Deal Advisory - Associate Director

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

Job summary

Grant Thornton Ireland is seeking an Associate Director to lead financial due diligence engagements, manage client relationships, and support growth within Deal Advisory. You will oversee delivery, present insights to clients, and coach teams across multiple transactions.

The role requires ACA/ACCA/CFA or equivalent, strong commercial judgement, and the ability to translate analysis into actionable client advice. A collaborative leadership style is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a transaction services financial due diligence environment.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven leadership across multiple engagements and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial due diligence engagements for corporate, private equity and lender clients across sectors and contexts.
• Oversee workstreams including earnings analysis, working capital assessments, cash flow review, net debt and debt-like analysis.
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality output.
• Present findings and insights to clients, translating financial analysis into practical advice.
• Support directors and partners in business development and proposals; help convert opportunities into mandates.
• Provide leadership, coaching and oversight to managers and junior team members.

Skills

Commercial judgement

Communication

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

ACA

ACCA

CFA

Job description

The Associate Director role is focused on leading financial due diligence engagements, managing client relationships and supporting the continued growth of the due diligence offering within Deal Advisory. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing project delivery, presenting insights to clients, developing team members and contributing to business development across a broad range of transaction-related assignments.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead financial due diligence engagements for corporate, private equity and lender clients across a broad range of sectors and transaction contexts;
• Oversee key workstreams including earnings analysis, working capital assessments, cash flow review, net debt and debt-like analysis, and the identification of transaction risks and value drivers;
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships throughout engagements, ensuring issues are communicated clearly, timelines are met and deliverables are produced to a high standard;
• Present findings and commercial insights to clients, helping them understand key financial matters, deal considerations and negotiation implications;
• Support directors and partners in developing client relationships, preparing proposals and converting new opportunities into mandates; and
• Provide leadership, coaching and oversight to managers and junior team members, contributing to team development and high-quality project execution.

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Strong experience in a transaction services financial due diligence environment, with a track record of leading engagements and managing clients;
• A professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CFA or equivalent;
• Strong commercial judgement and an ability to translate financial analysis into clear, practical client advice;
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills; and
• A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to manage multiple engagements and support the development of a growing team.

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.

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A Career at GT

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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.

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Recognition

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