More than you expected

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Job Description:

Great minds. Nothing alike.

Get to know us, our clients and start learning more about yourself. As an associate in Transaction Advisory, you’ll work as part of a diverse team and be passionate about understanding the issues that drive value within a transaction for our clients. The competitive and constantly evolving landscape calls for an approach that puts what’s right first, you will need to learn from those around you, discuss your ideas and ask the difficult questions to support our clients in achieving the maximum value from their transaction. There’ll be challenges along the way, and a collaborative approach is key, but you’ll be supported and able to meet each one with a solution. That’s how you excel here.

Our Transactional Advisory Services practise comprises of more that 200 people across the country including 16 partners. Whether our clients are private equity houses looking to acquire their next portfolio company or entrepreneurs looking to exit having successfully built a business, they benefit from the breadth and depth of experience and resource within the team.

For this role we cannot sponsor any visa applicants

A look into your future

Our three-year graduate programme is designed to take you on a journey from graduate to professionally qualified. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll experience during your first three years:

• Hands on experience in the different aspects of Transaction Advisory including within our focus Financial Services and Sale and Purchase Agreement Advisory teams, with a variety of clients
• Responsibility from early in your career, with opportunities to take ownership for interesting and challenging client work
• The work you’ll do with our clients is of huge importance. As part of our advisory process, you’ll work as part of a team to make sure our clients extract maximum value from a transaction
• You will be helping private equity houses, corporates and entrepreneurs understand the financial performance of the business at the heart of the transaction. You’ll be interested in financial trends and have a keen sense of ‘why’ in understanding the reasons a business has performed the way it has and how it might perform in the future. This process of summarising and commenting on the performance of the business is called Financial Due Diligence in the context of a transaction (or FDD). Our findings can signifcantly alter the value of a transaction which makes this work vitally important
• You’ll benefit from on-the-job learning, alongside a structured training programme from experienced diligence professionals
• Time to study and revise for your exams, supported by us all the way to complete the ACA professional qualification

Knowing that you’re right for us

We’ve set ambitious 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.

We’ve got a flexible approach to academic entry requirements, and we’ll consider these alongside your strengths and motivations. 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.

How we work 

We have a trust-based way of working at Grant Thornton, driven by responsible people who have the best interests of our firm and our clients at heart. Our teams work between our offices, client sites, at their homes with trainees also attending college as required. As a trainee, in-person working is important and is a great way to help you learn even more about the firm and the work we do, as well building relationships and connections with your peers. Once you know the team you will be joining, we will advise of their working patterns, and of course where required there is flex within this.
 
Study 

You’ll need to be focused, committed, and organised as a trainee, to balance your study and work requirements. You will be provided with study leave to help you complete your professional qualification but you will also find you need to study in your spare time outside of your working hours. Completing a professional qualification is a substantial commitment and its worth taking this into consideration before applying.  

Knowing we’re right for you

The culture at Grant Thornton is what sets us apart, we’re known for our inclusive culture and creating environments where all our people can flourish. The things that set you apart, we value them, and this helps us all to perform at our best.

Our values are the unwavering principles that shape our daily behaviours and decisions, alongside our drive to do the right thing. We’re looking for people who align with our values and are purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. You can learn more about our values in practice here.

It’s not just about our culture and values, in additional to a competitive salary and reward package, us you’ll also get:
- Tailored development programmes and access to coaching
- Flexible bank holidays – allowing you to celebrate the days that are important to you
- Benefits including pension, life assurance and private medical, additional holiday purchasing and health benefits
- Any benefits giving you access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, financial advice

And more. Visit our benefits section to read more.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. Our framework for how we work outlines our approach to agile working, and together with your people manager and team, you’ll decide the best way of working, for your clients, your team and for you. Everyone here enjoys a competitive salary, and you’ll receive our core benefits including, life assurance, income protection and private medical cover plus access to a range of voluntary benefits to choose from focused on health, family and wellbeing.

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.

You deserve the best start to your career. Come to where you’ll learn more, where you won’t limit yourself, and where you’ll discover exactly what you’re capable of. Choose Grant Thornton. It’s how it should be.

Before applying, we would encourage you to visit our employability hub to get a feel for what it’s like to start your career with us and to get some hints and tips for the next stage in our process.