Location: England

Role: Initially for our Agile Talent Community with a role likely to commence in Q2 onwards

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 reflects 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 Service Line

Our Business Risk Services (BRS) team provide clients with support on their internal audit functions, through provisions of tailored, flexible and cost-effective solutions, that provide access to industry best practice methodology, value add insights and subject matter experts.

We re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we ll support you to balance your work and life. Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Skills we re looking for

• Assistant Manager / Manager Level Candidates
• Experience of working in an ESG relation function - essential
• Experience of working in an Internal Audit function - preferable
• Involvement in developing / designing ESG strategy including CSR experience
• Understanding of the process and requirements to gather, validate and interrogate ESG data
• Awareness of relevant regulations and legislations. Focusing on E data - Essential
• Exposure to S data - preferable
• It is desirable if you have an ESG / climate change qualification
• Flexibility to travel to client premises when required

What s in it for you?

Opportunity: Our clients are increasingly seeking to engage with our tailored, specialist services, which they are unable to deliver internally. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to develop or diversify their skillset, whilst also providing the flexibility to ensure work life balance.

Development: We believe our success is intrinsically linked to yours and will provide necessary training and support whether you re on a project or not. From helping you navigate incoming regulation for freelancers to providing dedicated points of contact and offering training, we will always be there to support, advise and help you develop.

Independence: A project focus lets you take on work as and when you want. The projects themselves will generally be full time, but this control allows you to create room around them for other priorities. We know you will need scope to pursue other interests whether personal or professional. The Agile Talent Community provides you that space without restriction.

Everyday inclusion

Our ambition is that we are fully inclusive every day. This means that our working environment is one where everyone s experience is important. Where people are treated fairly, and everyone has equal access to opportunities and where everyone feels safe to be themselves. We want to create a culture where it s okay to ask questions and to understand more about different perspectives, so that we continuously educate and inform each other.

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