Seasonal Tax Expert (4 month contract)
Toronto, Ontario
Operations – Client Experience /
Remote
Your career is an investment that grows over time!
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $80 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About Tax Expert team:
We’re looking for motivated, upbeat, and experienced tax preparers to help guide Wealthsimple clients through their tax filing journey with Wealthsimple Tax. The Tax Expert team consists of tax professionals who consistently deliver friendly, accurate, and honest tax guidance and support to clients who are using Wealthsimple Tax to file their own tax returns.
Why choose Wealthsimple’s Tax Expert service?
We want the best for our clients and our employees, so we treat you like the valued team member that you are!!
• Full time hours, with HSA and GRSP match, starting day one of your contract
• OT + Incentives during peak periods
• Predictable (AND flexible) work schedule
• Client satisfaction is world class.
Our service is highly rated by our clients, who tell us they’re impressed by our friendliness, thoroughness, and our ability to make complicated tax things easy to understand!
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Provide personalized 1-1 tax guidance to Wealthsimple clients as they prepare and submit personal tax returns through Wealthsimple Tax. This includes:
- 1) Reviewing returns prior to NETFILE submission
- 2) Researching complex tax scenarios to maximize the client’s tax return
- 3) Answering Tax questions to ensure accurate information is provided by the client
- Engage in a 1-1 service using Google Meet, with follow-up email support as well
- Share/Learn tax knowledge with your team of tax professionals
- Assist with Audit Protection tickets as needed
What you’ll bring:
- A deep understanding of the ins and outs of Canadian taxes. You know how to file tax returns, what goes into preparing tax returns, and more importantly, know how to explain these concepts simply
- A proven ability to research tax rules and regulations.You provide accurate advice in order to maximize a client’s tax return
- You have used collaboration software (Google Meet, Zoom, etc) and managed a daily schedule of appointments. More specifically, you have the ability and knowledge to navigate multiple online applications simultaneously to deliver solutions for clients
- Communication with clear and concise details. Your written and verbal communication is focused on ensuring efficient, accurate, and precise guidance
Skills and experience we're looking for:
- 3+ years of professional tax preparation experience working on complex Canadian T1 tax returns.
- In depth experience preparing and reviewing more complicated tax returns that include self-employment income, rental income, foreign investments, cryptocurrency, and foreign income
- Adept at using professional tax preparation software in prior roles
- Prior experience using Wealthsimple Tax will be a definite asset
Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
🌴 Generous PTO offerings
🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple
We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI and tooling, to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
