2027 Advisory Graduate Programme – Cork
Grant Thornton Ireland
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Job summary
Grant Thornton Ireland is seeking graduates for its Advisory Graduate Programme. Located in Cork, the role offers exposure to diverse client projects across Transactions, Management Consulting, AI, Data & Technology, Accounting, Cyber & Risk and Quants & Actuarial.
You will develop transferable skills through structured learning, coaching and early client interaction. Join a collaborative advisory environment with opportunities to grow, gain professional qualification support where relevant and
Qualifications
- On track to achieve a minimum 2.1 degree classification.
- Passion for advisory and professional services.
- Strong IT skills and willingness to learn.
Responsibilities
- Support due diligence engagements across Transactions.
- Contribute to business valuations and financial modelling.
- Participate in stakeholder workshops and client engagements.
- Develop presentations, reports and client deliverables.
- Translate business needs into practical technology and data solutions.
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Job description
Build your future in Advisory
Grant Thornton is one of the world's leading professional services networks, operating in more than 145 counties and employing over 68,000 people globally. In Ireland, our team of nearly 3,000 professionals provides Audit, Tax and Advisory services to organisations across every sector of the economy.
Build your future in Advisory
Grant Thornton is one of the world's leading professional services networks, operating in more than 145 countries and employing over 68,000 people globally. In Ireland, our team of nearly 3,000 professionals provides Audit, Tax and Advisory services to organisations across every sector of the economy.
Advisory work is rarely confined to one discipline. Our clients come to us with complex, connected challenges, and our teams bring together commercial, financial, digital, risk and transformation expertise to help solve them. We work with organisations at every stage of their business journey, from growth and transformation to transactions, risk management, technology adoption, financial reporting and operational improvement.
That means graduates can build transferable skills from the outset, while still indicating where their interests and strengths may best fit across Advisory.
You will submit one application to the Advisory Graduate Programme and select up to three capability preferences. This helps us understand where your interests lie while allowing us to consider your skills, strengths and aspirations across the breadth of Advisory.
Help clients make confident decisions during some of the most important moments in their business journey.
- Support financial and commercial due diligence engagements
- Assist with mergers, acquisitions, disposals and fundraising projects
- Contribute to business valuations and financial modelling
- Support restructuring and recovery assignments
- Analyse financial and operational performance
- Prepare reports, presentations and client deliverables
- Support aviation-related advisory and finance projects
This pathway may suit graduates who enjoy commercial analysis, finance, problem-solving and fast-paced project environments
Help organisations turn strategy into action and deliver meaningful change.
- Support business transformation and change programmes
- Participate in stakeholder workshops and client engagements
- Conduct business research and structured analysis
- Assist with programme and project management
- Identify opportunities for process and operating-model improvement
- Develop presentations, reports and recommendations
- Support organisational and workforce transformation initiatives
This pathway may suit graduates who enjoy problem-solving, communication, storytelling, collaboration and working across industries.
Help organisations use technology, data and AI to create better business outcomes.
- Support data analytics, reporting and insight initiatives
- Assist in developing dashboards and management information solutions
- Work with Power BI and Microsoft technologies
- Support data governance and data-quality programmes
- Contribute to responsible AI-enabled business transformation
- Assist with digital and technology-enabled process improvement
- Translate business needs into practical technology and data solutions
This pathway may suit graduates interested in data, analytics, technology, engineering, innovation and business problem-solving. Technical qualifications are welcomed, but curiosity and willingness to learn are also important.
Help organisations navigate complex financial reporting, accounting and finance-transformation challenges.
- Support accounting and financial-reporting assignments
- Assist clients with statutory reporting matters
- Help prepare and review financial statements
- Conduct accounting and regulatory research
- Support finance-transformation initiatives
- Assist with the implementation of new accounting standards
- Contribute to transaction-related accounting projects
- Analyse financial information and business performance
This pathway may suit graduates interested in accounting, finance, reporting and commercial problem-solving.
Help organisations manage uncertainty, strengthen governance and build resilience.
- Support internal-audit and assurance engagements
- Assist with enterprise risk-management projects
- Participate in risk assessments and control reviews
- Support governance, compliance and regulatory initiatives
- Analyse business, operational and risk information
- Contribute to cyber-risk and operational-resilience programmes
This pathway may suit graduates interested in risk, investigation, technology, governance, regulation and how organisations operate.
Help organisations understand complex financial, insurance and risk challenges through data, modelling and actuarial insight.
- Develop quantitative solutions to complex risk measurement questions
- Contribute to actuarial and insurance advisory engagements
- Analyse business, financial and risk data.
- Prepare reports, presentations and recommendations for clients.
This pathway may suit graduates interested in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, finance, insurance, regulation and solving complex problems through quantitative analysis.
- Exposure to diverse client projects across industries
- Structured learning and career-development opportunities
- Dedicated coaching, mentoring and peer support
- Professional qualification support where relevant
- Early responsibility and client interaction
- Opportunities to collaborate across Advisory and the wider firm
- Access to national and international colleagues and expertise
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to learn
- Commercial awareness and sound judgement
- Attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Ability to work effectively within teams
- Adaptability and resilience
- A genuine interest in helping organisations solve complex challenges
Experience gained through an internship, part-time role, volunteering, university society or team-based project. Candidates should be on track to achieve a minimum 2.1 degree classification and possess strong IT skills and a desire to develop as a trusted business advisor.
We welcome applications from a broad range of disciplines. Depending on the capability preference, relevant backgrounds may include business, commerce, economics, accounting, finance, law, psychology, computer science, data science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, physics and engineering. Degree title alone will not determine placement.
Our graduate experience is designed to support both breadth and depth. Some graduates may gain exposure across different teams, industries and client challenges before deciding where to specialise; others may begin developing deeper expertise in a particular capability, sector or service line from an early stage.
Whichever path you choose, you will be supported within a collaborative Advisory environment, with opportunities to learn, grow and contribute across a wide range of client engagements and programmes.
Cork office, primarily office-based.
- Closing date Thursday 22 October 2026.
- Selection process early November 2026. Start date Q4 2027.
Grant Thornton Ireland is rapidly approaching 3,000 people, in 9 offices across Ireland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda. With a presence in over 149 countries around the world and a global network of 73,000 people, we bring our clients the local knowledge, national expertise and global presence to help them succeed – wherever they’re located.
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 decisions 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 front 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 individuals 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.
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.
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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