Grant Thornton Employer Reviews

Productive and fun workplace

I would to commend Grant Thornton Durban for the experiences and insight I have gained from the opportunity that has been afforded to me

Good culture, down-to-earth people, difficult to have work life balance at times. Management may be good (uncommon) to shaky (more common) depending on the project. They do not reimburse for daily metro costs, or mileage, and starting salary is often less than at the Big 4.

Poor project management leads to higher turnover of the good talent.

Flexible, great pay and benefits, and you are constantly learning.

Testing the effectiveness of internal controls
general administrative work
- Effectiveness testing
- Substantive testing
- Risk identification
- Flowcharting
- Being involved in planning assignments

My co-workers made the experience of working there that much better and definitely memorable.

The company provided a great nurturing and skillfull environment to learn and grow in the field of accountancy and audit. Co workers and supervisors are friendly and encouraging, always there to help and provide useful insight.

While Grant Thornton may not be the biggest and most recognized accounting firm in the world, it is very employee friendly. I learned the the success of a company not only counts on the top brass performing at a high level, but that all employees follow that example.

• Daily responsibilities included preparation and high-volume data entry of 900+ employees including hourly/salary data, tax data and banking information using Lawson payroll system.
• Responsible for processing and distributing checks for multi-state region.
• Handling incoming telephone and e-mail inquiries from Human Resources personnel and employees – more... regarding payroll and resolving any problems in a timely manner.
• Liaison for Payroll and IT for Lawson upgrade
• Processing manual payroll checks as requested
• Maintaining and reconciling general ledger accounts affiliated with payroll; preparing journal entries using CMS financial system and performing account reconciliation using Excel spreadsheets.
• Set up payroll garnishments, child support, and levy deductions – less

I got hired by Grant Thornton company as an audit assistance after I graduated in Accounting. I learned new things from working there. I applied all my knowledge that I ever studied from college to my job.

The most enjoyable part of the job is the opportunity to work with extremely talented and enthusiastic co-workers. I get the pleasure of working with the best and brightest people in many different ways and with many good ideas. And the job is even more special when I get to work with one of the shining person.

Come in the office at my leisure and begin my work. On busy times of the year i would come in early and leave late, but on the less busy times, there wasn't any micromanagement. Management was great, gave plenty of time to finish the work, but a lack of communication exists, and not really much of an open door policy. If they had a problem with you, – more... or pretty much any co-worker had a problem with you, no one would communicate with you until its too late. Not really much feedback. A coaching system was in place, but i was unfortunate and did not really have one as my coach wasn't even aware they were my coach. Hardest Part of the job was the standard set by management, which is good. The most enjoyable part were the extra activities the company paid for, such as kickball, basketball, baseball etc.... – less

GT was a great place to work. The experience is amazing as I was able to work on over 20 different clients and view their IT organizations. I was able to see what worked well with certain companies and what didn't work well in other organizations. I worked on controls audits, penetration tests, and SSAE16 audits.

Quality public accounting firm which was my first job out of college. Excellent training, education and advancement opportunities.

Work hard, play hard culture. Learned detailed audit and tax areas that continue to compliment my career. Supportive and involved management that genuinely cares about their employees and clients. GT hired smart well rounded individuals that were supportive and knew the importance of success through teamwork.

I was responsible for establishing technology advisory services division, so it was a challenging job, for me it was an opportunity to work with management and technology consulting professionals. Strong communication and relationship management is required with customers.

Preparation and review of US tax returns.
States Nexus study for filing and doing business requirements.
Handled IRS and States notices.

Receptionist - front desk duties.
Duties I was responsible for and receiving new one's and getting promoted to Admin. Assistant.
Had weekly meetings to give my input and to listen to the one's being given.
Good hard working people that put the"T" in teamwork.
Having to say good-bye after 8 1/2 years position had been eliminated.
The parties, events – more... and training were over the top. – less

A typical workday would start at 9 a.m. As soon as I arrived at work I turned on my laptop and started preparation till my supervisors arrived.Normally I was checking the previous day job and if I had any due task to complete I did it at that time.Around 9.30 the rest of the team (4 persons) would be on the office.In case of external control we had – more... either to travel very early in the morning (eg 5 am) depending on the destination or to meet at a certain point close to the company we controlled.The work pace was not especially stressful but we had very strict deadlines so we did not leave the company till the job was completed.In the beginning I was excuting mostly clerical tasks like photocopies,correspondence,data entry on excel.Shortly I was involved in audit report production (editing),testing of transactions,bank reconciliations, external audit confirmations.In general the management was effective however there was room for further improvement.The hardest part for me was the time I spent to arrive at work which was around 1h and 30 min.Apart from that I found the job very interesting.I also enjoyed the short business trips.Overall I was satisfied from what the company offered me. – less

- The world number 5th accounting consulting organisation.
-equipped with excellent employees and management to hone your skills.
- excellent opportunities are provided to work with

It's a very professional and ethical company to work for with so many challenges that come accross due to diverse client engagements and different industries.