Manager, Privately Held Business Group

Doane Grant Thornton LLP; Nanaimo; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing professional services firm in Nanaimo is seeking a Manager for its Privately Held Business Group. This role involves leading client engagements, mentoring teams, and driving business development. The ideal candidate will have a CPA designation and at least 5 years of public accounting experience. Benefits include profit sharing and flexible work arrangements, along with a competitive salary range of $85,000 - $95,000.

Benefits

Profit sharing

Flexible days

Wellness benefits

Work from anywhere in Canada for 4 weeks in summer

Qualifications

• Strong background with reviewing and leading compilation and review engagements.
• Commitment to quality, excellence, and continual professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Leading and executing client engagements under varying reporting frameworks.
• Contributing to new business development.
• Mentoring and supervising accounting teams.

Skills

Leadership and supervision of teams

Tax identification skills

People management

Excellent communication skills

Education

CPA designation

At least 5 years’ experience in public accounting

Job description

Overview

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 over 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.

A significant opportunity awaits an excellent Manager in our Nanaimo office collaborating with our Privately Held Business (PHB) Group in our Duncan, Victoria and Courtenay offices. Working side by side with a strong team of well-respected accounting professionals, you will be engaged in a wide variety of interesting financial reporting and taxation matters, advising an excellent range of clients. Our PHB practice offers continual professional development as well as long term growth opportunities to evolve your career. If you are an entrepreneurial individual who enjoys sharing strategy and best practices for growth by collaborating internally and connecting externally with individuals and privately held businesses, then this opportunity is ideal for you.

Key opportunity — a career in the PHB Group with Doane Grant Thornton will provide you an opportunity to:

• Work with a team of professionals who assist individuals and businesses with a wide range of accounting, tax and financial services
• Be part of a unique work culture that challenges you to further your professional development and provides significant opportunity for advancement to manager and beyond
• Be part of a fast-growing environment with well-respected professionals who are locally renowned in their respective field
• Develop solutions with clients and colleagues through collaborative effort and discussion
• Be engaged with clients on a variety of local and regional projects

Responsibilities

As a Manager, Privately Held Business Group your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and executing client engagements under varying reporting frameworks across different industries and sectors but with a focus on Canadian Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE)
• Contributing to new business development by understanding all Doane Grant Thornton services and by using your credibility in the field
• Acting as a leader by actively contributing to the development and execution of the office business plan
• Maximizing engagement profitability by effectively utilizing engagement resources
• Analysis and review of corporate and personal income tax returns, compilations, reviews and special reports
• Planning and leading teams to ensure that client expectations are exceeded
• Supervision and mentoring of an accounting team, including the review of files
• Engaging, coaching and developing talented professionals within the practice to maximize their potential for growth

Qualifications

• 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 identify tax issues
• Strong people management focus and coaching orientation
• Strong personal and professional brand in the marketplace
• Being an articulate, inspiring and versatile communicator
• Commitment to quality, excellence and continual professional growth for yourself and for those you manage
• At least 5 years’ experience in public accounting or related industry
• Completed CPA designation is required

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!

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.

At Doane Grant Thornton, we’re committed to ensuring our compensation practices are fair, equitable and competitive. To get the conversation started, we’re happy to share that our current base salary for this role ranges from $85,000 - $95,000 in Nanaimo, BC. If this role is available in another location(s), the associated salary range in that location(s) may vary based on relevant factors, including geography.

EEO / Accommodation

Doane Grant Thornton is committed to employment equity, human rights and respectful workplace principles throughout the life cycle of employment, including at the recruitment and hiring stages. We welcome applications from members of all equity deserving groups, including persons with disabilities, women, racialized and/or Indigenous applicants. Should you require accommodation in relation to the recruitment process, please notify us by emailing and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs.