Tristan Smith

AVP, Global Taxation @Manulife

Waterloo, ON, CA
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WORK HISTORY

Apr 2026 — Present

AVP, Global Taxation @Manulife

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I lead the Global Minimum Tax team, responsible for establishing systems and processes to satisfy GMT modelling, tax provision and tax compliance requirements. I support stakeholders throughout the organization to understand and incorporate GMT impacts into business decision making. I also lead or support special tax advisory projects, including M&A, divestitures, transformational reinsurance, etc. through tax planning and analysis, due diligence, and project management.

EDUCATION

2009 — 2009

University of Waterloo

MAcc, Taxation Stream

2004 — 2008

University of Waterloo

BMath, Math / Chartered Accountancy

SKILLS

Tax AdvisoryTax AccountingIfrsAnalysisCorporate TaxInternal ControlsIncome TaxFinancial ReportingAuditingTax

ABOUT TRISTAN SMITH

Finance executive with expertise in transformation and tax. Specialties: Finance Transformation - Process redesign and technology implementations to improve efficiency and reduce risk (e.g. manual errors, etc.)Pillar 2 Global Minimum TaxInvestment Taxation - Investments made by, and investment fund product platforms offered by, financial institutions, including cross-border investments Indirect Taxation - GST/HST and provincial sales tax, focused on their application to life insurance companies and other financial institutionsM & A Tax - Tax due diligence for significant M&A transactions, Structuring of M&A transactions and internal reorganizationsMulti-National Life Insurance Corporation Taxation - Canadian Investment Fund, Minimum Revenue Test & Part VI Capital Tax

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