Senior Manager, Advanced Data Analytics and Innovation
Top Benefits
About the role
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.
The Professional Practice Group (PPG) is seeking a forward-thinking Senior Manager to execute the firm’s Advanced Data Analytics (ADA) audit strategy, with a focus on accelerating tool adoption, enabling audit transformation, and supporting national assurance initiatives. This role is central to advancing the firm’s assurance digital maturity and strengthening audit quality.
This position will dedicate 70%+ of its time to Innovation initiatives, which include optimization of ADA tools and other advanced analytics enablement for the Assurance Service Line, with the balance supporting broader assurance and PPG priorities.
As a Senior Manager, Advanced Data Analytics and Innovation your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the execution of the Firm’s ADA strategy, including AI software and tools relating to the assurance service line by working with firm leaders and international member firm counterparts
- Optimizing the use of ADA technology throughout the assurance engagement life cycle, supporting assurance quality, alignment with professional standards, and consistent application of the Firm’s ADA methodology
- Staying abreast of the evolution of firm audit methodology and professional standards to support the use of data analytics
- Developing and delivering professional development to enhance use of ADA in the Firm’s assurance engagements and facilitate broad adoption of ADA and supporting assurance teams in their application of ADA
- Meeting regularly with third-party ADA vendors for their product support and to discuss product enhancements and software upgrades
- Managing the work assignment and performance of engagement team members in executing the firm’s assurance ADA strategy
- Leading project teams by establishing clear timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables
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 Manager, Advanced Data Analytics and Innovation? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:
- CPA designation required.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in audit, including data analytics and related technology.
- Strong technical expertise in Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS) or International Auditing Standards (ISA) and the role of analytics in enhancing audit quality.
- Demonstrated experience with MindBridge, DataSnipper, Caseware, or similar audit analytics technologies is an asset.
- Excellent communication skills, with proven ability to translate complex concepts into practical guidance.
- Strong project management capability, including managing multiple projects at once; experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Effective leadership skills with proven ability to lead and coach teams.
- Curious, agile, innovative, and comfortable navigating emerging technologies (including AI, analytics tools, and workflow automation).
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!
At Doane Grant Thornton, we believe compensation should reflect more than just market data—it should reflect you. We’re serious about compensation. We benchmark regularly across a wide spectrum of roles, industries, sectors, and levels to ensure our ranges are both competitive and current. But we don’t stop there. We also consider the unique strengths, experiences, and impact each individual brings to the table. Our salary ranges are reviewed annually, and where you land within the range depends on a mix of factors—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 $110,000–$151,300 in Toronto. 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.
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.
About Doane Grant Thornton LLP
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.
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 are 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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Senior Manager, Advanced Data Analytics and Innovation
Top Benefits
About the role
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.
The Professional Practice Group (PPG) is seeking a forward-thinking Senior Manager to execute the firm’s Advanced Data Analytics (ADA) audit strategy, with a focus on accelerating tool adoption, enabling audit transformation, and supporting national assurance initiatives. This role is central to advancing the firm’s assurance digital maturity and strengthening audit quality.
This position will dedicate 70%+ of its time to Innovation initiatives, which include optimization of ADA tools and other advanced analytics enablement for the Assurance Service Line, with the balance supporting broader assurance and PPG priorities.
As a Senior Manager, Advanced Data Analytics and Innovation your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the execution of the Firm’s ADA strategy, including AI software and tools relating to the assurance service line by working with firm leaders and international member firm counterparts
- Optimizing the use of ADA technology throughout the assurance engagement life cycle, supporting assurance quality, alignment with professional standards, and consistent application of the Firm’s ADA methodology
- Staying abreast of the evolution of firm audit methodology and professional standards to support the use of data analytics
- Developing and delivering professional development to enhance use of ADA in the Firm’s assurance engagements and facilitate broad adoption of ADA and supporting assurance teams in their application of ADA
- Meeting regularly with third-party ADA vendors for their product support and to discuss product enhancements and software upgrades
- Managing the work assignment and performance of engagement team members in executing the firm’s assurance ADA strategy
- Leading project teams by establishing clear timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables
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 Manager, Advanced Data Analytics and Innovation? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:
- CPA designation required.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in audit, including data analytics and related technology.
- Strong technical expertise in Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS) or International Auditing Standards (ISA) and the role of analytics in enhancing audit quality.
- Demonstrated experience with MindBridge, DataSnipper, Caseware, or similar audit analytics technologies is an asset.
- Excellent communication skills, with proven ability to translate complex concepts into practical guidance.
- Strong project management capability, including managing multiple projects at once; experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Effective leadership skills with proven ability to lead and coach teams.
- Curious, agile, innovative, and comfortable navigating emerging technologies (including AI, analytics tools, and workflow automation).
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!
At Doane Grant Thornton, we believe compensation should reflect more than just market data—it should reflect you. We’re serious about compensation. We benchmark regularly across a wide spectrum of roles, industries, sectors, and levels to ensure our ranges are both competitive and current. But we don’t stop there. We also consider the unique strengths, experiences, and impact each individual brings to the table. Our salary ranges are reviewed annually, and where you land within the range depends on a mix of factors—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 $110,000–$151,300 in Toronto. 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.
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 careers@doane.gt.ca and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs.
About Doane Grant Thornton LLP
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.
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 are 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.