Senior Manager, Privately Held Business Group

Grant Thornton - Canada; Charlottetown; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional services firm in Charlottetown is seeking a Senior Manager in their Privately Held Business Group. This role requires leadership and client engagement, focusing on accounting solutions to help clients grow. The ideal candidate will possess a CPA designation and have extensive public practice experience. Beyond technical skills, being an inspiring communicator and team player is essential. This position offers a competitive salary and unique workplace benefits, including flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Profit sharing

Flex days

Wellness benefits

Work from anywhere in Canada in summer

Concierge-like benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience in a public practice environment.
• 5+ years management experience.
• Strong background with review engagements.

Responsibilities

• Provide solutions for clients' accounting matters.
• Lead and execute client engagements.
• Contribute to new business development.

Skills

Completed CPA designation

Management experience

General tax skills

Communication skills

People management focus

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.

A career as a Senior Manager, Privately Held Business Group with Doane Grant Thornton will provide you an opportunity to:

• 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

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

• 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

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!

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

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Senior Manager, Privately Held Business Group? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:

• 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 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

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!

At Doane Grant Thornton we believe compensation should reflect more than just market data—it should reflect you. We’re serious about compensation. We benchmark regularly across a wide spectrum of roles, industries, sectors, and levels to ensure our ranges are both competitive and current. But we don’t stop there. We also consider the unique strengths, experiences, and impact each individual brings to the table. Our salary ranges are reviewed annually, and where you land within the range depends on a mix of factors—your background, your skills, and how your contributions align with internal equity. To help start the conversation, the current salary range for this role is $90,000–$130,000 in Charlottetown. If the role is available in other locations, the range may differ to reflect local market factors.

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?