Job Description

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.


Our consulting practice is working collaboratively everyday with new and existing clients of the firm. As a firm - we talk about being able to wrap our arms around our clients and their businesses, and our consulting practice rounds out our advisory offering to be able to look at our clients' people, process, and technology needs to get to the root of the challenges being faced today and the potential pain points of tomorrow. When people ask "what exactly do you do", our role as consultants is really about helping clients solve problems that they can't solve themselves. That 'can't' might be driven by a lack of knowledge or expertise, or, it might also be driven by a lack of capacity. And in some cases, clients may just need someone else from the 'outside' to help validate their thinking.


We approach client challenges from a broad lens or a very specific lens, depending on the nature of the issues they are facing and we work with them to scope engagements in a way that is right-sized. The reality is that every organization has opportunities to improve, and the Consulting team is here to help clients identify and action those opportunities for clients across industries and across the country. As a manager in our practice, you will play a key role in scoping and executing client engagements - having an opportunity to engage directly with Business Leaders and their teams on a daily basis.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the growth and delivery of a variety of consulting services across our people, process and technology pillars. This may include, but not be limited to:
• Culture assessments
• Strategic planning
• Organizational reviews
• Technology assessments
• Organizational transformation initiatives
• Business process reviews and redesign
• Defining project scope and developing approaches to best address client needs, while helping clients to solve issues, remove roadblocks and achieve success
• Being curious and inquisitive, demonstrating a proactive approach to problem-solving by seeking out information, leveraging available resources, and thinking creatively to overcome challenges
• Synthesizing findings, developing recommendations, and preparing key deliverables as outputs from our work
• Providing thought leadership and innovation within projects and practice areas
• Leading business development initiatives to support the growth of the consulting practice, including composing high quality and tailored proposals, budgets and project approaches
• Contributing to internal firm activities
• Taking responsibility for identifying information sources, gathering and interpreting data, and presenting findings colleagues and clients
• Managing project timelines, budgets, and tracking deliverables, ensuring successful project completion
• Working closely with other teams to leverage expertise and resources for client engagements
• Managing and maintaining client relationships by providing support, responding to inquiries in a timely manner, and ensuring client needs are communicated to the project team
• Leading stakeholder engagement efforts by conducting interviews, surveys, focus groups, and workshops to gather insights and feedback for incorporation into project deliverables
• Analyzing research information to assess the current state, benchmark against best practices, develop recommendations, and prepare reports and presentations
• Ensuring quality standards are achieved in everything we do, while ensuring an exceptional client experience with every interaction
• Demonstrating the ability to lead and mentor junior colleagues by providing guidance, fostering a collaborative team environment, and supporting their professional growth and development
• Working on a dynamic team to execute a variety of engagements



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 Manager, Consulting? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

• Bachelor's degree in a business-related field (e.g., Business Administration, Management, Human Resources, Organizational Behaviour, etc.)
• Professional designation in a related field of study would be considered an asset (Human Resources, Management Consulting, Project Management, Change Management, Lean Six Sigma, etc.)
• Exceptional business writing skills, verbal communication, and facilitation skills
• 5 years of experience in consulting
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Commitment to excellence and attention to detail combined with the desire to provide an exceptional client experience
• Ability to generate creative solutions to abstract or undefined problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills and team oriented attitude
• Ability to connect and collaborate with people at various levels throughout an organization
• Strong project management and organizational skills and the ability to manage priorities and execute multiple simultaneous assignments
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, leading a project from start to finish with limited direction
• An interest in learning and understanding the business as a whole rather than just a piece of the process
• Enthusiasm for helping businesses grow and adding real value
• Demonstrated interest all aspects of business and the Canadian business landscape
• Occasional travel may be required


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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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 careers@doane.gt.ca and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs.