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Digital Audit Services Team - Assistant Manager

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Location:
Birmingham, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Cardiff, Southampton, Reading, Manchester, Oxford, Leeds, Chelmsford, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cambridge
Job ID:
R1034938
Job type:
Permanent
Time type:
Full time
Job ID:
R1034938
Categories:
Audit & Assurance
Job type:
Permanent

Alternatively, Grant Thornton

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.

Job Description:

Transforming the audit practice, one app at a time

The Digital Audit Team supports the audit practice to be more digitally enabled, by creating a digital first mindset to the application of our methodology, provide support to help auditors deliver high quality work, whilst managing complex data sets and delivering automated or improved services and solutions to common audit problems.

Providing digital services to engagement teams elevates the work performed and takes the audit practice to another level of quality, efficiency, and impact. Our team is at the forefront of the digital transformation of the audit practice.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As an Assistant Manager within our Digital Audit Services Team, you will:

  • Design, build, and implement bespoke analytic solutions to engagement teams, working closely with specific engagements to deliver a solution meeting the audit and client needs

  • Assist with the role out of Audit Readiness, including reviewing, coaching, gathering feedback, and helping to improve the service

  • Establish a culture where engagement teams choose to seek Digital Audit Team help due to the quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of our solutions

  • Lead the transition to a digital audit methodology by delivering bespoke solutions that meet the needs of our clients and engagement teams

  • Develop proficiency in software such as Alteryx and Python to enable the deployment of a wide range of solutions to meet the specific needs of engagement teams

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as an Assistant Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (ACA, ICAS, CA, ACCA or CIPFA), and to be driven and determined to find solutions to audit challenges regarding data and analytics. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

  • Experience of Alteryx, KNIME, Python, or other software development experience

  • An interest in our clients, with the ability to confidently discuss audit challenges and needs with engagement teams

  • An interest in maintaining and developing your technical knowledge

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone.  Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job 

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. 

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. 

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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