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The Role
Manages investment fund financial reporting engagements, including financial statement and disclosure reviews, complex accounting matters, audit support, client relationships, budgets, resourcing, and delivery timelines. Leads teams through coaching and technical development, while driving AI and automation initiatives with appropriate controls. May support fund accounting, regulatory reporting, business process reviews, remediation projects, and financial reporting transformation initiatives.
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A Career at Grant Thornton
If you are looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services, at Grant Thornton, we do things differently. We value fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity, building an inclusive working environment open to all. We are here to support you in the development of your career, provide flexibility where required and respect and value your experience.
We want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best – it’s how it should be.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Will work with asset management clients on financial reporting engagements, business process reviews and remediation
projects, and short-term interim staffing assignments. The role involves working within a team environment to deliver high
quality outcomes and meet client deadlines. Responsibilities may include:
- Manage a portfolio of investment fund reporting clients, with accountability for quality, resourcing, timelines,
- budgets and client delivery.
- Review financial statements, disclosures, supporting schedules and audit support packs for completeness andconsistency.
- Review complex accounting and disclosure matters, including valuation, financial instruments, consolidation,
- related parties and going concern.
- Lead client, auditor and administrator relationships and resolve significant reporting or audit issues
- Develop team capability through coaching, technical training, performance support and succession planning.
- Lead AI and automation initiatives across the reporting lifecycle.
- Define controls for AI use, including approved use cases, human review, evidence retention, access restrictionsand issue escalation.
- Will build strong relationships with client representatives.
- May also be involved in fund accounting engagements and other regulatory reporting activities.
Qualification & Skills Required:
- ACA/ACCA/CPA qualified or equivalent IFAC qualification.
- 6-8 years of experience in investment fund financial reporting, with at least 3 years of experience leading teams,
- managing client engagements, and overseeing project delivery.
- Deep knowledge of investment fund financial reporting, with extensive experience in the detailed review ofcomplex financial statements and related disclosures under US GAAP, IFRS, and Lux GAAP.
- Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills. Strong communication, report writing, commercial awareness and
- stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to assess AI use cases, control risks and measure business value without compromising reporting quality.
Desired:
- Experience in fund accounting, including period-end and regulatory reporting.
- Exposure to ERP and fund accounting systems such as Geneva, Investran, and Yardi, as well as financial
- statement production and reporting tools including Workiva, Donnelley/DFIN, Confluence, OneStream, and similar
- platforms
- Experience leading digital, data, AI, automation, and financial reporting transformation initiatives within financialservices,
- including the development of technology-enabled solutions and client offerings.
Grant Thornton Ireland is rapidly approaching 3,000 people, in 9 offices across Ireland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda. With a presence in over 149 countries around the world and a global network of 73,000 people, we bring our clients the local knowledge, national expertise and global presence to help them succeed – wherever they’re located.
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 decisions 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.
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.
Our Benefits
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About the TeamEquity, diversity and inclusionAt 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 individuals 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.
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.
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.
Skills Required
- ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent IFAC qualification
- 6–8 years of experience in investment fund financial reporting
- At least 3 years of experience leading teams, managing client engagements, and overseeing project delivery
- Deep knowledge of investment fund financial reporting
- Extensive experience reviewing complex financial statements and disclosures under US GAAP, IFRS, and Lux GAAP
- Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills
- Strong communication, report writing, commercial awareness, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to assess AI use cases, control risks, and business value without compromising reporting quality
- Experience in fund accounting, including period-end and regulatory reporting
- Exposure to Geneva, Investran, Yardi, Workiva, Donnelley/DFIN, Confluence, OneStream, or similar systems
- Experience leading digital, data, AI, automation, and financial reporting transformation initiatives in financial services
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The Company
What We Do
Grant Thornton Gibraltar is a leading professional services firm established in 1995. It serves private individuals and public companies listed on international stock exchanges, with experienced teams supporting local and international clients. Its offerings include audit and assurance, business services, payroll, advisory, tax, accounting, and financial services. The firm also helps organizations grow and develop by addressing their accountancy and business needs.
