Stratos Solutions Inc

**Role:** Financial Tax Advisory Intern **Period:** May 2024 to August 2024 **Tools:** SAP, Excel

What I did

Stratos does tax recovery work for corporate clients. I spent the summer running reverse audits across three provinces, digging through transaction records to find overpayments that could be recovered.

Reverse audits

The work covered Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. Each province has its own tax regime (GST, HST, QST, PST), and clients routinely overpay because the rules are layered and the systems that apply them aren't always configured correctly. I used SAP and Excel to pull transaction data, identify discrepancies, and quantify recoverable amounts.

Audit reporting

I worked with senior tax advisors to prepare interim and final audit reports. The job required interpreting complex provincial tax regulations and translating findings into actionable recommendations for clients. Each report had to explain not just what was owed, but why the overpayment happened and how to prevent it going forward.

Multi-jurisdictional resolution

Some clients operated across multiple provinces, which meant the same transaction could be subject to different tax treatments depending on where goods were shipped or services were delivered. I contributed to resolving these multi-jurisdictional discrepancies, which directly supported the department's revenue recovery targets.