Global Head of Tax at Progress Partners
- Company
- Progress Partners
- Employment type
- Full-Time
- Location
- Canada
- Posted
- 2026-10-22
About this role
About Progress Partners Progress Partners is a fast-growing multinational technology group that builds, owns, and scales its own portfolio of SaaS and mobile products for a global audience. Our products span categories including AI, productivity, and utility software and are used by millions of people across more than 160 countries. Our teams work across the full product lifecycle, from building and launching new products to scaling established businesses internationally. The group operates across multiple jurisdictions, with a significant presence in Hong Kong, and continues to expand rapidly. About the Role We are seeking a highly experienced international tax leader to join Progress Partners as Global Head of Tax and take full ownership of the group’s tax function. This is a senior strategic leadership role with long-term responsibility for the group’s global tax strategy and structure, with Canadian tax considerations at the core of the role. You will serve as the group’s most senior tax expert and principal tax advisor to the executive leadership, with substantial autonomy across international tax planning, cross-border structuring, transfer pricing, intercompany arrangements, surplus planning, tax governance, compliance oversight, and other significant tax matters. The role requires someone capable of independently evaluating sophisticated tax strategies, proactively identifying risks and opportunities, challenging existing structures and recommendations where appropriate, and developing tax-efficient, commercially practical, and technically robust positions. You will work closely with leading external tax, accounting, and legal advisers across jurisdictions while maintaining internal ownership of the group’s overall tax strategy. We are particularly interested in candidates who have developed deep Canadian and international tax expertise within a Big Four or other leading accounting firm and have already operated at a senior leadership level. What You’ll Do Lead the group’s global tax strategy across its international structure and operations. Serve as the principal tax advisor to the executive leadership on significant tax and strategic matters. Lead sophisticated international and cross-border tax planning, including the evaluation and development of tax-efficient corporate structures. Advise on foreign affiliates, surplus planning, repatriation, cross-border distributions, tax treaties, withholding taxes, permanent establishment, residency, central management and control, and other cross-border considerations. Own the group’s transfer pricing strategy and oversee related policies, methodologies, intercompany agreements, documentation, and implementation. Lead the tax analysis of intercompany financing, service arrangements, intellectual property arrangements, distributions, and other cross-border flows. Establish and continuously improve the group’s tax governance framework, internal controls, documentation standards, and tax risk management processes. Oversee the group’s direct and indirect tax compliance and reporting obligations across relevant jurisdictions, working with internal teams and external advisers as appropriate. Proactively identify tax planning opportunities, structural improvements, and material tax risks as the group continues to expand. Lead tax audits, disputes, controversy matters, and interactions with tax authorities. Direct and coordinate external accounting firms, tax advisers, legal counsel, and other specialists across jurisdictions, while critically evaluating their recommendations. Work closely with finance, legal, accounting, and executive leadership to incorporate tax considerations into major business and financial decisions and translate complex tax matters into clear, practical recommendations. What We’re Looking For 12+ years of progressively senior experience in Canadian and international tax, including substantial experience within a Big Four or other leading accounting firm. Dem…
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