Grant Thornton
2027 Audit Graduate Programme – Belfast
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Graduate Programme 2027 – Audit
Real Opportunities with Grant Thornton's Graduate Programme.
About Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton is one of Ireland's leading professional services firms, with nearly 3,000 people and a global network spanning more than 145 countries. We combine local expertise with international insight to help clients solve complex challenges and achieve sustainable growth.
About the Team
Grant Thornton's Audit practice provides independent assurance services to organisations across a wide range of industries, helping stakeholders make informed business decisions with confidence. Our professionals combine technical expertise, commercial understanding and industry knowledge to deliver high-quality audits that go beyond compliance.
The Audit practice comprises Corporate Audit, Financial Services (FS) Audit and Global Statutory Audit teams, providing graduates with exposure to a diverse range of industries, organisations and audit environments.
Corporate Audit
Works with clients ranging from large multinational corporations and listed entities to privately owned businesses and rapidly growing entrepreneurial companies.
Financial Services (FS) Audit
Supports a broad range of regulated entities, including investment funds, asset managers, aircraft leasing companies, banking institutions and insurance businesses.
Global Statutory Audit
Works with multinational organisations to coordinate statutory audit requirements across multiple jurisdictions, collaborating with Grant Thornton member firms around the world to deliver seamless and consistent audit services.
Our professionals support clients across a variety of sectors, including:
- Technology
- Financial Services
- Aviation and Leasing
- Manufacturing
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Retail and Consumer Business
- Real Estate and Construction
- Energy and Infrastructure
What You Will Do
As an Audit Graduate, you'll gain hands-on experience from day one, working with a diverse portfolio of clients and developing a deep understanding of how businesses operate. You'll have the opportunity to build strong technical accounting and auditing knowledge while gaining valuable insight into the financial and operational drivers behind business performance.
Whether working with large multinational organisations, indigenous Irish businesses, high-growth companies or public interest entities, you'll contribute to engagements that help build trust and confidence in financial reporting.
As a Graduate Trainee within Audit, you'll work closely with experienced auditors and client teams on a variety of audit and assurance engagements across Corporate Audit, FS Audit and Global Statutory Audit.
You may have the opportunity to:
- Assist in planning and executing financial statement audits.
- Review financial records, business processes and internal controls.
- Analyse financial data and assess audit risks.
- Prepare audit working papers and supporting documentation.
- Perform substantive testing across key financial statement areas.
- Participate in stock counts and other audit procedures.
- Support the identification and assessment of control weaknesses and business risks.
- Work directly with clients to gather information and understand their operations.
- Prepare reports, presentations and client deliverables.
- Collaborate with colleagues across Audit, Tax and Advisory teams.
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The Experience You Will Gain
You'll gain practical experience working with businesses of varying sizes and complexities while developing a strong understanding of accounting standards, regulatory requirements and audit methodology.
How We Will Support Your Development
At Grant Thornton, we are committed to helping our people realise their potential.
As an Audit Graduate, you'll benefit from:
- Structured learning and development programmes.
- Professional qualification support through ACA training.
- Dedicated mentoring and coaching.
- Technical accounting and audit training.
- Study leave and exam support.
- Opportunities to work directly with senior stakeholders and client management teams.
- Access to The Academy training programme.
- Clear pathways for long-term career progression and leadership development.
Our culture encourages curiosity, innovation and continuous improvement, giving graduates the support and opportunities needed to build successful careers in professional services.
Who We're Looking For
We welcome applications from graduates across a broad range of disciplines who are interested in business, finance and professional services.
Successful candidates will demonstrate:
- Strong IT, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
- Curiosity about how businesses operate.
- A proactive and collaborative mindset.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- The ability to analyse information critically and think commercially.
- A minimum 2.1 degree, or expected equivalent, in any discipline.
It would also be helpful if you have
- Experience gained through an internship, part-time role, volunteering, university society or team-based project.
- An interest in how organisations change, improve services or make better use of technology.
Join Us
Join Grant Thornton's Audit team and gain exposure to some of Ireland's most dynamic organisations across Corporate Audit, Financial Services Audit and Global Statutory Audit. You'll develop technical expertise, commercial insight and professional skills while helping businesses maintain transparency, accountability and trust.
Location and working arrangement: Belfast office, primarily office-based.
Application and selection process: Apply through link - complete our application form and upload your current CV. Closing date Thursday 22 October 2026. Selection process early November 2026. Start date Autumn 2027.
We are Grant Thornton
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.
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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.
Grow with us
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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Equity, diversity and inclusion
At 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.
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