We are Grant Thornton. We go beyond business as usual, so you can too.

Grant Thornton Ireland (GT) has over 3,000 people in 10 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

In 2020, Grant Thornton Ireland took a strategic decision to establish a sustainability practice within Consulting. Recognising sustainability is a multidisciplinary field, we set about building a diverse team that would blend the best scientific and industrial experience with our existing advisory expertise. Through targeted hires, and internal transfers, we are proud to have grown a partner lead, dedicated, passionate, and practical team of all the talents which work together with our other services lines to delivery pragmatic actionable solutions to our clients.

We are currently looking for experienced individuals to join our expanding Advisory Sustainability Practice. 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: Regulatory, Strategic, Sustainability and Change Management challenges.

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.
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; and
Building client relationships and interacting proactively with key stakeholders to gather information, resolve issues, and provide analysis to inform client deliverables.

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:

Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
MS Office: MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
Analytical skills: Focused approach to the review, assessment and interpretation of data streams and the communication of summary information to team leads and clients
Teamwork: Ability to work as part of a team on multiple work streams concurrently
Organisation: Scheduling and facilitating meetings, including Agendas and Minutes
Attitude: Strong work ethic, proactive attitude to issue resolution, delivering excellence, managing deadlines and being comfortable leading a team.

Qualifications and Experience:

Third level degree
Experience in sustainability reporting, risk management or regulatory interpretation. (CSRD and EU Taxonomy desirable)
Minimum of 5+ years direct work experience in a programme/project management capacity, including all project lifecycle elements (i.e. project initiation, planning & development, design / execution, closure)
Experience in managing change in one or more of these areas: Sustainability, Regulatory, Strategic, Digital and Change management challenges.
Comfortable working under pressure, in a demanding environment and to tight deadline, delivering results
Project Management qualification (such as PRINCE2 or PMP) (desirable)

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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