About Ryan

Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service.

Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 4,000 professionals and associates serves over 14,000 clients in more than 50 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies.

Ryan has captured a market leadership position in the tax services industry, outpacing competitive firms that have been operating for well over 100 years. Leveraging more than 75 global tax practice areas, our industry experts recover more than $2.5 billion in tax savings annually for our global clients. Ryan represents 96% of the companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Ryan employees are given the freedom to do their best work in the way they work best. With a clear understanding of expectations and accountabilities, employees have ownership of their time and flexibility to meet the demands of their professional and personal lives.

Culture, Mission, and Values

A Culture of Innovation

We believe in liberating companies from the burden of being overtaxed and freeing their capital to invest in their own tomorrow. Clients should only pay the taxes they owe—but no more—because the rest fuels their dreams of a better future.

When a company is overtaxed, job growth is underdeveloped, innovation languishes, and growth suffers. What’s next and what could be lacking the economic fuel necessary to take flight. This is where we come in.

We alleviate the tax burdens that weigh our clients down and hold them back. We are driven to reinvent how to master the complexity of the modern tax code. That is our passion. No one knows it better. Where others see rules and regulations, we see opportunity. Where some see codes and constrictions, we see what could be. Where others say “we’re done here,” we say, “ let’s get started.” We do not rest until we’ve created value and delivered results that offer relief to our clients and revenue to the bottom line.

This is the core principle Ryan was founded upon. We are here to liberate our clients from the burden of being overtaxed, freeing their capital to invest, grow, and thrive. Creating a better tomorrow. For all of us.

One of Ryan’s values is “generosity matters.” Simply put, we share our success.

Ryan associates have made it clear that they want their efforts to help their communities to go beyond merely writing a check. They want to connect on a personal level; they want to get out there and touch lives and make a difference in the community around them.

At Ryan, sharing our success is the perfect way to reflect on the hard work and phenomenal growth Ryan and its employees have experienced.

Brief Description

The Consultant | Senior Consultant, Sales Tax Advisory, works within Ryan’s Transaction Tax Group to deliver fee-based advisory services to clients.  The Senior Consultant will work on consulting engagements for clients, and present training to clients and as well as internally.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs engagements for clients, including consulting engagements, due diligence reviews, audit defense, audit management, ERP installation assistance, harmonization implementation assistance, expense report update and design including Concur expense programs, exposure identification reviews, tax filing, and other compliance engagements, tax matrix creation, update and evaluation, voluntary disclosures, objections, and appeals, ruling requests and other general consulting engagements as assigned.
• Perform engagements on secondment to clients for such periods of time as may be arranged.
• Prepares and presents fee-based tax seminars and workshops for clients. Training will be conducted in Ryan Training Center or on-site at client premises.
• Assists clients with tax assessment analysis and provides recommendations for appeals.
• Attends and participates in Ryans’ professional monthly training meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Training

• Hold a recognized accounting designation (CPA), (preferred)
• In-Depth Tax Program from CPA Canada (an asset)

Professional Experience

• Consultant:
  • Minimum 1 to 2 years’ experience in corporate accounting or taxation or public accounting
• Senior Consultant:
  • Minimum of 2 to 4 years’ experience in corporate accounting, taxation, or public accounting
• Ideally, working experience as a professional in the commodity tax field or assuming a sales Tax role in a corporation

Key Competencies

• Good knowledge of Goods and Services Tax, Quebec Sales Tax, and Provincial Retail Sales Tax legislation and policies
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research
• Requires limited supervisory responsibilities, including training employees, assigning work, and checking work for accuracy and completeness
• Bilingual (written and spoken)

Additionnal requierement

• Valid driver’s license
• Canadian passport
• Minimal travel requirement with potential overnight travel occasionally

Abilities

• Superior organizational skills and ability to meet project deadlines.
• High level of self-motivation and ethical conduct.
• Good client relations and communication skills: pleasant, positive personality

Work environment

• Named one of Canada’s Best Companies to Work For in 2022 for the tenth consecutive year
• For the fifth time in the firm’s history, Ryan is named one of the Best Places to Work for Women by FORTUNE
• Selected for the 10th consecutive year as one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services™ by Great Place to Work.
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Flexibility, rapid growth, and offers excellent opportunities
• The position requires regular interaction with employees and clients, both in person and via email and phone.

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