Tax Support Agent in Calgary

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your Tax support experience to a world-class company, with unlimited career growth opportunities? Thomson Reuters is looking to add a self-motivated Tax Support Agent. This is a well-established global team that supports our cutting-edge Tax Products to deliver best-in-class customer experience. The ideal candidate has a combination of problem-solving and good communication skills in English and/or French.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide taxation support to clients by telephone and email for our various tax software for Professionals and Consumers.
• Apply active listening skills to diffuse a potentially tense customer interaction.
• Apply company policy and procedures to resolve routine customer issues.
• Log orders from customers who would like to purchase our products.
• Participate in software quality control testing.
• Write standard answers for frequently asked questions (FAQ).
• Determine recurrent issues coming from our different clients and inform the supervisor.

Required Qualifications

• Good knowledge of income tax.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally.
• Strong time management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to perform well under pressure.
• Good communication (verbal & written).
• Strong problem-solving abilities, ability to generate innovative approaches and solutions to problems.
• Team player with a flexible attitude and approach.
• Customer service orientation and experience, with proven success in customer support and relationship management.
• Willingness to learn additional products and services as needed to meet client demand.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience in customer service.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

Assets

• University degree in taxation or related field (accounting, finance, administration).
• H & R Block tax course graduate.
• Good knowledge of the accounting cycle and/or experience in an accounting office.
• Interest for taxation.
• Knowledge of corporate income tax (T2/CO-17) and/or trust (T3/TP-646).

What's in it For You?

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.