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Job Description:
As Growth Hub Manager within the Digital Audit Team, you’ll play a key role in supporting the team and the wider audit practice in delivering on strategic growth initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the audit service line by driving collaboration, innovation and supporting impactful delivery.
You’ll work on exciting projects, engage with senior stakeholders across the firm and our international network, and help coordinate our initiatives that support our digital growth ambitions. This role is ideal for someone looking to work with an innovative team, develop new skills, broaden their network, gain exposure to firm-wide value creation programmes, and make a significant contribution to how we grow and deliver in a digital-first environment.
Location: National
Main Responsibilities
Bids and tenders
o Coordinate the DAT’s input into bids and tenders
o Collaborate with the central bids team to ensure high-quality, tailored digital messaging
o Proactively seeking opportunities for DAT to be involved and support in opportunities
o Track, report and measure the success of DAT involvement in bids and tenders
o Maintain a library of reusable content and success stories
Gateway to Growth
o Advocate and train to become an expert user of Dynamics, the firm’s new CRM for regular reporting of bids, tenders and opportunities.
o Represent the DAT’s needs and ensure smooth integration of Dynamics
o Coordinate with change champions and sponsoring partners where necessary.
o Monitor and report data from Dynamics, working with our data and infrastructure hub, to aid decision making
o Project manage DAT’s role in the firm-wide CRM implementation
o Support change management, training, and communications from a digital perspective where appropriate
GTIL and International member firms
o Act as the main liaison for the DATs and GTUKs involvement in international digital initiatives
o Coordinate with global stakeholders and track progress of projects
o Support knowledge sharing and collaboration across member firms
Project management of key projects and stakeholders
o Role model a growth mindset, aligned with the firm’s vision for the Digital Audit Team and the wider Audit Practice.
o Manage and coordinate multiple senior stakeholders throughout and across projects.
o Seek and share regular feedback, identifying and acting upon learning and development needs to develop own and others’ technical and personal skills.
o Engage with stakeholders (e.g. DAT members, Audit practice, SLT) to ensure reporting on digital and growth is fit for purpose, creating and delivering added value
o Support the engagement with product owners to ensure the delivery of requirements associated with growth initiatives are fit for purpose.
o Monitor project milestones, providing regular updates to leadership
o Drive collaboration across DAT to ensure Growth is kept at the forefront of the team’s projects.
Knowing you’re right for you
We’ve set ambitious digital and growth targets for the firm, and we need the right people to help us achieve these. We’re looking for people who will bring ambition and drive to their role. In changing markets, we need to be able to work at pace and be adaptable to change and to be curious, asking questions of ourselves, each other and our clients to ensure we are delivering the services and quality we expect.
You will have;
· Audit experience at Assistant Manager or Manager level
· Excellent organisational and project management skills
· Proactive approach and ability to successfully manage own time within a fast-paced team, completing multiple tasks / assignments with potentially competing and changing deadlines.
· Ability to seek assistance when needed
· Strong communication skills, in particular influencing at senior levels
· Strong organisational skills and personal effectiveness with a focus on results
· Experience in business development or working on audit bids and tender opportunities (desirable)
· A mindset that embraces and champions the use of digital tools and technology in all aspects of work.
· Experience presenting to audiences of all levels, both internal teams and external clients.
· Experience in analysing data to aid decision making
· The active curiosity to seek opportunities to further develop knowledge and broaden your network
· A desire to learn and master new systems and processes, such as Azure DevOps.
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. #LI-CL1
