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Job Description:

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.  

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. 

The Financial Modelling capability within our Deals Advisory & Consulting business supports clients with financial modelling across the whole umbrella of Advisory services, with four main focus areas:

• Transactions and fundraising – sell-side or buy-side modelling to tell the story of a business, quantify risks, opportunities, and returns, and support fundraising
• Strategic planning and decision support – modelling to support ongoing business planning and to quantify the impact of strategic and routine decisions on a company’s results
• Restructuring and insolvency – turnaround planning to rebuild lender confidence, short-term cash flow forecasting, and insolvency outcome analysis
• Funds and valuations – asset and fund models to support initial transactions and ongoing valuation and reporting requirements, with a particular focus on the infrastructure sector

Financial models underpin almost all business decisions and all corporate transactions. We build, review and amend models across all sectors, and our tools and analysis help our clients understand the impact of their decisions before they make them. Our priority is delivering models that are easy to understand, as well as flexible and robust in the face of change. Most of our work is executed in Microsoft Excel, with some limited use of other programming languages. We work as part of the firm's wider modelling community, sharing knowledge and best practice with other modelling experts.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.  

A look into the role  

As an Assistant Manager within our team, you will: 

• Develop financial models and other tools for clients to use for forecasting and business planning

• Review financial models built by clients and their advisers and compile initial views and findings
• Update and run financial models to provide analysis to support the firm’s wider deliverables (e.g. in Valuations, Insolvency, or Forensics situations)
• Contribute to model design discussions and preparing drafts of model specification documents
• Use and adapt models to perform sensitivity and scenario analysis for deals and restructuring
• Understand the results of models and engage with clients and colleagues in meaningful dialogue about the implications
• Contribute to reports being prepared by other Advisory teams (e.g. Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Restructuring)
• Coach and share technical knowledge with colleagues
• Attend meetings with clients, build rapport and develop lasting relationships based on trust and quality work
• Take an active role in supporting the growth of the team by pro-actively building your own network of internal and external contacts
• Take responsibility for your career and personal development, supported by your people manager, the Financial Modelling team, and the broader firm
• Manage your time and deliver work in line with agreed budgets and timetables, including managing conflicting workloads and deadlines when necessary

Knowing you’re right for us  

Joining us as an Assistant Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is to have:

• ACA or CA qualified (or equivalent) with a strong track record in professional exams
• Excellent Excel proficiency and a keen interest in learning more

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.  

• Educated to degree level or equivalent, preferably in a numerate degree subject
• Interest in business issues and corporate finance
• Highly numerate with strong communication skills, and able to explain complex and technical matters to others in plain language
• Strong accounting skills and understanding of cash and working capital cycles
• Logical approach to problem-solving, attention to detail
• Any proficiency or experience with VBA programming or PowerBI
• Prior experience of working with complex financial models or transactional work

Knowing we’re right for you

The culture at Grant Thornton is what sets us apart, we’re known for our inclusive culture and creating environments where all our people can flourish. The things that set you apart, we value them, and this helps us all to perform at our best.

Our values are the unwavering principles that shape our daily behaviours and decisions, alongside our drive to do the right thing. We’re looking for people who align with our values and are purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind. You can learn more about our values in practice here.

It’s not just about our culture and values, in addition to a competitive salary and reward package, us you’ll also get:

• Tailored development programmes and access to coaching
• Flexible bank holidays – allowing you to celebrate the days that are important to you
• Benefits including pension, life assurance and private medical, additional holiday purchasing and health benefits
• Any benefits giving you access to shopping discounts, gym memberships, financial advice

And more. Visit our benefits section to read more.

How we work

We have a trust-based way of working, driven by responsible people who have the best interests of our firm and our clients at heart. Our how we work framework gives flexibility in where, how, and when we work to deliver the best results for our clients, whilst helping you keep a balance between work and life. Life is more than work, the things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles.  That is how it should be.

We’re looking for people who can help drive the business forward, who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.