• Job Description

  Req#: 10909

  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, Tax, in the Privately Held Business areas of tax, you will have the opportunity to:
  • Advance your career more quickly than with other firms
  • Work with our Peterborough team and be supported by a National network of talented professionals
  • Assist businesses and individuals with a wide range of tax, financial and succession planning services
  • Be part of a unique work culture that challenges you to further your professional development and enrich your chosen career path
  • Be a well-respected professional, part of a team building a very successful business delivering highly valued solutions to clients
  • Develop solutions with clients and co-workers through collaborative effort and creative discussion
  • Be closely engaged with and serve clients on a wide variety of local, national and international projects

  As a Senior Manager, Tax, you're a trusted advisor to clients, helping them with corporate and personal tax planning and compliance so they can benefit from tax savings. Here's some of what you'll get to do:
  • Work closely with clients and the engagement team to develop exceptional tax planning ideas and solutions to achieve our client’s business objectives
  • Be a leader in the management and development of our growing tax practice
  • Assist clients manage their income tax planning, implementation and compliance requirements including complex PHB corporate, personal, and trust matters
  • Identify, develop and pursue new opportunities for assisting clients with value added-on tax services
  • Provide exceptional client service
  • Stay attuned and respond to new legislation, interpretations and market factors that impact our clients
  • Coach and mentor professional staff
  • Prepare and present information to clients, colleagues and other professionals
  
  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 Tax Manager? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:
  • You’ve completed the CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Course, or have a Masters of Taxation degree
  • Substantive expertise with the tax-related aspects of succession, trust and estate matters gained as one element of providing corporate and personal tax planning and compliance services to privately held businesses
  • Demonstrated commitment to providing exceptional client service
  • Ability to develop, present and apply new ideas, creative approaches and innovative solutions.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Strong interest in coaching and development, with a commitment to personal growth
  • Commitment to excellence in product quality and attention to detail
  • A team player able to rally resources and work with others to meet the needs of the client

  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?
  

• About the company

  Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Grant Thornton has revenues of $1.92 billion and operates more than 50 offices. We’re not the professional services firm you think you know. We believe business should be more personal and that the strongest results start with trust. We’re different. And that’s a good thing.

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