Assistant Manager, Consulting

Overview

In Public Sector Consulting at Grant Thornton, you help shape modern, sustainable public services across local and central government, healthcare, and arm’s-length bodies. You’ll work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver value-for-money, data-driven and digitally enabled solutions, while developing sector expertise and engaging with senior stakeholders. The role blends delivery leadership with business development and toolkit enhancement, in a culture that values flexibility and inclusion. This is a chance to influence reform and multiply impact through cross-team collaboration and high-quality delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options
• work-life balance
• inclusive culture
• opportunities for secondments
• charity and social impact activities

Responsibilities

• Support delivery across local government, health, central government and arm’s-length bodies on operational design, financial transformation, digital delivery, governance and major programmes
• Develop sector and technical knowledge to address complex client scenarios
• Lead or contribute to delivery with exposure to senior client stakeholders
• Identify innovative solutions through active listening and questioning
• Help drive practice development, including business development, marketing or improving consulting toolkit
• Ensure high-quality outputs with strong time management and clear communication
• Demonstrate understanding of Grant Thornton’s wider service offerings for integrated client work
• Build a network across the firm with partners and public sector colleagues

Key requirements

• University qualification or equivalent experience in management consultancy, public sector transformation or governance
• Genuine interest in the public sector
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• Excellent communication and presentation skills across media
• Professional qualifications (ACA, ICAS, CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA, ChMC, Prince2, etc.) are a plus
• Ability to follow frameworks to identify root causes and deliver solutions
• Strong analytical and commercial thinking
• Confidence engaging with and influencing senior stakeholders
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• problem solving
• PowerPoint
• Excel
• Microsoft Office suite

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