Vice President - Tax at Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. in Toronto, ON

Responsibilities

• Lead Canadian and international tax planning with a focus on cash repatriation strategies, reorganizations, and optimization transactions.
• Lead and mentor Canadian tax staff; collaborate and coordinate with tax teams across Brookfield Renewable to facilitate consistency, best practices, and knowledge sharing.
• Lead Canadian tax aspects of corporate debt and equity offerings and internal corporate reorganizations.
• Lead Canadian tax structuring of investments in Brookfield Private Funds.
• Oversee Canadian compliance outsourcing, including domestic and international filings.
• Oversee application of Canadian transfer pricing rules, obtaining relevant reports and documentation as required.
• Oversee quarterly IFRS tax provision for the Canadian group.
• Perform and review tax technical analysis on various matters affecting the business.
• Review current Canadian tax basis, surplus and other account balances for BREG subsidiaries.
• Lead CRA and provincial audit processes, including oversite of responses to queries, use of in house and external counsel and assessment settlement.

Requirements

• CPA/CA designation with completed In-depth tax program or Masters of Taxation;

• 10 years corporate tax experience in a firm or in industry with a multinational corporate group;

• Experience with Canadian foreign affiliate rules;
• Working knowledge of tax accounting principles.
• M&A experience is also desirable.
• General understanding of cross-border tax issues, transfer pricing and US tax concepts;
• Vast exposure to tax planning;

Candidate Profile

• Ability to multi-task and work in a very fast-paced environment;

• Ability to communicate complex tax matters and issues in a clear and concise manner;
• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to work in a team environment and gain cooperation of others;
• Demonstrated capability to make decisions and set a clear direction;
• Strong planning and organizational skills to ensure that corporate tax initiatives are implemented systematically and within set timelines across the organization;
• Ability to apply a pragmatic and efficient approach to handling complex assignments;
• Strong written communications skills.