Senior Accountant, Privately Held Business
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 in the Privately Held Business Group with Doane Grant Thornton will provide you the opportunity to:
- Join an entrepreneurial practice solving real-world business problems for a diverse range of clients across various industries and sizes.
- Act as a business advisor by leveraging your financial expertise to help clients thrive.
- Work on diverse projects that offer deeper involvement in company financials, operations, and a full-picture understanding of client files.
- Impact the community through active participation in local events and networking opportunities.
- Build a versatile career path that blends both accounting and tax, offering daily variety and excellent growth potential.
- Working closely with clients and providing exceptional client service
- Providing solutions to our clients on current business and financial issues
- Planning, preparation and execution of financial statements for review engagements and compilations with appropriate note disclosures
- Planning and preparation of working paper files for review engagements and compilations
- Preparation and filing of personal and corporate tax returns
- Providing mentorship and training to junior team members
- Possession of a University Degree or Diploma with a concentration in Accounting
- Minimum 3 years of experience in public practice, in accounting and for small to medium-sized owner-managed businesses
- Relevant professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Strong commitment to excellence and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven problem solver with solid analytical skills
- Strong technical experience in accounting and tax
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office suite and ability to grasp new technology tools
- Experience with Caseware, Taxprep and QuickBooks is an asset
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 $50,000–$72,000 in New Liskeard, ON. 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. 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.
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.