Associate Director - Global Compliance Reporting Services

Grant Thornton UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting and consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Project Coordinator to join their Global Compliance and Reporting Solutions team. This role involves managing a portfolio of clients, ensuring compliance deadlines are met, and coordinating client communications. Candidates should have experience in finance or compliance, intermediate Excel skills, and a proactive approach to work. The company offers flexible working options and a supportive culture.

Benefits

Tailored development programmes

Flexible bank holidays

Pension and private medical benefits

Shopping discounts and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or compliance environment required.
• Intermediate Excel skills are necessary.
• Ability to deliver quality work to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients with day-to-day project management.
• Take responsibility for compliance deadlines across jurisdictions.
• Coordinate client communications and prepare documents.

Skills

Experience in finance or compliance environment

Intermediate Excel skills

Confident and clear communicator

Proactive and driven with attention to detail

Tools

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

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.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Role and responsibilities

You will be part of the Global Compliance and Reporting Solutions (GCRS) team whose goal is to help multi-jurisdictional businesses manage their compliance requirements and risk. GCRS act as an extension of the client’s central team covering tax, accounting, and payroll matters and we coordinate with our international network of firms, ensuring that our clients’ global compliance obligations are met.

GCRS work across all sectors internationally often with large and fast-growing clients, learning how to expand into new markets and establish new business. We are often the first point of call for clients needing assistance in a wide variety of matters – we provide quick attention and efficient high-quality advice and support.

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

Role focus

• Be part of exciting dynamic team, managing a portfolio of clients with direct responsibility for day-to-day project management of global compliance.
• Take responsibility for compliance deadlines across jurisdictions, managing the central dashboard for client portfolios.
• Coordinate client communications, preparing documents to agreed SLAs and assisting with administrative tasks
• Budget management and reporting of international invoicing including dispute resolution
• Building relationships with clients and international firms, regular participation in client meetings including presenting status of compliance, creating meeting notes and action. Proactive follow up on action resolutions.
• Support proposal development, including global fee collation and preparation of materials for new opportunities

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as a Project Coordinator in GCRS, the minimum criteria you’ll need is experience of working in a finance or compliance environment, intermediate Excel skills and a demonstrable ability to deliver quality work to deadlines.

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.

• Be a confident and clear communicator
• Experience of Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent visualisation and typography skills.
• Proactive, driven with an eye for detail and highly organised.
• Be able to work independently once fully trained and be able to take ownership of workload

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.

It’s not just about our culture and values, in addition 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.

How we work

We have a trust-based way of working, driven by responsible people who have the best interests of our firm and our clients at heart. Our how we work framework gives flexibility in where, how, and when we work to deliver the best results for our clients, whilst helping you keep a balance between work and life. 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. That is how it should be.

We’re looking for people who can help drive the business forward, 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.