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Grant Thornton

Advisory Consulting - Finance Transformation - Assistant Manager / Manager

Dublin

FULL TIME

October 21, 2024

We are Grant Thornton. We go beyond business as usual, so you can too.
Grant Thornton Ireland (GT) has over 2,500 people in 9 offices across Ireland, The Isle of Man, Gibraltar, and Bermuda, with a presence in over 130 countries around the world, and a global network of over 62,000 people.
At GT, we work as trusted advisors, bringing local knowledge and national expertise, with a global presence, to help businesses succeed – wherever they are located. We make business more personal by investing in building relationships and empowering our clients to make the right choice for their organisation now and for the future. Whether that is working with the public sector to build thriving communities, with regulators and financial institutions to build trust, or with a diverse range of businesses to help them achieve their goals, Grant Thornton Ireland work hard to support clients to act on the issues that matter.
At GT Ireland we don’t just predict your future, we build it.
A Career at GT
Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently.
What does this mean for you?
A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients. We respect and value your experience. And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best. It is how it should be.
Grow with us
At Grant Thornton, we care about our people and work hard to make you feel valued. If you are looking to deepen and develop your skills, knowledge, and experience throughout your career, then that is what you will get, and more.
The Opportunity
We are currently looking for experienced individuals to join our expanding Consulting Finance Transformation service line. You will be self-motivated, capable of working off your own initiative and can lead with the delivery of Programme/Project milestones. This advertisement seeks people with experience in one or more of the following areas: Finance Transformation, Operational Excellence and Finance Technology Implementation.
This is a challenging but fulfilling role, where you will be required to operate as a key member of our team, playing a lead role in the delivery of business focused solutions to a wide range of Financial and Non-Financial clients, as well supporting the strategic development of the wider Consulting business.
Client Responsibilities:
  • Successful and effective end-to-end delivery of external client projects;
  • Completion of all client deliverables in an efficient and high-quality manner in line with project timelines;
  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of client and work stream operations, processes, and business objectives and utilise this knowledge on assignments/projects;
  • Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and an ability to work to strict deadlines;
  • Work and communicate effectively with senior management, team members and clients, providing relevant summary updates and escalations as appropriate;
  • Manage reporting requirements, project plans, project status reports, RAID logs, management updates and other reports as required;
  • Building client relationships and interacting proactively with key stakeholders to gather information, resolve issues, and provide analysis to inform client deliverables; and
  • Apply learnings from ongoing / prior projects and prior career experience to provide innovative and holistic solutions to clients.
Internal Responsibilities:
  • Assisting in client account management activities such as recruitment for the project team, managing financial aspects of client engagements, and quality and risk management;
  • Leading and supporting presentations and proposals for elements of medium to high complex projects to prospective and existing clients;
  • Communicating effectively with senior management and working to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams;
  • Building strong internal relationships and network within Consulting and across other services lines;
  • Supporting team development activities, including but not limited to management, coaching, and mentoring activities;
  • Conducting performance reviews and contributing to performance feedback;
  • Contributing to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training activities; and
  • Understanding, following and communicating workplace policies and procedures.
Skills and attributes:
  • Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, QFA, etc.) would be desirable;
  • Third level degree, with a strong academic record;
  • Minimum of 3-5 years’ post qualification experience required;
  • Experience delivering business change in one or more of the following areas would be expected:
    • Finance process improvement and automation in a Finance setting (e.g., Order to Cash; Procure to Pay; Record to Report; Budgeting and Planning)
    • Shared Services and Outsourcing programmes
    • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations
    • Finance systems such as Oracle, SAP, MS
    • Programme/project management for large scale business and finance transformations
    • Finance Reporting including Value & Performance Management
  • Strong financial management experience including financial analysis, processes, procedures, people, systems and structures;
  • Experience in a leading consulting house or Big Four environment would be beneficial;
  • Experience in the following industry sectors will be of specific interest: healthcare & life sciences, financial services, public sector and government, and technology;
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with a commitment to professional and client service excellence. Having a proactive approach, balanced with strong business acumen and the ability to develop good working relationships is critical;
  • Ability to effectively balance a number of tasks, work to deadlines and produce quality deliverables; and
  • Having strong analytical skills, a focused approach to the review, assessment and interpretation of data streams and the communication of summary information to team leads and clients.
Life at GT
Reward and benefits:
Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:
At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued.
We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firm’s best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.
Recognition:
We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme.
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