Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
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Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (RCGT) is a Quebec
-based accounting firm, the largest independent accounting firm in Quebec, and one of the largest in Canada
, with over 95 offices across Quebec, Ontario
and New Brunswick
.
The firm offers a wide range of services, including insurance and taxation advice, strategic consulting, private management
, human resources consulting, real estate consulting, performance consulting, occupational health and safety consulting, as well as recovery and reorganization consulting. Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton is also active in the insolvency business.
Today, the firm is associated with the Chicago
-based accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP, one of the largest outside of the Big Four, comprising a global network of 30,000 employees. This association prompted the firm to change its name to Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.
RCGT is also active in its community, both in education and the arts. It also contributed to policy reforms such as proposed changes to the Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards in Canada.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
-based accounting firm, the largest independent accounting firm in Quebec, and one of the largest in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, with over 95 offices across Quebec, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
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The firm offers a wide range of services, including insurance and taxation advice, strategic consulting, private management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, human resources consulting, real estate consulting, performance consulting, occupational health and safety consulting, as well as recovery and reorganization consulting. Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton is also active in the insolvency business.
History
The firm was founded in Montreal in 1948 by Jacques Raymond and Guy Chabot under the name Raymond Chabot. In the 1950s, the firm took on two additional partners, Guy Martin and Jacques Paré, and changed its name to Raymond Chabot Martin Paré. Mr. Raymond was the firm's first CEO, and he retained that post until his retirement in 1980. Mr. Raymond was succeeded by Mr. Serge Saucier that year. Mr. Saucier was succeeded by Mr. Richard Payette and then Mr. Jean Robillard.Today, the firm is associated with the Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP, one of the largest outside of the Big Four, comprising a global network of 30,000 employees. This association prompted the firm to change its name to Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.
RCGT is also active in its community, both in education and the arts. It also contributed to policy reforms such as proposed changes to the Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards in Canada.
Products
- Certification
- Taxation
- Corporate finance
- Real estate consulting
- Strategic consulting
- Private management
- Performance
- Human resources
- Occupational health and safety
- Insolvency