Compliance and Finance Administrator

GRANT THORNTON; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Greater London is seeking a Global Compliance Administrator to manage compliance and risk for multi-jurisdictional businesses. This role involves handling contract management, invoicing queries, and monitoring compliance deadlines. Ideal candidates will have finance or compliance experience, advanced Excel skills, and a strong communication ability. This position offers flexible working options and a supportive culture.

Benefits

Tailored development programmes

Flexible bank holidays

Pension and life assurance

Private medical insurance

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or compliance environment.
• Ability to deliver quality work to deadlines.
• Confidence in communication with clients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract management duties for client compliance.
• Handle invoicing queries with accuracy.
• Monitor compliance deadlines across jurisdictions.
• Assist in preparing documents for clients in a timely manner.
• Organise and attend meetings, taking minutes and following up on actions.

Skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Confident communication

Experience of PowerPoint

Visualisation and typography skills

Attention to detail

Organised

Tools

Excel

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.

Job Description:

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

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

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. You’ll liaise with Grant Thornton UK and Grant Thornton International member firm individuals, ensuring that our clients compliance obligations are met alongside key SLA’s. GCRS is an extension of the client’s central team covering tax, accounting, and payroll matters.

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

A look into the role

As a Global Compliance Administrator in Accounting and Tax Compliance within our GCRS team you will:

• Take the lead of a wide range of contract management duties, ensuring delivery of a quality back office support function
• Handle invoicing queries on behalf of national and global partner teams, working to a high degree of accuracy and to deadlines
• Closely monitor the delivery of multiple compliance deadlines across multiple jurisdictions, with ownership of the central dashboard on behalf of the client, carried out by Grant Thornton International member firms for allocated portfolio of clients
• Assist in the compilation of proposals, supporting the client delivery teams with a range of administrative tasks
• Assist in the preparation of documents to be sent to the client, to agreed timescales and SLAs, ready for review
• Prepare global fee collation and pulling together proposal materials for new opportunities
• Organise and attend internal and external meetings and when appropriate answering client queries, take minutes and proactively ensure follow up on agreed actions
• Keep in regular contact with key management personnel at the clients, as well as forming a strong network with contact at Grant Thornton International member firms and Grant Thornton UK
• Have the opportunity to work with some of our fast-growing clients, learning how to expand into new markets and establish businesses. GCRS often is the first point of call for some clients needed assistance in a wide variety of matters needing quick attention and high-quality advice and support

Knowing you’re right for us

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

You’ll need to be a confident and clear communicator. 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.

• Experience of PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook

• Excellent visualisation and typography skills.

• 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. You can learn more about our values in practice here.

It’s not just about our culture and values, in addition to a competitive salary and reward package, 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.