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About the Role

Our Public Sector Team focuses on high-profile public sector clients, infrastructure projects, and public policy programs, aiming to create economic and social benefits. We work with public and private sector clients on significant projects, making a difference through collaboration. Our team comprises analysts, accountants, economists, and strategists, offering opportunities to learn from experienced professionals.

Responsibilities

Ensures technical excellence and quality across the team in accordance with the firm’s guidelines.
Develop and implement plans to position the firm as a leader in the marketplace.
Lead proposal development and client work delivery.
Build, grow, and inspire a market-leading team.
Build and develop a diverse team.
Create a team culture based on inclusion and excellence.
Build your brand and be known for excellence and clarity in communication.
Demonstrate high quality and professional behavior in work delivery.
Strive for technical excellence and quality in work delivery.
Demonstrate excellent project management skills and contribute to delivery.
Produce high-quality, professionally presented project documentation and client reports.
Provide good verbal and written communication skills with experience of reporting and presenting to clients or stakeholders.
Coach and develop junior colleagues, providing constructive guidance and inspiration.
Contribute to the development of complex proposals and gain experience to lead straightforward proposals.
Work closely with client management and stakeholders on assignments.
Take responsibility for specific aspects of client meetings.
Maintain assignment files and identify key issues early.
Monitor resource deployment against budgets, produce periodic reporting for clients, assist in forecasting billing, raise invoices, and monitor debtors.
Develop and build a network within your sector/discipline and across Grant Thornton.
Develop methods and knowledge within your sector team.
Participate in business development supporting the senior team.
Support and promote thought leadership pieces within your sector.
Contribute to the creation of an inclusive culture throughout PSA.
Seek out opportunities with existing or new clients and contribute to proposals.
Embrace the firm’s core values in relation to diversity and inclusion.
Identify and support the management of quality and risk.
Demonstrate a clear appetite for self-development.
Contribute to system transformation and the integration of services across the public sector.

Requirements

University qualification or relevant experience.
Worked within or consulted into the public sector, or have a desire to work with the public sector.
Experience of working on major transformation assignments.
Experience providing advice or analysis to internal or external clients.
Good verbal and written communication.
Good project management skills with a record of delivering projects to time, quality, and financial deadlines.
A commitment to diversity and inclusion.
A clear appetite for self-development demonstrated through the performance review and PDP processes.
Self-motivated individual with evidence of innovation and initiative.
Team player and confident in working on a number of projects in parallel.

Skills

An ability to understand contractual requirements and commercial issues.
Understanding of public sector operations, performance, and finance.
Awareness of current policy and issues.
Good inter-personal skills with the ability to build and develop a network of clients.
Experience of presenting to clients or senior, decision-making stakeholders.

Location

Work Type

Flexible working

Experience Level

Manager

Education Level

University qualification
Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, CIPFA, CIMA, CFA, Prince2) is desirable

Benefits

Support to balance work and life
Flexible working options

About the Company

Grant Thornton provides audit, tax, and advisory services, empowering clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership.
We empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture, and work-life balance.
With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, we are on an ambitious journey.
Our purpose is to make a difference by working hand in hand with our public- and private-sector clients on significant public-sector projects and issues.
Our passionate, experienced team comes from a variety of backgrounds, allowing us to bring fresh thinking to client challenges.
We focus on value over volume, giving our clients exceptional service and the team an unparalleled edge in the market.
Our consulting team seeks to develop long-term partnerships with our clients to help them deliver key government policies, programs, and strategies.
We are a single team of over 100 professionals supporting each other across all areas of our business and practice areas.
Our projects and work are varied and complex, often at the forefront of the political agenda.
Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people.
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 perform at their best and realize 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.
We give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.
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.
Our firm’s values are: purposefully driven, actively curious, and candid but kind.