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The Role
Leads growth operations for Audit & Assurance by translating strategy into actionable plans, governance processes, reporting, pipeline visibility, campaign coordination, and accountability mechanisms. Partners with senior growth and sales leaders to monitor pursuits, market opportunities, program adoption, performance trends, and execution risks. Provides analysis and decision support while improving operating rhythms, cross-functional alignment, and follow-through across the practice.
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Growth Operations
About UsAt Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.
Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets. About the TeamThe team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:
AUDIT SOLUTION DELIVERY
Role purposeGrowth Operations is the strategic operating partner to the National Managing Partner, Audit & Assurance Growth and the Audit Sales Leader. Reporting to the Head of Operations, Integration and Transformation within Audit Solution Delivery, the role serves as the connection point between Audit & Assurance growth strategy and execution, ensuring growth priorities are translated into actionable plans, adopted across the practice and measured against intended outcomes.
The role drives execution discipline across the Audit & Assurance growth agenda by providing visibility into strategic pursuits, pipeline performance, market opportunities, campaign effectiveness and growth commitments. It helps leaders identify opportunities, remove barriers to execution and maintain accountability for growth priorities.
The role is strategic in perspective and operational in execution.
The role does not own client relationships, market strategy, pursuit decisions, revenue targets, proposal development, pricing decisions, account management or business development activities. It owns the information, governance, adoption, accountability and business processes that support growth execution.
Role mandate- Translate Audit & Assurance growth priorities into actionable plans, measurable outcomes and ongoing execution discipline.
- Facilitate annual growth strategy development and execution against evolving market conditions and business priorities.
- Design, maintain and continuously improve the operating model that supports growth leadership, governance and decision making.
- Drive adoption and accountability for growth programs, campaigns and business development initiatives across the practice.
- Maintain visibility into strategic pursuits, pipeline performance, growth commitments and market opportunities.
- Facilitate growth governance processes and pursuit reviews that support proactive decision making and successful execution.
- Deliver reporting, analysis and business insight that enable leaders to evaluate performance, prioritize investments and remove barriers to growth.
- Coordinate targeting programs, market development initiatives and cross-functional growth activities in partnership with marketing, sales and business leaders.
- Identify execution risks, adoption challenges and operational inefficiencies and recommend actions that improve growth performance.
- Growth priorities remain visible, actively managed and on track throughout the year.
- Strategic pursuits, pipeline performance and growth commitments are consistently reviewed through established leadership forums.
- Growth programs and campaigns achieve defined adoption, activation and performance objectives.
- Leadership has timely access to the information, analysis and recommendations needed to make proactive growth decisions.
- Pipeline creation, pipeline conversion, win rates and market development activities are monitored against defined targets and trends.
- Growth commitments made in leadership forums are tracked, assigned and advanced to completion.
- Reporting and growth insights are delivered on a consistent cadence without leadership needing to request them.
- Leaders view the role as a trusted advisor and operational partner for driving growth execution.
- Serve as the operational partner to the National Managing Partner, Audit & Assurance Growth and the Audit Sales Leader, helping translate growth strategy into execution.
- Facilitate growth strategy planning, execution reviews and leadership operating rhythms.
- Maintain visibility into strategic growth priorities, leadership commitments, key milestones and follow-through actions.
- Support execution of practice-wide growth initiatives and business development priorities.
- Ensure growth priorities are translated into clear plans, ownership structures and measurable outcomes.
- Maintain visibility into strategic pursuits, opportunity pipelines and market development activities.
- Facilitate pursuit governance processes and strategic pursuit reviews.
- Monitor growth performance indicators, conversion trends and progress against growth objectives.
- Coordinate growth reporting, opportunity tracking and leadership dashboards.
- Develop analyses and insights that support pursuit prioritization, market opportunities and growth decision making.
- Drive adoption and execution of growth programs across the practice.
- Coordinate targeting campaigns across public, private, private equity and other strategic market segments.
- Support pipeline creation, cross-sell, whitespace, expansion, retention and business development initiatives.
- Partner with marketing, sales and business leaders to align campaign activity and growth priorities.
- Measure program effectiveness and recommend actions to improve participation, adoption and business outcomes.
- Design and maintain growth governance processes, operating forums and accountability mechanisms.
- Ensure growth commitments, actions and decisions are visible, tracked and advanced to completion.
- Provide leadership with reporting, analytics and decision-support materials that enable proactive management of the growth agenda.
- Promote consistency in growth planning, reporting and execution across the practice.
- Identify execution risks, adoption barriers and performance challenges and recommend practical solutions.
About UsAt Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.
Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets. About the TeamThe team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:
• Whether it's your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a GT office or client site.
• Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.
• We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers
• When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers
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Benefits:
We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit: https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits
- Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave, and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
- Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave.
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For Los Angeles Applicants only: We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
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