Lead external audit engagements for financial services clients from planning through completion. Address complex accounting and financial reporting matters, assess business and financial risks, apply audit technologies, coach junior staff, and build client relationships. The role requires an accounting degree or equivalent, a professional accounting designation or progress toward one, and 2–3 years of public accounting audit experience. Financial services experience and international firm exposure are preferred.
Financial Services Audit – Senior - Bermuda
Grant Thornton Bermuda is part of Grant Thornton Ireland, with nearly 3,000 people across Ireland, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda, and a global network spanning more than 145 countries. We work with leading financial services clients across insurance, investment funds, asset management and other regulated sectors.
Joining our Bermuda office offers the opportunity to accelerate your career through exposure to complex international clients while enjoying the benefits of island living. You will work alongside experienced professionals, gain hands-on responsibility from an early stage, and develop your technical and commercial skills in a collaborative environment.
We offer competitive remuneration, relocation support for international candidates, professional development opportunities and exposure to global audit engagements.
Why Bermuda?
Bermuda is one of the world's premier financial centres, offering exposure to sophisticated global clients and complex engagements. At Grant Thornton, you'll gain hands-on experience, meaningful client responsibility, and direct access to senior leaders from the outset.
Unlike larger firms where progression can take time, our structure provides the opportunity to accelerate your development, broaden your experience, and advance your career based on merit and impact.
What You’ll Do
As an Audit Senior, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality audit and assurance services to a portfolio of Financial Services clients.
Responsibilities include:
- Leading audit engagements from planning through completion.
- Assisting clients with complex accounting and financial reporting matters.
- Identifying business and financial risks and providing practical insights.
- Leveraging innovative audit technologies and methodologies.
- Coaching and developing junior team members.
- Building strong client relationships and contributing to exceptional client service.
- Participating in community, wellbeing, and team-building initiatives that reflect Grant Thornton's people-first culture.
About You
We're looking for professionals who have:
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualification (e.g., ACCA).
- A recognised accounting designation (CPA, CA, ACA, ACCA) or are actively pursuing qualification.
- 2-3 years of external audit experience within a public accounting environment.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and relationship-building skills.
- A growth mindset and a desire to take on increasing responsibility.
Preferred Experience
- Experience within a large international accounting firm.
- Financial Services industry experience, including insurance, reinsurance, investment funds, or asset management.
- Exposure to PCAOB or US SEC engagements.
- Experience using cloud-based audit and data analytics tools.
If you're looking for an opportunity to accelerate your career, work with world-class clients, and enjoy the unique lifestyle Bermuda has to offer, we'd love to hear from you.
Join Grant Thornton Bermuda and discover how far your ambition can take you.
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About UsWe 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.
At GT Ireland we don’t just predict your future, we build it.
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.
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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About the TeamEquity, diversity and inclusionAt 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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