Audit Quality Oversight - Associate Director / Director - Dublin

Grant Thornton; Limerick; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Ireland is establishing an Audit Quality Oversight (AQO) function to independently oversee audit quality across high-risk engagements. This role shapes a new capability, influences firm-wide quality, and collaborates with senior leadership on impactful matters.

As a founding AQO member, you will conduct reviews, shape methodologies, reporting, and training, while engaging with Methodology, Risk and Quality teams and leadership forums.

Qualifications

• Experience in complex audit environments.
• Strong technical knowledge of ISAs and LEAP.
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders with evidence.

Responsibilities

• Identify emerging risks and promote consistency of judgement across audits.
• Conduct independent reviews and contribute to firm-wide quality initiatives.
• Interact with Partners and senior leadership on quality assurance matters.

Skills

Audit expertise

ISA knowledge

LEAP knowledge

Stakeholder influence

Professional judgment

Job description

Audit Quality Oversight - Associate Director / Director - Dublin

We are establishing an Audit Quality Oversight (AQO) function to provide independent oversight and insight into audit quality across the firm's highest-risk and most complex engagements, including PIEs.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape a new capability, influence audit quality across the firm, and work closely with senior leadership on matters that have real impact.

AQO is intended to become a recognised centre of excellence for audit quality, providing a unique opportunity to develop deep technical expertise and influence the quality of our most significant engagements.

The role

This role offers the opportunity to influence audit quality at a firm-wide level through independent engagement reviews, professional challenge and insight.

Working closely with Partners and firm leadership, you will identify emerging risks, promote consistency of judgement and contribute to continuous improvement across the practice. The role combines technical review, professional judgement, meaningful engagement with Partners and contribution to firm-wide quality initiatives.

Who we are looking for

Experienced audit professionals (Associate Director / Director) who:

• Exercise sound professional judgement in complex audit situations
• Are comfortable constructively challenging senior stakeholders
• Have strong technical knowledge of ISAs and LEAP
• Communicate clearly and influence through evidence rather than authority
• Demonstrate curiosity and a strong interest in understanding the rationale behind complex audit judgements
• Experience in PIEs or audit quality/inspection roles is beneficial but not essential.

Why consider AQO

This is a career-enhancing opportunity, offering:

• Opportunity to help shape a new strategic function within A udit
• Return to the business with broader experience, enhanced credibility and deeper technical judgement, with significant opportunity to broaden exposure within Audit and accelerate career development
• Opportunity to progress within the AQC unit and to support the development of a team
• Exposure to the firms highest-risk audit judgements and most complex engagements
• Direct interaction with senior audit leadership and governance forums
• Close interaction with Methodology team, Risk and Quality team and L&D teams.
• Deepened technical judgement and inspection expertise

As one of the founding members of the AQO team, you will have the opportunity not only to conduct reviews but also to help shape out review methodology, reporting, training and the future direction of this new capability.

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About Us

We are Grant Thornton

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.

At GT Ireland we don't just predict your future, we build it.

A Career at GT

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.

What does this mean for you?

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.

Grow with us

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.

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About the Team

Equity, diversity and inclusion

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 forefront 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.

Reward and benefits

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.

Recognition

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.