Manager, Privately Held Business Group

Grant Thornton - Canada; Fredericton; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Fredericton, Canada, is seeking an experienced public accountant. This role involves leading client engagements, mentoring a team, and ensuring high-quality results in tax and accounting. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience, a CPA designation, and excellent communication skills. The firm offers benefits like profit sharing and flexible work arrangements, emphasizing a community-focused culture.

Benefits

Profit sharing

Flex days

Wellness benefits

Work from anywhere in Canada during summer

Qualifications

• CPA designation is seen as an asset.
• 5+ years of experience in public accounting or a related industry.
• Commitment to quality and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements in various sectors.
• Supervise and mentor an accounting team.
• Maximize engagement profitability.

Skills

CPA designation

Technical expertise in accounting and tax

Strong communication skills

Management skills

Self-motivated and results-oriented

Education

5 years' experience in public accounting

Tools

Caseware

Taxprep

QuickBooks

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• Leading and executing client engagements across different industries and sectors
• Analysis and review of corporate and personal income tax returns, complete various engagements including compilations and reviews
• Contributing to new business development by understanding all Grant Thornton services and by using your credibility in the field
• Acting as a leader in the business unit, service line, and firm by actively contributing to the development and execution of the office business plan
• Being a leader in the firm by actively contributing to the development and execution of the office business plan
• Maximizing engagement profitability by effectively utilizing engagement resources
• Planning and leading teams to ensure that client expectations are exceeded
• Supervision and mentoring of an accounting team, including the review of files
• Leading through the coaching and performance management process of the practice by providing ongoing feedback, conducting timely performance reviews, and delivering training to develop team members

About Doane Grant Thornton

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 flexAbility 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!

Learn more about our culture

Want to learn more about who we are and how we live our purple every day? Read our colleagues’ stories at www.discoveryourpurple.ca

Qualifications

• CPA designation is seen as an asset
• At least 5 years’ experience in public accounting or related industry
• Strong technical expertise in both accounting and tax
• Experience with Caseware, Taxprep and QuickBooks is an asset
• Commitment to quality, excellence and continual professional growth for yourself and those you manage
• Excellent written, and verbal communication skills, including exceptional interpersonal skills to earn the trust and confidence of clients and colleagues at all levels and influence decision‑makers
• Strong management skills, especially in areas of scheduling, organizing, supervising and multi‑team managing
• Self‑motivated, results‑oriented multi-tasker who works equally well independently and collaboratively

At Doane Grant Thornton we’re focused on making a difference in the lives of our clients, our colleagues and our communities. That’s our purpose. Or, as we like to say, living our purple.

What's in it for you?

Profit sharing, Flex days, RRSP contributions, Firmwide holiday closure, Wellness benefits, Concierge‑like benefits, Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks, and more!

Culture & Working Model

Our special culture shines through when we have the opportunity to connect in person. That’s why we’re working in a model where teams are required to be together in the office 4 days per week.

Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?