Senior Associate, Transactions

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.

We are looking for an individual who would like to pursue a career in our Transactions group. This position in our Calgary office offers a dynamic and challenging career opportunity to work with a dedicated team of professionals in an exciting and growing practice delivering business valuations, mergers and acquisition advisory services, and litigation support to clients in a variety of sectors.

A career in Transactions with Grant Thornton will provide you an opportunity to:

• Work with a team of professionals, including transactions experts, across Canada who assist individuals and businesses with a wide range of accounting and financial services
• Be part of a unique work culture that challenges you to further your professional development and enhance your chosen career path
• Be part of a fast-growing environment with experienced professionals
  
  

As a Senior Associate, Transactions your responsibilities will include:

• Assistance with the planning and preparation of valuations engagements to support a wide range of purposes, such as: shareholder planning, management buy-outs, shareholder disputes, litigation support, fairness opinions, purchase price allocations and goodwill impairment
• Assistance with the preparation of financial models to support business owners solve complex financial problems
• Conduct detailed industry research relating to the preparation of business valuations, due diligence and mergers and acquisitions engagements
• Assistance in the preparation of confidential information memorandums (CIM) and other transaction related documentation including buyers lists, confidentiality agreements and compiling and managing electronic data rooms
• Support and assistance as part of a team assisting clients with aspects of the purchase and sale of a business
• Participation in various business development initiatives (internal and external) including research in support of pitches, proposals and new client prospects as well as attendance at various business development events.
  
  

Be 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 Associate, Transactions? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:

• Be a recently qualified CPA, have written the CFE, or on track to writing the CFE in September 2025
• Be enrolled in, or have an interest in pursuing, a specialist designation (i.e. Chartered Business Valuator)
• Have 2-3 years of related work experience
• Previous experience with litigation support (e.g. determination of guideline income, quantification of damages, financial needs assessment) would be considered an asset
• Possess strong verbal and written communication
• Have strong attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision
• Have a positive attitude, ability to role model self-growth behaviours and demonstrate the Doane Grant Thornton coaching and development philosophies
• Have a proven ability to be a strong team player and helping those around them improve
• Be willing and interested in business development and attending and networking activities
• Have strong business acumen, critical thinking skills and the ability to demonstrate interest in a broad range of subjects and current events
• Have demonstrated ability to fully engage in client and non-client work to support Doane Grant Thornton goals
• Be adaptable, able to negotiate uncertain situations with ease
  
  

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!

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.