Manager, Financial Reporting and Accounting Advisory Services

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.

As a Manager, Financial Reporting and Accounting Advisory Services your responsibilities will include:

• Work with the National Leader- Financial Reporting Advisory Services to further build-out and grow the practice

• Lead engagement teams on the execution and delivery of complex accounting advisory projects, including facilitating training sessions and leading implementation work on new standards and/or transitioning to a new framework

• Provide complex accounting support to other engagement teams, which could include acting as a sounding-board or a "second set of eyes"

• Build and maintain relationships with appropriate levels of client management, including C-Suite

• Understand the client's industry sector and recognize key performance drivers, business trends, and new technical and industry developments

• Continuously learn and share knowledge across the firm and with clients

• Design and prepare deliverables tailored to client needs

• Build relationships that enable seamless collaboration with other service lines in order to provide the client with an exceptional client experience

• Participate in and lead both National and local business development initiatives 

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
 
Think you've got what it takes to be a Manager, Financial Reporting and Accounting Advisory Services? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

• A Canadian CPA or equivalent

• A minimum 6 years' relevant experience

• Experience in external financial audit

• Experience in the technical accounting department of an accounting firm or of a public company

• Experience researching complex accounting issues under IFRS or US GAAP, and forming a proposed approach, experience in both frameworks would be an asset

• Ability to explain complex ideas so they are easily understood by others

• Experience facilitating technical accounting training and/or other relevant training

• Impeccable client relationship skills

• A dedication to teamwork and leadership     

Please note: this position may be located throughout our Southern Ontario offices. Although we have a primary location indicated, there is flexibility to explore alternate offices as individual discussions move forward.

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?

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