Senior Manager, Risk 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 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.

As a Senior Manager, Risk Services, your responsibilities will include:

• Championing the growth, development, and management of Risk Services practice in the firm that complements, and is supported by, the firm's overall strategy for growth.
• Actively participate in business development efforts, including working collaboratively with senior leadership, partners, and marketing professionals to target and build relationships with client prospects
• Working with clients on a variety of local and national projects, managing risk-based engagements including:
• Internal audit projects
• Procedures to evaluate the design and test the operating effectiveness of financial reporting controls to support CEO / CFO certification (i.e., SOX / NI
• Enterprise risk management
• Fraud risk management
• IT Audit and Assurance
• Other risk/control-based engagements
• Developing and maintaining productive relationships with clients, and gain an understanding of clients' industry and issues
• Developing and maintaining productive relationships with colleagues, and managing/supporting less experienced colleagues by overseeing their work and supporting their growth and development
• Contribute to new business development by understanding and identifying needs of our existing clients, and prospective clients through cross-functional interaction with other Grant Thornton service lines

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 an Senior Manager, Risk Services? Like the colour purple? Great Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

• 6 (six)+ years minimum of experience in performing control and risk projects (financial, operational, internal audit, IT, etc.)
• Post-secondary degree in a relevant program area (example:  business management, commerce, accounting, information technology, etc.)
• Relevant professional designations are an asset (CPA, CISA, CFE, CIA, and/or CRMA)
• Excellent written and verbal communication;
• Excellent project management;
• Strong time management skills;
• Strong attention to detail, and well-developed analytical and unstructured problem-solving skills;
• Confident and team-focused, able to interact well with peers and clients, and able to rally resources and work with others to meet the needs of stakeholders;
• Ability to work independently;
• Ability to interview professionals at all levels; and
• An interest in being challenged and pushing yourself to work outside of your comfort zone.

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?
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.