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Location: London and the surrounding areas

Role: Agile Talent Community Position - Future Assignments once Onboarding is Completed

Engagement Route: Dependent Worker (PAYE)

Rates: Negotiable on a per-project basis and dependent on experience level

More than you expected

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton.

What is the Agile Talent Community?

The Agile Talent Community is a network of contract professionals given the opportunity to work with our clients on a project-by-project basis and provided with strong support and development opportunities offered by Grant Thornton. You’ll get the freedom and advice to work in a way that suits you, that is compliant, and be able to choose the projects you take on, allowing you the independence to manage your time more effectively. The Agile Talent Community will reflect the same values that sit at the heart of Grant Thornton: a commitment to diversity and inclusion, a client centric, quality driven ethos and a fundamental care for our people and doing what’s right, ahead of what’s easy.

About The Role

Grant Thornton's Technology Risk Services team (TRS) provides the advice necessary to help clients manage risk associated with their use of technology. Our professionals can deliver objective, value-added solutions that will enable clients to strengthen internal controls and governance processes, implement sound organisational strategies, increase technological capabilities and improve their operational efficiency. TRS is part of Grant Thornton's Business Risk Services (‘BRS’) department, who provide internal audit and risk advisory services to the FTSE 250, large and complex Corporates, international and major charities and not-for-profit organisations, and central government departments.

You will be responsible for managing and delivering a number of IT internal audit engagements in a manner that exceeds client expectations.

Knowing you’re right for us

As a contractor you will be expected to be able to 'hit the ground running' allowing Grant Thornton or a Client to continue 'Business as Usual'.

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.

• Experience of working in a Internal Audit Department as an IT Auditor (or may be working in professional services firm providing IT Internal Audit services)
• IT Audit experience – preferably in a “hands on” role leading the delivery of IT audits from the planning phase to the reporting stage.
• Good understanding of IT General Controls – for example: IT Risk and Governance, Identity and Access Management, IT Development, IT Change, IT Disaster Recovery
• Experience of performing audits of Cloud Computing, Cyber Security and Operational resilience at a Financial Services organisation is highly desirable
• A good track record of performing IT audits over IT Projects & Programmes (inc Agile), Cloud & Virtualisation technologies, IT transformations, System Implementations, Digital, and Third-Party Management Arrangements
• Cyber security related qualifications
• Other relevant qualifications, including ITIL, COBIT, PRINCE2, ACA, etc.

Why choose Grant Thornton Agile Talent:

• Work on a exciting projects
• Solve complex technical matters for our clients, and project manage client work
• Build and maintain strong working relationship with your team and our clients
• Constantly strive to push yourself, and the business, further, knowing you’re supported through every stage

Do you care about the same things we do?

We have six values we work by. When we meet, we’ll want you to show us how they’re important to you, too.

1. Collaboration: We are aligned around a common purpose that unites us in providing the same quality experience for our clients and our people, seamlessly across borders.
2. Leadership: We are committed to the success of our clients, our people, our profession, and our stakeholders at large, demonstrating leadership at all levels.
3. Excellence: We are passionate about exceeding expectation and delivering high quality work. We love what we do, and it shows. We sweat the details. We see things through, no matter how tricky.
4. Agility: The world moves quickly. To keep up, we stay flexible – changing approaches, changing projects, working offline, online, together and alone to get things done.
5. Respect: A given, of course: we value each other and our clients. We listen, we understand, we care.
6. Responsibility: The decisions we make and advice we give affects people’s lives and livelihoods. We take that seriously and always do well by doing what’s right.

How to join:

You’ll first apply through our application website. We’ll ask you for your CV and some basic details. If your skills match what we are looking for, one of our recruiters will get in touch and walk you through the interview process.

If there’s interest to continue, we’ll invite you to an interview with some of our key business leads. If successful, the final step will be to complete the onboarding process and background checks. Once your offer has been signed, you’ll be invited to join our Agile Talent Community and you’ll be ready to start working with our team to find the right opportunity

We strive to ensure all our information, products, and services are accessible to everyone. If you need any adjustments to our processes to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with the Agile Talent Team to discuss: agiletalentteam@uk.gt.com