Senior Manager, Privately Held Business Group

Who we are

You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone’s friendly and helps each other out? That’s like Doane Grant Thornton. Except here we’re all professionals and there isn’t a mayor or a general store. What we’re trying to say is that we’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ about 3000 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live.

That’s what’s most important to us. We’re building a thriving organization that’s purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.

• Work with a team of professionals to assist individuals, and businesses with a wide range of accounting and financial services
• Be part of a unique work culture that challenges you to further your professional development and enlarge your chosen career path
• Be part of a fast-growing environment with engaged professionals who are respected in their fields
• Develop solutions with clients and co-workers through collaborative debate and discussion
• Be engaged with clients on a variety of local and national projects
• Use your strong leadership skills to make a difference and participate in decision making and development of strategic solutions

• Provide solutions to our clients for accounting matters and work with them for growth in current business and financial conditions
• Lead and execute client engagements under ASPE across different industries and sectors
• Contribute to new business development by understanding all Doane Grant Thornton services and use your credibility in the field
• Act as a leader in the business unit, service line, and firm by actively contributing to the development and execution of the office business plan
• Maximize engagement profitability by effectively utilizing engagement resources
• Analyze and review of corporate and personal income tax returns, NTRs and Reviews
• Plan and lead teams to ensure that client expectations are exceeded
• Supervise and mentor an accounting team, including the review of files
• Enthusiastically participate in the performance management processes including conducting timely performance reviews, providing ongoing feedback and training to develop more junior team members
• Build and deepen meaningful business relationships with colleagues and clients, based on rapport, trust and respect
• Proactively grow the firm through differentiating the Doane Grant Thornton brand in the marketplace, supporting and driving business development and client service initiative

If you’re a bit like us, you’re driven to connect with how others are feeling and thinking. Here we walk in others shoes before taking action. Just imagine being part of a team that puts “we before me”, where flex Ability is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back. At Doane Grant Thornton, you’ll work with inspiring leaders who support your development, both personally and professionally.

This is a place where your insatiable curiosity enables you to think, see and hear from a variety of perspectives, a place where every day is different and having the courage to grow is part of who you are. And when all this comes together, well that’s when the magic happens!

• Completed CPA designation
• Minimum 10 years experience in a public practice environment, with 5+ years’ management experiences
• Strong background with reviewing and leading compilation and review engagements and working with owner managed clients within a public practice scope
• Excellent general tax skills and the ability to…