Sr. Tax Analyst

5 days ago


Calgary, Canada Xero Full time



Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.


At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.


Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.


At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.


Our Tax/Business Analyst will work as a member of the TaxCycle by Xero product development team to help create quality tax software products by researching and implementing tax legislation and government form changes, converting customer requests into new product features, and working with our engineering team to meet federal and provincial government tax software certification requirements. The analyst will leverage their existing Québec knowledge and experience in accounting or tax preparation to help develop exceptional tax software that meets the needs of Canadian professional tax preparers.



Responsibilities include

    • Identifying, analyzing, and accurately updating tax calculations and forms within the software.
    • Creating detailed tax calculation specifications for the engineering team.
    • Working with federal/provincial government to certify tax products.
    • Applying accounting/income tax knowledge to develop and execute new features.
    • Testing a variety of tax calculations/user interface/form display changes.
    • Participating in the development and documentation of key operational processes and checklists, and product specifications.
    • Working with support representatives to resolve escalated issues and dealing directly with clients, as needed.


Expertise and Qualifications

    • Candidates require experience in preparing TP1, CO-17, TP-646,TP-600 or Québec filing experience.
    • Ability to interpret income tax legislation and/or accounting knowledge.
    • Strong organizational skills, with careful attention to detail when reporting issues.
    • Positive attitude and a desire to learn.
    • Strong technical knowledge of Windows operating systems and network environments.
    • Solid investigative and analytical skills.
    • Excellent communication skills within the team and when talking to clients.
    • Excellent strategy skills, including creating specification/test plans.
    • A professional accounting designation (CPA) or equivalent tax accounting experience.
    • Experience reading/developing software source code is an asset


Why Xero?


At Xero, we are empowered to bring our ‘whole self’ to work. Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate. We care about learning together and celebrate our teams’ continuous improvement and career development.


Want to read more about inclusivity at Xero? Learn a little more about it here .


We offer a great remuneration package, including compelling benefits and perks, like Xero shares and great parental leave policies. We also support flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. Our Canadian Xero family includes Hubdoc and TaxCycle and we have offices in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. From the moment you step through our doors, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.


At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for this role and Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.


Why Xero?

Diversity of people brings diversity of thought, and we like that. Our human-first culture of respect, fairness, and inclusion is what helps Xeros thrive and work and beyond, and that includes our candidates. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience, but you could be just the right person for this role. If you are excited about working at Xero, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.


Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays), dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing as well as an Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family, health insurance and dental reimbursement with vision allowances, a healthcare spending account, fertility and family forming financial support, wellbeing and sports programmes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices with shared meals, flexible working, career development, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.


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