Tax Partner - Private Company (Canadian Tax)

Location: Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, Canada; hybrid work aligned to an hirify.global office, with travel to firm offices and client sites as needed

Company

hirify.global provides professional services to middle-market clients, including tax, assurance and consulting support.

What you will do

• Lead trusted-advisor relationships with privately held businesses, owner-managers, entrepreneurs, family enterprises, high-net-worth individuals, trusts and family offices.
• Lead Canadian tax planning and implementation covering business structuring, reorganizations, ownership transitions, succession, estate and wealth transfer planning, and compliance.
• Oversee technical research, tax positions, planning documentation, tax accounting support, and responses to Canada Revenue Agency and provincial tax authority enquiries, reviews and audits.
• Coordinate Canadian, U.S. and international tax, M&A, indirect tax, estate and trust, assurance, consulting, legal and financial advisory specialists.
• Develop the Toronto and Greater Toronto Area market, originate and expand client relationships, lead proposals, and manage engagement scope, pricing, profitability, billing and collections.
• Recruit, coach and develop professionals while contributing to practice strategy, succession planning, technology adoption, automation, data-driven insights and appropriate use of AI.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant academic qualifications.
• CPA designation in good standing with CPA Ontario, eligibility to obtain CPA Ontario membership, or an equivalent professional qualification.
• At least 12 years of relevant public-accounting tax experience, including substantial experience advising private companies and owners on Canadian tax matters, plus demonstrated ability to originate, sell and deliver tax services to middle-market clients.
• Completion of the CPA In-Depth Tax Program or an equivalent advanced Canadian tax qualification, such as a master’s degree in taxation.
• Deep Canadian corporate and owner-manager tax expertise, including estate freezes, section 85 rollovers, reorganizations, lifetime capital gains exemption and purification planning, TOSI, intergenerational transfers, succession and estate planning, and integrated corporate, personal and trust compliance.
• Ability to recognize cross-border issues and engage specialists; build trusted relationships, develop new business, negotiate engagement scope and fees, and grow a profitable client portfolio.
• Proven leadership of complex engagements and multidisciplinary teams, including coaching professionals, managing competing priorities and deadlines, and maintaining technical quality and engagement economics.
• Excellent judgment, analytical, research, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex Canadian tax matters clearly.
• Strong proficiency with tax research, compliance and productivity tools, including Microsoft Excel, and ability to lead technology-enabled ways of working.
• Ability to meet client and team commitments in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, travel to offices and client sites as needed, and manage peak-period demands.

Nice to have

• Experience as a tax partner, principal, director or senior manager in a Big Four, national or established regional public accounting firm with a private-business focus.
• Advanced education or specialized training in Canadian taxation, corporate reorganizations, estate and trust planning, or owner-managed business taxation.
• Established relationships in the Toronto and Greater Toronto Area entrepreneurial, family-business and professional-advisor communities, including experience with complex family enterprises or family offices.
• Experience coordinating transaction, international or Canada–U.S. cross-border tax advice and contributing to thought leadership, client education or professional tax forums.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role with a competitive benefits and compensation package.
• Most roles follow a hybrid workstyle, combining office-based connection with flexibility according to client, team, development and relationship-building needs.
• Inclusive, collaborative and accountable culture with development, coaching and leadership opportunities.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during recruitment and employment/partnership for applicants with disabilities.
• Work may be virtual or primarily on-site where role requirements, team priorities or client needs require it.