Posted 4 months ago
Partner, Assurance, Privately Held Business
@ Doane Grant Thornton
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Doane Grant Thornton is hiring a Partner, Assurance, Privately Held Business Group to lead and grow its Private Company Assurance practice across the GTA. The role advises owner-managed businesses on financial reporting, risk and tax planning, and leads a team. The posting requires a CPA designation, a public accounting licence and 10+ years of Assurance experience, with office attendance five days per week.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow the Private Company Assurance practice across the GTA
- Advise privately held and owner-managed businesses on reporting, risk and tax
- Deepen client relationships and create new business opportunities
- Collaborate across Southern Ontario and the firm on integrated solutions
- Build, mentor and lead a high-performing team
Requirements summary:
- University degree, preferably in business
- CPA designation and public accounting licence required
- 10+ years of Assurance experience in a Canadian professional services firm
- Proven record of growing a business practice
- Strong people leadership and communication skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-09
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CPA |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Business |
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Doane Grant Thornton
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Doane Grant Thornton is dedicated to helping our clients, colleagues, and communities thrive.
Full company description
In Canada. For Canada. Doane Grant Thornton LLP is a leading Canadian accounting and advisory firm dedicated to helping our clients, colleagues, and communities thrive. We help dynamic private and public organizations unlock their business potential by providing meaningful, strategic advice across a broad range of services, including assurance, advisory, and tax. For 85 years, we've worked alongside the businesses that have shaped our country and economy—from small businesses to industry leaders. With nearly 3,000 colleagues in 70 offices from St. John's to Victoria, we're deeply connected to the people, industries, and communities that make Canada thrive. Our unique, purpose-driven culture has resulted in consistent recognition as one of Canada’s Best Workplaces by the Great Place to Work® Institute since 2008. As bold leaders in our chosen markets and within the professional services industry, we're committed to our values of collaboration, leadership, excellence, agility, respect, and responsibility. Doane Grant Thornton LLP is a Canadian member of Grant Thornton International Ltd., whose member firms operate in over 100 countries worldwide.
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- People associated on LinkedIn
- 2,915
- Reported office locations
- 200 King St W, 20th floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T4, CA
- Business categories
- Consulting
- Business Development
- Financial Services
- Other recorded names
- Doane Grant Thornton
- Doane Grant Thornton LLP
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- 0
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In Canada. For Canada. Doane Grant Thornton LLP is a leading Canadian accounting and advisory firm dedicated to helping our clients, colleagues, and communities thrive. We help dynamic private and public organizations unlock their business potential by providing meaningful, strategic advice across a broad range of services, including assurance, advisory, and tax. For 85 years, we've worked alongside the businesses…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Professional Services |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Partnership |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 211 |
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Our commitment to helping Canadian businesses thrive.
At Doane Grant Thornton, human connection is at the heart of everything we do, a place where great people come together to help our clients, colleagues, and communities thrive. We bring together the strength of a global network and an 85-year Canadian legacy, and as one of Canada’s best workplaces for 19 consecutive years, we take pride in being purpose-driven. We employ about 3,000 professionals across the country, delivering trusted assurance, tax, and advisory services centered on strong relationships, practical insight, and deep understanding of business, while making a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work. As we continue to grow, we remain a collaborative team where people genuinely care. We’re building a thriving organization that’s purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.
Position Overview
You have already earned your seat at the Partner table. You have built trust, credibility, and a portfolio that reflects your judgement and leadership. You understand what growth demands, what keeps business owners up at night, and where real value is created beyond compliance. Clients look to you for more than technical expertise. They rely on your perspective, clarity, and insight that helps them move forward with confidence.
Now you are thinking about what comes next. Come build something great with us as our next Partner, Assurance, Privately Held Business Group.
You are not looking for a role that simply maintains what you have built. You are looking for the right platform to expand it. One that entrusts you to grow a practice, supports your ambition, and surrounds you with peers who want to win together.
This is an opportunity to create something meaningful.
As a Partner, Assurance, Privately Held Business Group at Doane Grant Thornton, you hold an important role in:
• Leading and growing our Private Company Assurance practice across the GTA, with responsibility in influencing the strategy, strengthening market presence, and overall practice performance.
• Advising privately held and owner-managed businesses as a trusted partner, bringing practical insight on financial reporting, risk, tax planning, and emerging issues while maintaining strong technical standards and independence.
• Deepening client relationships, expanding your network, and creating new business opportunities by delivering advice that helps business owners navigate complexity, growth, and change with confidence.
• Collaborating across Southern Ontario and the broader firm to deliver integrated, client solutions that reflect the full strength of Doane Grant Thornton.
• Building, mentoring, and leading a high-performing team, in a culture of accountability, development, collaboration, and sustained growth.
If this resonates with how you are thinking about your next chapter, it would be valuable to start a conversation. We recognize that exploring an opportunity at this level requires discretion. All conversations and expression of interest will be handled with the highest level of confidentiality and respect for your current commitments.
Key Requirements
Education
A University Degree (preferably business) and a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation are required, along with a public accounting license. Candidates who have met the requirements and are in the process of obtaining their license will also be considered.
Experience and Attributes
• 10+ years of Assurance experience in a Canadian professional services firm, leading and conducting complex accounting and audits.
• Proven success growing a business practice through relationship development, market insight, and proactively actively anticipating client and market needs
• Proven ability to lead complex client engagements at both local and national levels
• Strong people leader with experience developing advisory teams, coaching talent, and collaborating closely with clients and colleagues, and maintains a high standard to quality, excellence, and continuous professional development
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish trust with clients and colleagues at all levels and influence decision-makers
• Desire to learn and grow, and be an integral part of a team that puts “we before me”, where agility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back
• And just a little bit of “purple”, you bring energy and curiosity to your work. You know that great teams don’t just perform well, they enjoy the journey together.
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 5 days per week.
Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?
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