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 career in Assurance 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 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 well respected professionals
- Develop solutions with clients and colleagues through collaborative effort and discussion
- Be engaged with clients on a variety of local and national projects
As a Senior Accountant, Assurance your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborating with colleagues to deliver exceptional service to clients under varying reporting frameworks across different industries and sectors
- Planning, preparing and executing financial statement audits, reviews and compilations, including budget and resource requirement planning
- Providing solutions to our clients on current business and financial conditions
- Preparing various types of tax returns (personal, trust, and corporate) and responding to CRA requests for information
- Bookkeeping and investment accounting for corporation
- Contributing to the building of our reputation as the preferred business advisors in key sectors of our growing practice
- Mentoring, coaching and providing timely feedback to junior colleague
Be 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 Accountant, Assurance? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:
- CPA designation or enrolled in CPA
- Completion of relevant university/college program
- A minimum two years’ work experience in public practice
- Strong technical expertise in audit, accounting and tax with a commitment to excellence to detail
- Passion for client service, entrepreneurial and business advisor focus
- Experience reviewing smaller engagement files and sections of larger engagement files
- Ability to develop and present new ideas and conceptualize new approaches and solutions
- Proven problem solver with solid analytical skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey information clearly and effectively to both internal and external stakeholders
- Effective working independently and as part of a team
- Experience in leading teams of professionals on diverse engagements
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!
Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?
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