PwC Private, Philanthropic Tax, Senior Manager

A career within PwC Private will provide the opportunity to help private companies with a range of business advisory needs such as audit, tax compliance, and planning to help improve their operational efficiency and to free up time that can be spent focusing on business strategy. You’ll have the opportunity to experience the entire business life cycle of a private company from inception to growth, maturity and transition. Our team helps our clients design and implement personal and customised service plans that are unique to privately owned entities, entrepreneurs, and high net worth individuals. You’ll be assisting the team focus on key issues like wealth management, compliance, cash flow management, equity expansion, divestiture and exit strategies. Our PwC Private teams help entrepreneurs, private business owners and family enterprises manage their ownership and growth at every stage, in a way that fits the needs of their business in today's changing global landscape.

As a PwC Private, Philanthropic Tax, Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required
• Contribute technical knowledge in the area of specialism
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct

Experience and skills you’ll use to solve:

• A Master’s degree in Tax, a qualified Canadian CPA or equivalent recognised designation, and a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation, or being in pursuit of any of these, are considered assets.
• Experience in public accounting or law firms, with good understanding of Canadian tax rules and issues facing high net worth clients with corporations and trusts and engaging with complex tax legislation is an asset.
• Experience assisting with designing and governance of philanthropic plans, including understanding of philanthropic structural options and the use of endowments, restricted/unrestricted gifts, working with qualified and non-qualified donees and pooled granting.
• Strong understanding of responsible investing and social impact of investing.
• Superior problem solving skills, excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical capability, sound business sense and creative mind that have earned you a reputation of providing excellence in client service.
• Ability to manage, develop, retain and mentor junior tax professionals.

PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer. This role has the option of being based out of our other Canadian offices.

The salary range for this position is $92,100 - $153,500, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual bonus payment. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon your skills, experience, qualifications and geographic location. Please note that the salary range for this position is reflected for our British Columbia region. Given our national recruiting approach, we recruit (and may hire) in other regions and therefore the salary range may differ depending on the work location.

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognise the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.