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Crowe Soberman proves that diversity drives success
S
ince joining Crowe
Soberman LLP in 2018
as a co-op student, Tanvir
Lamba has found a true
professional home.
“From the very first interview
I was drawn to the firm,” Lamba
recalls. She spent all three of
her co-op terms as a University
of Waterloo student at the
Toronto accounting consultancy,
growing and learning with each
experience.
With the firm’s support, Lamba
pursued and obtained her chartered professional accountant
(CPA) designation while working
as a staff accountant, opening up
new avenues for her career.
“The firm had a secondment
opportunity in its valuations, forensics and litigation department
which I applied to and thankfully
got the position. This opportunity
allowed me to explore my other
interests, and I really enjoyed the
work,” Lamba says. “I was able
to transition over to the team full
time and I really enjoy it.”
She’s now working towards
her Chartered Business Valuator
(CBV) designation. On top of that,
she sits on the company’s Culture
and Engagement Collective (CEC),
which organizes programs and
events and advises management
on implementation of the firm’s
diversity, equity and inclusion
(DEI) policy.
“It’s been a very rewarding experience to be part of a firm that not
only embraces inclusivity but also
celebrates and values the richness
of diverse cultures,” Lamba says.
“We had long been embracing
a lot of the core principles of
DEI, even if we hadn’t explicitly
labelled them as such,” says Adam
Scherer, who introduced the
policy after becoming managing
partner three years ago. “We came
to it with the knowledge that the
wider and more diverse our perspectives were, the more it would
lead to better problem solving.”
Today, alongside technical training, employees are trained in soft
skills, including recognizing and
modernizing traditional thinking
methods to uncover and address
any inherent biases, ultimately
helping them see value from different perspectives. As a testament
to these efforts, surveys confirm
that employees feel comfortable,
safe and respected in their work
environment.
Last year, Scherer received the
Pinnacle Award from the Crowe
Global network, representing over
200 member firms around the
world, which he sees as acknowledgment of the firm’s leadership in
developing best practices. Several
initiatives, like the Superstar
Awards employee recognition
program, have been embraced by
other national organizations.
Crowe Soberman’s culture is
not all work and no play. Come
July and August, the firm grants
employees Fridays off to soak up
the summer and foster work-life
balance.
“It’s truly a day off — the entire
office is closed,” Scherer says. “We
have work that is deadline-driven
and demanding,” he notes, especially during the spring tax season,
when the firm provides dinner for
employees working late. Summer
“IT’S BEEN A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE TO BE PART
OF A FIRM THAT NOT ONLY EMBRACES INCLUSIVITY
BUT ALSO CELEBRATES AND VALUES THE RICHNESS OF
DIVERSE CULTURES.”
— Tanvir Lamba, Specialist, Valuations, Forensics and Litigation
Employees at Crowe Soberman LLP value the opportunity to further develop their skills.
