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

Grant Thornton’s Consulting unit has a number of career opportunities for experienced project managers at Assistant Manager and Manager level. These are challenging and fulfilling opportunities with the potential to develop your range of skills significantly.

In Grant Thornton we promote a culture that invests in our employee's growth. Team members are supported from a cultural and professional perspective to continue to build on existing skill sets. The successful candidate will be offered the chance to undertake a number of development courses that complement their career path. Employees will be given the opportunity to work on jobs that align with their interests and expertise while gaining valuable experience from working on challenging and rewarding engagements.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in public sector, financial services, life sciences or healthcare industries.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Work as part of multi-disciplinary teams to deliver and manage projects in the following areas:
 

• defining and driving projects across all stages of the project life cycle;
• management of multi-disciplined teams across various business units and functions;
• acting as a liaison between multi-faceted project teams;
• developing project plans, roles and responsibilities and communications plans;
• engaging project stakeholders regardless of discipline in order to effectively drive projects;
• facilitating workshops to gather and define project scopes and business requirements including documentation of same and subsequent dissemination to relevant parties; and
• identifying and implementing process improvements and solutions.
• Travel may be required.
   

Required Skills/attributes
 

• Strong Project Management experience leading large teams comprised of clients, consultants and third party vendors.
• Experience across a range of industry sectors including Public Sector, Life Science and Healthcare.
• Must have PM certification and will certifications in both waterfall and agile methods are desirable.
• Proven track record managing multi-disciplinary teams and end-to-end projects across all stages of the project life cycle, in challenging environments.
• Significant project management experience is required and prior consulting experience in a professional services environment is favourable
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to professional and client service excellence. The ability to develop good working relationships is critical.
• Ability to effectively balance a number of tasks, work to deadlines, and produce quality deliverables.
• 4 - 8 years' experience minimum depending on level applied for is required;

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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