Putting people first, every day
BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.
Your Opportunity
As a Senior Consultant within BDO's Finance Effectiveness & Transformation practice, you will play an active role in delivering complex Finance advisory engagements while helping build and scale a growing practice. You will work directly with CFOs and Finance leaders to solve critical business challenges, shape practical solutions, and support the development of market-facing offerings, methodologies, tools, accelerators, and delivery assets.
This unique role offers you the opportunity to:
Help build and shape a growing Finance Effectiveness & Transformation practice.
Combine entrepreneurial experience with the backing of a national firm.
Work directly with CFOs and Finance leaders to support high-impact priorities.
Focus on measurable business outcomes, not just project deliverables.
Deliver practical, business-led transformation with technology as an enabler.
Be part of a collaborative, trusted-advisor culture focused on long-term client success.
Lead workstreams across Finance advisory and transformation engagements, including Finance strategy, operating model design, process optimization, reporting modernization, FP&A, controllership effectiveness, ERP/EPM enablement, benchmarking, and CFO effectiveness.
Facilitate executive interviews, workshops, and working sessions with CFOs, Controllers, FP&A leaders, and Finance teams.
Translate business needs into practical Finance solutions with clear outcomes, sequencing, implementation paths, and change considerations.
Develop transformation roadmaps, target operating models, business cases, requirements, recommendations, and executive-ready deliverables.
Advise Finance leaders through transformation, growth, transaction, regulatory, and technology-driven change.
Support go-to-market activity, proposal development, account planning, and internal relationship-building across the firm.
Help build and scale the practice by developing methodologies, tools, accelerators, market-facing offerings, and delivery assets.
Coach and support consultants through analysis, deliverable development, stakeholder engagement, and project execution.
Collaborate with teams across Management Consulting, Digital, ERP/EPM, Risk Advisory, Tax, and other service lines to bring integrated solutions to clients.
You bring a strong CFO and Finance leader presence, with the ability to facilitate discussions, ask targeted questions, and shape practical recommendations.
You have the ability to lead workstreams, manage stakeholders, coach consultants, and deliver high-quality client outputs.
You are comfortable building new offerings, working in ambiguity, and contributing to the growth of a developing practice.
You adopt a collaborative approach to working across service lines, industries, and account teams to create integrated client solutions.
You are practical, outcome-driven, and client-centered - focused on measurable Finance outcomes and capability transfer.
You have strong communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and project management skills.
Completed undergraduate degree with outstanding academic credentials.
An accounting designation (CPA) or relevant master's degree is preferred.
5-7 years of relevant work experience in finance or consulting.
Deep expertise in financial management disciplines, such as financial process design, budgeting and planning, financial reporting, financial performance management, analytics and data modelling, and business case development.
Experience with, or interest in, acquiring knowledge of systems and technologies that support the finance function, such as Microsoft Dynamics AX/D365, SAP, Oracle, Blackline, Workiva, etc.
Strong knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel.
Canadian travel required; occasional international travel. Candidates must be able to enter the USA to work on client assignments.
The expected range of compensation for this role is $75,000 - $113,000 annually.
Why BDO?
Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2026 . This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.
At BDO, our people experience is guided by three core pillars— Do work with genuine care, Do what matters with purpose, and Do what’s next - shaping how we support our people, serve our clients, and grow together.
Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:
- We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.
- We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.
- We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.
- We foster a collaborative, inclusive environment where your ideas are valued, and you can do your best work with genuine care and purpose
We encourage innovation and forward thinking, empowering you to embrace what’s next and help shape the future of our firm
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Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.
Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide comprehensive benefits from day one, and a flexible personal time off policy. We’re committed to supporting your overall wellbeing and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.
Everyone counts: We are committed to creating a workplace where employees can participate fully, contribute meaningfully and succeed without barriers. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace defined by respect, fairness, and a true sense of belonging for everyone. We recognize and celebrate the unique experiences, identities, and perspectives that each of us bring – and that these experiences strengthen how we work together. Our commitment extends to ensuring that our application process is both inclusive and accessible. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us .
Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.
Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.
Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct sets clear standards for how we conduct business. It reflects our shared values and commitments and includes guiding principles to help us make ethical decisions and maintain trust with each other, our clients, and the public.
BDO may use artificial intelligence enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process. While these tools assist our teams, our use of AI does not replace human decision making, and all employment-related outcomes are made by BDO personnel.
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