Income Tax Manager

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Income Tax Manager

**Requisition ID**:11900**Location**:Mississauga, ON, CA, L4V 1S7**Pay Type**:Salary**COMPANY OVERVIEW**
Holcim is planning to spin-off its North American Business to unleash its full potential, capitalizing on North America’s oversized growth in construction led by the modernization of infrastructure, a surge in advanced manufacturing and AI operation and the growth of resilient cities.

Holcim plans to list the new company on the NYSE by the end of the first half of 2025 and establish its operations headquarters in the US to be fully dedicated to serving the North American market and pursue a growth strategy across the region.

The newly listed company will become North America’s leading building solutions company, with industry-leading market position to meet its customers' greatest ambitions with the most advanced building solutions from foundation to rooftop.

**Description**:
**Objective & Overview**
The Income Tax Manager role forms part of the North American Tax team and is located in Mississauga, Ontario. Reporting to the Canadian Head of Tax with a dotted line to the Senior Income Tax Manager, this position manages all aspects of the Lafarge Canada group’s income tax compliance and audits. This role will also include managing the SR&ED claims, assisting in the quarterly and year-end tax provisions, where necessary, and providing support to the Canadian Head of Tax with ad hoc projects.**Responsibilities**
- Health & Safety: Communicating, improving and adhering to health & safety policies in all work environments.
- Tax Returns and other filings: Lead, manage and review large complex Canadian Federal and Provincial income tax returns for the Lafarge Canada group of companies, including the respective annual true ups. Also responsible to lead and manage the compilation of the T106 forms. This position will also manage the SR&ED claim process in collaboration with our outside consultants.
- Tax Audits: Lead all Federal and Provincial income tax audits as they arise and negotiate issues/settlements with the tax authorities where necessary. Assist the Senior Income Tax Manager in quarterly and year end external audits of the Lafarge Canada group of companies.
- Tax Reporting: Assist in the preparation of and/or review of the tax accounting and reporting for the Lafarge Canada group of companies under IFRS, which includes large and complex quarterly and annual tax provisions. Responsible for cash taxes as they relate to income tax.
- Ad Hoc Requirements: Assisting the Canadian Head of Tax and/or the Senior Income Tax Manager in reviewing business transactions arising, such as acquisitions and divestitures and the related income tax related impacts on such. Identify and implement process improvements related to tax compliance and audits gained from both internal reviews as well as outside audits.
Relationship with Others- Close interaction with other members of the Canadian tax team
- Close interaction with Business Units, Regional Finance Staff and ABS group (shared services)
- Able to work as a member of diverse teams including members from different functional areas such as treasury, accounting & finance, legal and various locations and time zones.
- Interaction with external financial auditors as well as tax authorities
Specific Accountabilities- Oversee and ensure timely and accurate compliance with all federal and provincial tax regulations while working to minimize tax liability, reduce effective corporate tax rate and maximize after-tax profits while avoiding fines and penalties;
- Where necessary, ensure timely and accurate tax provision preparation and financial reporting in accordance with IFRS (IAS 12) in a large and fast-moving international organization with complex and detailed requirements;
- Establish and maintain appropriate tax controls and policies for internal tax compliance processes that ensure timely filings and payments (up to $100M + per year) and communicate these policies, as appropriate, to all stakeholders;
- Establish and maintain relationships with external tax auditors and negotiate significant audit issues (range from $1 million to $50 million);
- Manage third party consultants to ensure the annual SR&ED claims are filed on time with the appropriate documentation in place to support such claims;
- Keep abreast of changes in tax statutes and regulations, including proposed legislation, at the federal and provincial level, and incorporate relevant changes in policies, processes and returns;
- Maintain knowledge of international tax, transfer pricing rules and regulations to ensure compliance requirements are met;
- Perform research, document and present findings on issues affecting the Canadian tax structure to the Senior Income Tax Manager, Head of Tax-Canada and others either orally