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 Are you energized by the idea of shaping high-impact client pursuits and driving strategic growth? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where collaboration, creativity, and attention to detail come together? Are you looking for a role that blends strategic thinking, storytelling, and hands-on execution – all within a team that values innovation and critical thinking?

If so, the Strategic Pursuit Centre (SPC) at BDO wants to meet you. The SPC tam members lead the pursuit process across Canada for both public and private sector markets, spanning all BDO industries and services. As a Specialist, Strategic Pursuit Centre , you will provide strategic and executional support for the firm’s most critical pursuits and proposals.

Note: This is a fixed-term role of 12 months to cover a parental leave within the team.

Job responsibilities:

• Determine the essential functions and identify the core duties that are critical to the job.

• List the Duties, write down each responsibility clearly and concisely.

• Arrange the duties in order of importance to highlight key responsibilities.

• Include details such as the programs used, teams or departments they will collaborate with, and regular activities.

• Support the entire pursuit lifecycle for strategic proposal responses from proposal kick-off, project management to final submission.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders throughout the proposal process.

• Provide RFx review and analysis, custom response template development, and end-to-end pursuit management, including quality and compliance reviews of the completed response documents.

• Work to ensure BDO’s responses to solicitations help differentiate our services, are competitive, compliant, and high scoring.

• Serve as a liaison between the proposal response team and other support functions.

• Support the orals presentation process.

• Assist with win/loss debriefs for every pursuit supported.

• Contribute to team wide initiatives as part of continuous improvement process.

How do we define success for your role?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspects of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration
• You understand your client’s industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high quality work
• You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients
• You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains and attracts talent
• You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace
• You grow your expertise through learning and professional development

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Outline qualifications and requirements that align with the responsibilities of the role.
• Specify the minimum number of years of experience required for the position, if applicable.
• Indicate the educational qualifications necessary.
• List any professional certifications or licenses that that are required.
• Detail the hard and soft skills needed for the role, such as technical expertise, communication, or leadership abilities etc.
• Describe the personal attributes that would make someone a good fit for the role, consider the type of work and the stakeholders they would engage with etc.
• University degree in communications, marketing, business, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of professional experience in drafting proposal responses and managing pursuits, preferably for federal government and public sector clients.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, tight deadlines, problem-solve and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Confidence to lead cross-functional teams and interact with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent business writing, interpersonal, communication and consensus management skills.
• Process improvement mindset that is continuously striving to evolve our ways of working and improve the internal user experience.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft applications such as PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint and Excel.

Why BDO? Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2025. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

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.

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 flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. 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.

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