We are Grant Thornton. We go beyond business as usual, so you can too.
Grant Thornton Ireland (GT) has over 2,500 people in 9 offices across Ireland, The Isle of Man, Gibraltar, and Bermuda, with a presence in over 130 countries around the world, and a global network of over 62,000 people.
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 choice 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.
The Role
We are currently seeking a Junior Executive Assistant to join our Financial Accounting Advisory Services team who are based across our Dublin and Cork offices. This role involves predominantly working closely with Partners in FAAS and with the wider FAAS team, providing personal assistant and general administrative support. The Junior Executive Assistant will primarily work alongside and provide support to our Senior Executive Assistant, who will guide and enable you to explore and build on your strengths. This is a hybrid role, based in our Dublin office.
The Team
The FAAS team are a group of proactive accounting specialists who are focused on providing practical solutions to our clients on complex financial reporting issues. Our FAAS team must be able to respond quickly to fast moving business processes and timelines – whether assisting with advice related to transactions or working to tight financial close deadlines.
Role responsibilities:
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Support to the Senior EA for FAAS
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Effective management of the Partners daily schedules and planning through prioritisation of appointments
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Management of all correspondences, filtering, and prioritising urgent matters
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Supporting the operations of the team
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Management and reconciliation of monthly expenses and weekly timesheets for Partners
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Customer Relationship Management (CRM) – Manage and maintain system for the team, entering opportunities and contact records.
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Arrange all domestic and international travel for Partners
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Organisation and coordination of internal and external meetings, circulating agendas and action items and taking minutes where necessary.
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Preparation of reports, minutes, presentations, and letters to company standard
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Manage the administration of external events including team off-sites and client lunches.
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General administration duties including filing, typing and distribution of documents.
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Managing various Ad-hoc duties
Skills and attributes:
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At least 2 years’ experience in an office environment
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Ability to multitask, use initiative and prioritise workload.
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Confident, with the ability to work within multiple management structures.
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Positive and trustworthy individual
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Solutions driven and interested in active problem solving.
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Excellent writing skills (draft letters, minutes, reports etc)
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Natural attention to detail and accuracy
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Responsive and flexible approach to work, with a "can-do" attitude to requests and tasks
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High level of proficiency in information systems and working knowledge of the following packages: Outlook, MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
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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