Project Co-ordinator - GCRS

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

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Project Coordinator to support global compliance efforts. The role involves managing client projects, meeting deadlines, and ensuring effective communication within the team. Ideal candidates should have experience in finance or compliance, with strong Excel skills and a proactive work ethic. The company values inclusivity and offers benefits like flexible holidays and tailored development programs.

Benefits

Tailored development programmes

Flexible Bank Holidays

Pension and medical benefits

Gym membership discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working in a finance or compliance environment.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver quality work to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients with direct responsibility for project management.
• Coordinate client communications, help with document preparation, and manage deadlines.
• Develop proposals including global fee collation.

Skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Clear communicator

Experience with Outlook

Experience with PowerPoint

Attention to detail

Highly organised

Ability to work independently

Job description

Overview

Project Co-ordinator - Global Compliance and Reporting Solutions (GCRS), London, National. NEW.

Grant Thornton is a firm that strives to look to the future, drive ambitious growth and pioneer positive change. We provide audit, tax and advisory services, empowering clients through strategic insight, curiosity and partnership, and we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. We are happy to discuss flexible working and reduced hours or job shares.

As part of the Global Compliance and Reporting Solutions (GCRS) team, you will help multi-jurisdictional businesses manage their compliance requirements and risk, acting as an extension of the client’s central team covering tax, accounting, and payroll matters, coordinating with our international network to ensure global compliance obligations are met.

GCRS works across sectors internationally, often with large and fast-growing clients, and we are typically the first point of contact for a wide range of matters, providing quick, high-quality advice and support.

We aim to balance work and life and are open to flexible working arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Be part of an 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, prepare documents to agreed SLAs and assist with administrative tasks.
• Budget management and reporting of international invoicing, including dispute resolution.
• Build relationships with clients and international firms; participate in client meetings, present status of compliance, create meeting notes and action items, and proactively follow up on resolutions.
• Support proposal development, including global fee collation and preparation of materials for new opportunities.

Minimum qualifications

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 with Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
• Excellent visualisation and typography skills
• Proactive, driven with an eye for detail and highly organised
• Ability to work independently once fully trained and take ownership of workload

Who we are looking for

The culture at Grant Thornton is built on an inclusive environment where all our people can flourish. We value the unique contributions of our staff and believe this helps us perform at our best. Our values guide our daily behaviours and decisions: we are purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. Learn more about our values in practice here.

Benefits

• Tailored development programmes and access to coaching
• FlexibleBank Holidays – allowing you to celebrate important days
• Benefits including pension, life assurance and private medical, additional holiday purchasing and health benefits
• Discounts and access to gym memberships, financial advice, and more

How we work

We have a trust-based way of working, with flexibility in where, how and when we work to deliver the best results for our clients while helping you maintain work-life balance. We’re open to flexible working options for all roles.