Real Property Tax Consultant

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Opportunity Awaits at Altus Group

Altus Group have an exciting new opportunity for a Real Property Tax Consultant to join their team based in Calgary. The Real Property Tax Consultant will be responsible for providing a variety of property assessment and tax consulting services.

Key Responsibilities
- Market Research. _Contributes to the local office’s ongoing market data research by:
- Independently researches external data sources (brokerage listings for leases and sales, third party rental rate and vacancy reports, Board decisions with data as part of public evidence, REIT reports, market reports, etc.) and internal data sources (client rent roll data, sales, etc.)- Takes information learned from research, file management and market events to identify 3 or more potential opportunities annually to be pursued by senior staff
- Valuation & Assessment Analysis_- Creates initial valuation opinion during the preliminary review (‘Stage 1’) for small or less complex properties and supports senior staff on more complex properties-
- Ability to weigh three valuation approaches and reconcile and support a final opinion of value for assessment purposes- Conducts analysis of equity in relation to comparable assessments with consideration to and understanding of governing legislation- Generates various financial models & analysis using established procedures/templates to be used in valuation process- Assembles research and preliminary analysis for senior staff and points out areas for further investigation to support argument development- Under the direction of senior staff, performs all types of property (land & building) inspections for the purposes of validating site specs, neighborhood, surveying the building or land (building type, description, land use etc.), collecting qualitative information to be used as evidence in hearings and/or client reports
- Appeals_
- Appeals Procedures_- Supports various senior staff to manage the appeal process for ~100-250 appeals during a year- Supports senior staff in monitoring municipal deadlines for appeal process- Contributes to work plans and ensures delivery of assigned work for a file is done according to that plan- Prepares initial evidence submissions and actual documentation
- Appeal Conduct_- Applies technical skills and industry specific knowledge to provide property assessment services to existing clients (‘Stage 2’) under the direction and guidance from senior staff:
- Prepares formal legal documents (i.e. Statement of Issue)- Prepares written argument and evidence for appeal- Contributes to composing assessment appeal reports- Begins to analyze risk of each file before and during appeals process- May conduct some initial negotiations with assessors prior to hearings for smaller, less complex properties- Attends hearings, appeals board and assessment tribunals as an expert witness on behalf of clients- Ideally a Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Law, Business or Economics preferred- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required- Experience within property tax consulting, valuation or appraisal- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Outlook, Excel, Adobe Acrobat.- Quantitative and analytical skills: specifically, financial modeling in Excel & Tableau- Technical knowledge in all three approaches to valuations.- Understanding of appeals process & applicable legislation- Valid driver’s license with a clean drivers' abstract

What’s in it for you:
Altus Group offers a range of competitive benefits including private healthcare, “Take What You Need” unlimited holiday policy, Employee Share Purchase Plan, family-friendly policies, pension contributions, life insurance, season ticket loans & more.
- Come realize your potential at Altus Group_