Valerie Seng, CPA

Experience

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  CN

  Mar 2014 - Sept 2015

  Composite Accountant Representative

  • Provide superior customer service to a portfolio of accounts and partnering with our customers to resolve issues• Manage internal and external requests by making use of the company’s various financial systems • Coordinate and collaborate with internal and external parties in order to ensure problem and dispute resolution• Communicate balance confirmation to external auditors upon request and help identify and reconcile discrepancies• Prepare invoice reconciliation against charges • Assess tax details per invoice in order to ensure proper sales tax charged • Investigating amounts to be written‐off Show less

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  PwC Canada

  Sept 2015 - Mar 2022

  - Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working- Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development.- Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.- Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.- Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties. •Foundation of knowledge in Canadian and U.S. personal income tax ;•Skills in client relations, problem solving, tax planning and consulting skills as well as project and people management;•Identify and resolve a variety of complex cross-border tax and human resource matters related to a global workforce .

  • Tax Manager | Global Mobility Services

    Aug 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Tax Senior Associate | Global Mobility Services

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  • Tax Associate | Global Mobility Services

    Sept 2015 - Jul 2017
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  Vialto Partners

  Mar 2022 - Jan 2023

  Manager | Global Mobility tax

  - International Assignment Program Management - Manage all aspects of a client engagement and high earners files; - Reviewing the work of junior staff for accuracy and completeness;· Regularly review and streamline business processes (with other relevant teams) for operational efficiency and synergy;- Lead Expatriate Tax Projects in collaboration with relocation and tax vendors, global payroll and corporate tax functions

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  AtkinsRéalis

  Jan 2023 - Apr 2024

  Senior Advisor | Expatriate Tax

  - Manage the day-to-day interactions with employees, vendors, and internal stakeholders primarily to ensure a smooth experience for all stakeholders, while adhering to company policies and statutory requirements.- Respond to queries related to benefits in kind included in the compensation of our international & domestic assignees and business travellers.- Partner with corporate tax, employment tax, payroll to support the cross-functional management of expatriate tax.- Liaise with the other Expatriate Tax Advisors and the tax services vendor to deliver on the assignee experience.- Support Global Mobility Business Partners and Global Mobility operations with tax requirements for cost estimates and ongoing assignee tax support.- Engage in ongoing tax discussions with assignees and internal clients throughout the various stages of the expatriate assignment.- Ability to translate complex tax technical matters into common language easily understandable by our employees and internal non-tax technical stakeholders.- Conduct research on tax issues affecting international assignees.- Provide advice and technical support on complex expatriate tax issues (e.g., termination, relocation, redundancy, and salary sacrifice).- Provide advice to the business on cross-border proposals and projects.- Help regarding payroll issues for international assignments (e.g., for shadow payroll).- Support the payrolls with tax technical advice, including employee benefit related to expatriate employees.- Prepare compensation breakdowns. Show less

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  Forvis Mazars Group

  Apr 2024 - now

  Manager | Global Mobility Tax