Audit Senior – Asset Management

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Department Overview:
Our Audit & Assurance practice continues to experience significant growth, and we are now looking to expand our Asset Management. This position offers exposure to a wide variety of dynamic industries including Funds, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Structured Finance, and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with clients across local markets as well as major international financial centres.

We are seeking passionate, driven individuals who are self-motivated, proactive, and capable of managing the planning, execution, and delivery of audit engagements across a diverse client base.

As part of this growth, we are strengthening our Financial Services Audit team and are now recruiting Audit Seniors to meet the evolving needs of our expanding client portfolio across all of the sectors listed above.

Main Responsibilities

Assist in planning and executing audit engagements, including risk assessment, audit program development, and fieldwork.
Ensure audits are conducted in accordance with professional standards and firm policies.
Supervise junior audit staff, providing direction, support, and guidance throughout the audit process.
Review work completed by team members for accuracy and completeness and provide constructive feedback.
Act as a point of contact for clients during audit engagements, addressing their inquiries and providing updates on audit progress.
Ensure audit documentation and reports meet firm standards and regulatory requirements.
Participate in training programs to enhance technical skills and knowledge of auditing standards and regulations.
Support the development and mentoring of junior team members through on-the-job training and coaching.

Skills and Attributes

Minimum 3 years’ experience required
Qualified accountant (CPA, ACA, ACCA or similar qualification)
Strong technical skills (Irish GAAP, Auditing standards, IFRS)
Strong experience in audit engagements
Worked with a diverse portfolio of clients
Capable of working on your own initiative
Strong interpersonal skills are essential
Strong attention to detail and analytical assessment

Life at GT

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.

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 backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types 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.

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.

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Audit Senior - Asset Management

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