Senior Manager, Privately Held Business Group

RPMGlobal; Red Deer; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Doane Grant Thornton in Canada seeks a Senior Manager in Privately Held Business to provide advanced accounting and tax leadership for client growth and strategic outcomes. You will lead client engagements, contribute to business development, coach teams, and optimize engagement profitability while upholding the firm’s standards of quality and professionalism.

The role requires CPA designation, 10+ years in public accounting, superior technical skills, and strong communication to influence

Qualifications

• CPA designation is required.
• At least 10 years’ experience in public accounting or related industry.
• Superior technical expertise in both accounting and tax.
• Commitment to quality, excellence and continual professional growth for yourself and for 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.
• Desire to learn and grow, and be an integral part of a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Providing solutions to our clients for accounting matters and working with them for growth in current business and financial conditions.
• Leading and executing client engagements under varying reporting frameworks across different industries and sectors.
• Contributing to new business development by understanding all Doane 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.
• Maximizing engagement profitability by effectively utilizing engagement resources.
• Analysis and review of corporate and personal income tax returns, NTRs and Reviews.
• 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.

Skills

CPA designation

10+ years experience

Accounting expertise

Tax expertise

Communication skills

Management skills

Leadership

Self-motivation

Education

CPA designation

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 Managerwith Doane Grant Thornton will provide you an opportunity to:

• Work with a team of professionals who assist businesses in specific industry sectors with a wide range of accounting, audit, regulatory and advisory 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

As a Senior Manager in Privately Held Business with Doane Grant Thornton you will have the opportunity to:

• Providing solutions to our clients for accounting matters and working with them for growth in current business and financial conditions
• Leading and executing client engagements under varying reporting frameworks across different industries and sectors
• Contributing to new business development by understanding all Doane 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
• Maximizing engagement profitability by effectively utilizing engagement resources
• Analysis and review of corporate and personal income tax returns, NTRs and Reviews
• 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.

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? Like the colour purple? Great. Here’s a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:

• CPA designation is required
• At least 10 years’ experience in public accounting or related industry
• Superior technical expertise in both accounting and tax
• Commitment to quality, excellence and continual professional growth for yourself and for 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.
• Desire to learn and grow, and be an integral part of a high-performing team

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!

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?