Full Job Description
A career in Restructuring with Doane Grant Thornton
Join Doane Grant Thornton's Restructuring team and build a career where every engagement brings a new challenge, a new business story, and a meaningful opportunity to make an impact. As a Senior Associate, you'll work alongside respected professionals on complex local, regional and national matters, collaborating with clients, colleagues and external advisors to solve problems at the intersection of business, finance and law. If you're energized by analysis, constructive debate, fast-moving priorities and the chance to grow your expertise in a supportive, high-performing team environment, this is a place where your career can move forward with purpose.
As a Senior Associate, Restructuring your duties and responsibilities will include:
• Assisting in preparation of valuations of assets and business interests for various purposes such as sale processes, refinancing, settlements, and operational and/or financial restructuring.
• Working with the team to prepare complex financial models to evaluate and pursue financial and operational restructuring opportunities across business operations.
• Preparing confidential information memoranda and transaction documentation (e.g., buyer lists, confidentiality agreements) and in compiling and managing electronic data rooms
• Supporting project execution by collecting, integrating and summarizing research and financial information, and preparing client deliverables.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative analyses to develop and validate recommendations, offers, and counteroffers.
• Liaise with lenders, creditors, debtors, legal counsel and other stakeholders.
• Identify issues, assess implications, and recommend practical solutions to stakeholders including bankers, lawyers, business owners, and the DGT team.
• Contributing to business development initiatives, including research to support pitches, proposals and prospecting, and attendance at various events.
Think you've got what it takes to be a Senior Associate, Restructuring? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:
• Post-secondary education in a business-related field.
• Previous experience in accounting, corporate finance, and/or banking.
• Professional accounting designation is considered an asset (e.g., CPA).
• Interest in pursuing, a secondary professional designation (e.g., CIRP, LIT) is an asset.
• Standout organizational skills with the ability to execute on multiple engagements and a varied workload.
• A commitment to high-quality work with attention to detail that shows up in technical analysis and colleague and client communications. Client-focused approach.
• Passion and acuity to develop creative solutions to ambiguous or undefined problems.
• Strong understanding of financial statement concepts and demonstrated financial analysis capability.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including developing mid-level to complex financial models and analyzing large datasets to generate insights.
• Strong online research skills (databases and web-based tools).
• Demonstrated interest in the Canadian business landscape.
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 $70,100-$96,450 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.
