In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven environment, organizations need transformative strategies that enable bold decisions and unlock meaningful change. Grant Thornton’s Finance Modernization team, which sits in our Transformation practice, empowers clients to reimagine their finance functions for peak performance and sustained innovation. Our professionals work alongside CFOs and finance leaders to modernize operations, enhance agility, and prepare for the future of finance. Clients rely on us to navigate complex challenges and position their organizations to thrive in a rapidly evolving marketplace. Our core offerings are tailored to each client’s industry and specific needs, ensuring relevance, impact, and measurable results.
As a member of our Finance Modernization team, you’ll play a key role in helping clients transform their finance organizations to become more agile, data-driven, and strategically aligned. You’ll work with dynamic companies to tackle challenges such as disruptive technologies, evolving business models, global competition, and rising investor expectations.
We partner with CFOs and senior finance leaders to modernize operating models, redesign processes, and implement digital solutions that elevate the role of finance as a strategic enabler. From optimizing planning and forecasting to enhancing performance management and decision support, you’ll help clients unlock value and build future-ready finance functions.
Interested candidates should demonstrate a strong curiosity for how finance functions can evolve to become more strategic, data-driven, and digitally enabled. They should bring a problem-solving mindset and a passion for using technology, analytics, and process improvement to help organizations modernize their finance operations. An interest in areas such as financial planning and analysis (FP&A), performance management, digital tools (e.g., automation, cloud ERP, data visualization), and operating model redesign is highly valued. Individuals should be self-starters and demonstrate the desire to build skills related to Grant Thornton’s core values of: Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility.
Your day-to-day may include:
Assessing client finance operations and processes to identify transformation opportunities aligned with strategic business objectives
Learning and applying emerging technologies (e.g., automation, analytics, cloud platforms) to modernize finance functions
Supporting engagements across industries and regions that focus on redesigning finance operating models, improving forecasting, and enhancing performance management
Receiving hands-on mentoring and career coaching from experienced transformation leaders
Participating in team building and networking events to strengthen collaboration and cross-functional insight
Engaging in professional development and targeted training in areas like digital finance, strategic planning, and change management
Contributing to community outreach initiatives that reflect our values and commitment to impact
Sharpening your leadership and advisory skills by working directly with CFOs and senior finance stakeholders
You have the following technical skills or qualifications:
Preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, Information Systems, or related fields
Strong interest in modernizing finance functions through digital tools, process redesign, and strategic enablement
Familiarity with finance technologies such as ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle), automation platforms (e.g., Alteryx, UiPath), and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
Experience in data analysis, including the ability to interpret complex financial datasets, identify trends, and generate actionable insights to support decision-making
Ability to analyze and improve financial planning, forecasting, and performance management processes
Willingness and ability to work additional hours, as needed
Ability to travel to various client sites as needed
Excellent communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
Effective project and time management skills for handling multiple priorities
Positive mindset for managing multiple tasks, deliverables, and learning new concepts
Ability to work efficiently and effectively in a team environment while maintaining strong attention to detail
High proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook); experience with advanced Excel functions is a plus
Embrace different points of view and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas
Open mindset and eagerness to learn new skills, especially in digital finance and transformation methodologies
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct
About UsAt Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.
Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets. About the TeamThe team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:
- Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave, and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
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