Tax Credit Specialist

Description:

Indie Asylum is a nonprofit located in Montreal’s Mile-End district, fostering a sustainable ecosystem for independent video game studios by supporting their strategic development, visibility, and financing. Indie Asylum seeks to hire a Tax Credit Specialist to assist multiple member studios in planning, producing, and managing tax credit applications related to video game production.

The successful candidate will work closely with management teams and financial officers of member studios, preparing provincial and federal tax credit applications such as the Multimedia Production Tax Credit and SR&ED. Responsibilities include assembling supporting documentation for tax authorities (Revenu Québec, Canada Revenue Agency), managing deadlines, ensuring compliance with program criteria, participating in audits as required, and sharing best practices and training teams on public funding basics.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with management and financial leads of member studios

• Prepare provincial and federal tax credit applications (e.g., Multimedia Production Tax Credit, SR&ED)

• Compile supporting documents for tax authorities (Revenu Québec, CRA)

• Manage deadlines and ensure timely submissions

• Participate in audits and verifications when necessary

• Ensure activities comply with eligibility criteria of funding programs

• Communicate best practices and train teams on public funding foundations

Experience and Qualifications:

• University degree in accounting, taxation, finance, administration, or related field

• At least 3 years’ experience managing SR&ED-related tax credits in Quebec and Canada

• Proficient with Excel, Google Sheets, and QuickBooks

• Strong knowledge of provincial and federal funding programs (SR&ED, multimedia production credit)

• Ability to build strong application files and simplify technical information

• Team-oriented with good communication skills in French (verbal and written)

• Motivated, curious, and passionate about supporting creative industries

Assets (Preferred):

• Experience in the video game or digital industry

• Knowledge of English

• Ability to navigate a multi-studio environment with diverse stakeholders

• Entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial mindset encouraged

• Must be based in Montreal and able to work full-time from Indie Asylum’s Mile-End studios

• No Canadian work permit required

Benefits:

• Welcoming, unique, and different work environment

• Competitive salary

• Multiple growth opportunities

• Encouragement of entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial spirit among employees

• Ongoing training through peer groups

• Flexible working hours

• Group insurance plan (medical and dental) and telemedicine service

Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Indie Asylum is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone’s skills and differences are respected and valued. The organization promotes fair and equitable treatment for all employees, reflecting the diversity of the communities it serves. Diversity encompasses ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, physical or mental conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, education, religion, and more. The unique perspectives each individual brings are a strength that Indie Asylum fully embraces.

Associated Studios within Indie Asylum:

Affordance Studio, Asylum Académie, Bad Rez Games, Chasing Rats Games, Clever Endeavour Games, Divertissements Manavoid, Hat Games, Lowbirth Games, Lucid Dreams Studio, Outerminds, Porcelaine Games, Purple is Royal Agency, Spearhead, Squido, TRÉBUCHET, Unreliable Narrators, Wild Blueberry Games