Grant Thornton UK LLP
PSA AQ Risk and Compliance Manager
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PSA AQ Risk and Compliance Manager
Senior Manager - Public Sector Audit Quality and Risk
At Grant Thornton, we do things differently—looking to the future, driving ambitious growth, and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax, and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture, and a work-life balance. A true alternative.
With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on a journey from great to exceptional—and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential.
About the Role
This role is within the Public Sector Audit Quality and Risk (PSA AQ) Team. You’ll work closely with this team to provide quality and risk management support to:
- Our grants compliance teams
- Our financial reporting assurance teams
Your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborating with a diverse workforce at various levels of seniority
- Delivering projects effectively
- Ensuring that teams manage their legal, technical, regulatory, and risk management responsibilities—while championing the firm’s quality agenda
This particularly suits motivated, driven professionals with:
- Technical and practical experience in professional or legal services
- A preference for a public sector environment
- Readiness for a next career challenge
Responsibilities
As a Manager in the PSA AQ team, your central duties will include:
- Risk management and quality support for PSA teams, and other assurance and advisory teams where necessary
- Reviewing draft engagement contracts and other key documents
- Facilitating contract negotiations with clients through cross-team collaboration (including Firm’s audit, quality, and Legal teams)
- Ensuring engagement letters and risks align with public sector framework requirements
- Connecting, mentoring, and educating client-facing teams to enhance risk awareness, improving ability to manage risks suitably
- Developing and maintaining training materials, including presenting at relevant training sessions
- Ensuring required controls are understood and implemented by frontline teams
- Identifying emerging risks and fostering proactive risk management
- Effectively advancing team collaboration across the Firm—supporting measurable improvements across Assessment, Policy, and Process
- Guiding policy development alongside support functions (such as Legal and Ethics), to overcome client-facing challenges and refine firm processes
- Maintaining guidance resources, including template documentation
- Overseeing service line file review and monitoring procedures
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Requirements
Minimum Criteria
To excel in this role, you must satisfy one of the following:
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A professional certification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, ICAS) complemented by experience within:
- An assurance or advisory business unit of a professional services firm
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Or proven expertise in legal/risk management, featuring:
- Advising on contracts
- Developing policies
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Or:
Experience within public sector procurement, specifically within:
- Contracts management
Desirable Attributes
While not exhaustive, the following capabilities complement extraordinary talent:
- Project management experience
- Knowledge of professional services advisory language and delivery frameworks
- Experience with drafting, reviewing, or negotiating contract terms
- A proactive mindset and pride in delivering high-quality output
- Commercial awareness, balancing risk and reward negotiation
- Detail-orientation with an ability to encompass broader context and innovate
- Awareness of ethical principles in professional services, particularly auditing
- Strong communication skills with a flexible, agile, and empathetic approach
- Passion for collaborating in digital solution development to enhance processes
- Resilient, leadership-savvy personality who thrives in diverse, collaborative settings
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Company Culture & Values
Our firm thrives on diversity, inclusivity, and authenticity. We prioritize the unique strengths you bring:
- An open and supportive leadership culture, investing in professional development
- A supportive, open-door approach—leaders care about your well-being and growth
- Elite standards without compromise: giving your whole self to your work
- Flexible, adaptable broad considerations across industries and challenges for long-term impact.
Life Beyond the Job
At Grant Thornton, the mindful pursuit of greater good resonates beyond your day-to-day:
- Secondment requirements
- Role in driving charity fundraising
- For example, investing in entrepreneurship in emerging regions
Ethics and purpose guide our decision-making, aligned with our firm values:
- Purposefully driven, our teams continually explore progression in service delivery.
- Actively curious, we inspire fresh ideas daily.
- Candid but kind—decisions are made with integrity and humanity.
Beyond professional achievements, your passions and personal connections matter. Here’s how we ensure balance:
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Flexible working solutions: We encourage discussions and support for a workload that accommodates your life, through various agreements including:
- Reduced contracted hours
- Shorter workweek options
- Collaboration using our custom ‘how we work’ framework
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Solutions to the Flexible Working Request Policy: Every individual is granted their initial right to comments and proceedings under this policy. For details on flexible modalities, explore our [Expanded Approach to Flexibility]. #LI-NP1
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