asset

Salary/Compensations

• $92,960 - $142,960

Benefits

• Competitive salaries with annual pay increases
• Annual bonus program
• Access to learning & development programs
• Education/tuition reimbursement (role dependent)
• Comprehensive employer-funded benefits package starting from day one of employment
• Life insurance
• Health and dental
• Generous health account
• Flexible work arrangements
• Annual allotment of personal health days
• Four weeks annual vacation from hire date
• Defined contribution pension plan with generous employer matching
• Top up programs for parental leave and compassionate leave
• Employer-sponsored wellness and recognition programs
• Cash employee referral program

About the Company

• Empire Life is a medium-sized Canadian company in a stable industry that emphasizes the importance of innovation to use industry-leading technology.
• To learn more about working at Empire Life, visit https://www.empire.ca/workatempire

Equal Opportunity

• Empire life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity, are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and welcome everyone to participate in our application process. We encourage those of all backgrounds and experiences to apply, even if you don't believe you meet each unique qualification outlined. Applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.
• Empire Life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to building an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process. If you require a specific adjustment to help you present your best self, please let us know—we are happy to work with you. If you need this job posting in an alternative format or have any accessibility questions, please contact recruitment@empire.ca.