Grant Thornton (US)

Director

• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the firm to validate the understanding of our Audit & Assurance System of Quality Management (SoQM).
• Provide independent perspective on risks to our SoQM and consider evolving response needs. Collaborate with key stakeholders within the firm to understand quality risks, processes, and firm policies and procedures to ensure these are appropriately documented and tested.
• Develop and execute monitoring plans. Review monitoring plans performed by staff on the Quality Monitoring and Remediation (QMR) team and ensure documentation is appropriate.
• Serve as a point of contact for a variety of SoQM areas to aid in testing and issue management.
• Maintain active communication with process/response owners to manage expectations, complete testing, and monitor remediation efforts.
• Consult and work with response/process owners to perform root cause analysis, develop recommendations on business/process improvements and serve as a risk controls advisor.
• Assist in developing and presenting reports to various stakeholders regarding results and suggested improvements.
• Assist with creating training materials and a centralized resource center of established and approved content to support the ISQM 1 Testing Program.
• Escalate issues to the Quality Management Compliance leadership or other relevant parties on known gaps or issues.

Director – Audit Process & Quality

Associate

• Benchmarking executive compensation, broad-based compensation, sales compensation, and/or physician compensation and developing recommendations based on comprehensive market analysis
• Supporting the design, implementation, administration of short- and long-term incentive plans, deferred compensation arrangements, and salary structures
• Conducting compensation diligence and integration support for M&A transactions
• Executing project plans, preparing client deliverables, and supporting marketing efforts
• Working closely with project teams to deliver an integrated approach to client service
• Performing other duties as assigned by the partners, managing directors, senior managers, directors and/or managers

Senior Associate, Compensation Consulting – Global Employer Solutions

• Lead tax planning, consulting, and compliance on M&A projects
• Develop and mentor team members
• Conduct buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence
• Advise on tax efficient acquisitions, divestments, and restructurings
• Perform detailed analyses of tax attributes
• Maintain communication to manage engagements and client expectations

Transaction Tax Director – M&A Tax

Artificial Intelligence

• Lead discovery workshops to clarify business objectives, constraints, and measurable success criteria for AI/ML initiatives
• Translate requirements into end-to-end target-state architectures across data, ML/AI, application integration, security, and governance
• Define pragmatic tradeoffs across accuracy, latency, cost, reliability, privacy, and risk—and communicate decisions to exec and engineering audiences
• Design the data + model lifecycle (pipelines, training/finetuning, serving, monitoring, drift detection, retraining) and the required MLOps/LLMOps foundations
• Establish integration patterns with enterprise systems (APIs/events/workflows, IAM, observability) so solutions are operable and supportable in production
• Partner with security, privacy, and risk teams to embed controls (access, auditability, data handling, responsible AI) into solution designs
• Produce core delivery artifacts (architecture diagrams, reference patterns, implementation roadmap, runbooks) and drive architecture reviews
• Mentor teams and build reusable assets/accelerators (reference architectures, templates, evaluation scorecards) to scale repeatable delivery quality

AI-ML Director

• Running client engagements from start to finish, including planning, executing, directing, and completing tax projects and managing to budget.
• Supervising, training, and mentoring senior associates, associates and interns on tax projects and assessing performance of staff for engagement reviews; performing in-charge role as needed.
• Identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to sell services to existing and potential clients.
• Reviewing tax returns prepared by staff and making recommendations on return preparation regarding accuracy and tax savings opportunities.
• Conducting primary review of ASC 740 income tax provision engagements.
• Researching and consulting on various tax matters; Utilizing Tax-related software to prepare and process returns.
• Responding to inquiries from the IRS, State, and other tax authorities.
• Maintaining a good working relationship with clients and working effectively with client management and staff at all levels to gather information and perform tax services.
• Gaining an understanding of client operations, processes, and business objectives, and utilizing that knowledge on engagements.
• Adhering to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.
• Other duties as assigned.

Corporate Tax Manager

• Conduct architecture reviews and documentation analysis
• Support codebase and technical debt analysis
• Analyze cloud infrastructure configurations
• Assist in evaluating roadmap feasibility
• Evaluate engineering operating model (team structure, velocity, DevOps)
• PoV on scalability risks, performance bottlenecks, and security considerations
• Support hosting cost, SaaS economics and R&D cost analysis
• Prepare diligence slides, summaries, and deal insights
• Support management Q&A tracking

Senior Associate, Product Technology M&A

• Evaluate software platforms through a commercial, operational, and financial lens
• Provide analytical and technical support across product technology diligence engagements
• Conduct architecture reviews and documentation analysis
• Support codebase and technical debt analysis
• Analyze cloud infrastructure configurations
• Assist in evaluating roadmap feasibility
• Evaluate engineering operating model (team structure, velocity, DevOps)
• Provide insights on scalability risks, performance bottlenecks, and security considerations
• Prepare diligence slides, summaries, and deal insights

• Managing the end-to-end proposal development process
• Collaborating with business development teams
• Developing compelling executive summaries and solution narratives
• Researching industry trends and competitive positioning
• Ensuring quality control through rigorous editing and formatting
• Supporting proposal review sessions and incorporating feedback

Senior Associate, Proposal Creation

• Implement and build third party tax systems with major third-party ERP and billing platforms
• Manage assigned system integration projects involving major ERP and billing systems
• Requirements analysis and design for indirect tax software implementations
• Manage programming for custom system interfaces and modification of preexisting interfaces
• Manage testing and support of assigned system go-live projects
• Develop and deliver key project documentation including requirements documents, design documents, and test plans
• Participating in Sales meetings and Proposal Development meetings

Global Indirect Tax Automation, Senior Associate

• Serve as the Project Manager on assigned third-party tax software implementations (Vertex, Avalara, Sovos, Thomson Reuters, ADP, Billsoft) and custom software development projects
• Manage assigned system integration projects that involve major ERP and billing systems, such as SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, etc
• Requirements analysis and design for indirect tax software implementations
• Manage programming for custom system interfaces and modification of preexisting interfaces
• Manage testing and support of assigned system go-live projects
• Develop and deliver key project documentation including requirements documents, design documents, and test plans
• Help develop and lead staff to enable them to perform core project activities
• Participating in Sales meetings and Proposal Development meetings
• Network and develop key relationships both within Grant Thornton and externally
• Other duties as assigned

Global Indirect Tax Automation Manager, Tax Technology

• Lead the development and expansion of Value Creation offerings through practice-wide thought leadership
• Implement high-impact strategies to maximize growth potential for clients, particularly within PE portfolios
• Integrate Value Creation insights into broader deal advisory engagements to enhance overall client impact
• Develop and execute a targeted client development strategy within the Value Creation space
• Achieve commercial goals by originating new opportunities and collaborating effectively across the firm
• Oversee multiple engagements, providing strong delivery leadership and hands-on project management
• Align project outcomes with broader practice objectives and support team development goals
• Build and strengthen relationships with priority PE funds to enhance market presence and create impactful partnership opportunities

Value Creation Director

• Working on assigned third-party tax software implementations (Vertex, Avalara, Sovos, Thomson Reuters)
• Manage assigned system integration projects that involve major ERP and billing systems
• Requirements analysis and design for indirect tax software implementations
• Manage programming for custom system interfaces and modification of preexisting interfaces
• Manage testing and support of assigned system go-live projects
• Develop and deliver key project documentation including requirements documents, design documents, and test plans
• Participating in Sales meetings and Proposal Development meetings
• Network and develop key relationships both within Grant Thornton and externally
• Other duties as assigned

Senior Associate, Global Indirect Tax Automation – Tax Technology

• Providing international tax services that provide measurable value and advising clients from a range of different industries on international tax matters
• Supervising, training, and mentoring associates and interns on international tax projects and assessing performance of associates for engagement reviews; performing in-charge role as needed
• Reviewing complex business returns with international complexities and making recommendations on return preparation regarding accuracy and tax savings opportunities; gain increasing responsibility in the review process
• Researching and analyzing international and domestic tax issues; utilizing tax-related software to prepare and process returns and research tax matters
• Writing and reviewing tax advice for clients
• Responding to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities
• Other duties as assigned

Senior International Tax Associate

• Define and execute an expense management strategy aligned with firm growth and operating model
• Establish and enforce consistent firmwide T&E policies, ensuring audit-defensible compliance
• Drive standardization of processes, controls, and reporting across the firm
• Own the end-to-end expense lifecycle, including submission, audit, approval workflows, reimbursement, and financial integration
• Lead expense tool management, including configuration, process design, and continuous optimization
• Operate within the Travel function, collaborating with Meetings and Corporate Card teams to ensure seamless integration from pre-spend through post-spend processes
• Oversee vendor relationships supporting expense operations, including performance management, service delivery, and alignment with firmwide objectives
• Develop and maintain T&E policy aligned with regulatory requirements and firm objectives
• Oversee audit program, including automated controls, exception handling, and compliance monitoring
• Lead escalation management and ensure consistent firmwide enforcement
• Deliver actionable insights on travel and expense spend, trends, and savings opportunities
• Develop dashboards and reporting to support leadership decision-making, budget oversight, and cost management
• Leverage data to enhance policy effectiveness and identify areas for improved controls or efficiency
• Lead and develop a high-performing expense team across U.S. and offshore operations, audit, and analytics

Expense Analytics Associate Director

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Perform in buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory engagements, providing carve-outs and similar services to clients, private equity investors, and asset-based lenders.
• Help organizations realize the potential of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures as well as various transactions within the capital markets.
• Perform financial due diligence on key areas of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
• Formulate questions and propose basic adjustments based on the identification of key risks and business drivers.
• Lead analysis on key operational data, net working capital, debt, and debt-like items.
• Lead initial drafts of reports (including Quality of Earnings reports) for clients that highlight the key financial findings of potential investments as well as the drivers behind sustainable profits and cash flows.
• Create and design tailored transaction advisory reports specific to key issues such as normalized earnings, valuation model input assumptions, achievability of management's budget, indebtedness considerations, borrowing base calculations, and/or business combinations and carve-out financial statements.
• Team with partners and senior managers on proposals and business development calls.
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).
• Supervise, train and mentor associates.
• Assess performance of associates for engagement and year-end reviews.

Director – Audit Process & Quality

Senior Associate, Compensation Consulting – Global Employer Solutions

Transaction Tax Director – M&A Tax

AI-ML Director

Corporate Tax Manager

Senior Associate, Product Technology M&A

Senior Associate, Product Technology M&A

Senior Associate, Proposal Creation

Global Indirect Tax Automation, Senior Associate

Global Indirect Tax Automation Manager, Tax Technology

Value Creation Director

Senior Associate, Global Indirect Tax Automation – Tax Technology

Senior International Tax Associate

Expense Analytics Associate Director

Senior Associate, Financial Due Diligence