Digital Audit Training Senior Manager

The UK member firms of Grant Thornton are part of global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 76,000 in over 150 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.

The Grant Thornton Digital Audit Team provides best in class digital products, services and skills to enable the auditors of the future to set the industry benchmark for professional services firms, leveraging digital, data and technology opportunities to be the number one practice for audit quality, client service and operational excellence.

The Digital Audit Training Hub Senior Manager is responsible for leading the digital learning infrastructure of the audit practice. 

A look into the role 

 As a Senior Manager leading our Training Hub, you will:  

• Create, curate, and evolve our training resources, by working closely with Digital Audit Team, Audit Learning Team, and wider Learning Innovation Team to provide top quality learning materials to auditors that have digital embedded throughout. 

• Build and maintain an effective working relationship with Learning Innovation Team (especially the Digital Learning Lead and Audit Learning Lead) and Audit Professional Services, and collaborate to ensure that digital learning for the audit practice is aligned to professional standards, the latest trends & technologies in addition to the Digital Audit Team’s products and services. 

• Collaborate with Learning Innovation Team to facilitate the use of their instructional design best practices, AI tools, graphic design, and video production skills to produce digital audit training that is engaging, inclusive, and accessible; available in a variety of formats and platforms; and delivered via a combination of media. 

• Liaise with various senior-level audiences, driving digital proficiency across the audit practice. 

• Manage content lifecycle & governance to ensure our digital audit learning remains relevant, effective, and compliant with Continuing Professional Development requirements.  

• Leverage data-driven insights to continuously optimise digital audit learning content and make informed decisions about future development and updates. 

• Support the Audit Learning Team to deliver the agreed annual Audit Learning Plan and ensure that digital learning for the practice is seamlessly embedded in the Audit Learning Strategy.  

• Be the designated point of contact for providing input and subject matter expertise from the Digital Audit Team, coordinating the delivery of all digital audit training requests including (but not limited to) annual audit training, new hire training, and specific requests. 

• Collaborate with Digital Audit Team colleagues to ensure knowledge, communications, and training are comprehensive, up-to-date, and relevant for the audit practice. 

• Support Digital Audit Team colleagues in ensuring audit teams have access to excellent self-serve knowledge, resources, and support to deliver high quality, efficient, valuable statutory audits by using digital products and services.   

• Take on extra responsibilities, as required, to ensure the realisation of the Digital Audit Team’s strategy and goals. 

Knowing you’re right for us  

Joining us as a Senior Manager, the minimum criteria is that you are driven and determined to find solutions to audit challenges regarding data and analytics. 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.  

• Are an experienced auditor. 

• An interest in our clients and our people, with the ability to confidently discuss audit challenges and needs with engagement teams. 

• An interest in maintaining and developing the firm’s learning resources. 

• An ability to coach and nurture the talent in our organisation to help build a diverse, inclusive team with skills fit for the future. 

Knowing we’re right for you 

• Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone.   

• Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues, helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. 

• Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work. 

Beyond the job   

• 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, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. 

• The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our values – Purposefully Driven, Actively Curious, and Candid but Kind. 

• We’re looking for people 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. 

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