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Privacy and Data Protection
Our digital risk team is made up of a combination of subject matter experts and technical specialists who can help your business comply with the GDPR.
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Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
While business goals and strategies evolve, our services support you wherever you are in your business cycle. The digital economy is simultaneously increasing the magnitude of new business opportunities while increasing the difficulty of getting it right.
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ISO 27001 and ISO 27701
Grant Thornton’s ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 specialists will arrange and oversee the formal audit process.
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SOC 1,2,3
As a service organization there are many ways to provide assurance to your customers and in turn other stakeholders over your control environment. One of the most effective and cost-efficient ways is to issue a Service Organization Control (SOC) Report.
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Incident Response
Grant Thornton’s Cyber Incident Response Team can support your business in the event of a cyberattack or data loss event. We work alongside your existing IT and Legal teams to provide a co-ordinated, timely and efficient investigation and remediation.
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Hacking Services
At Grant Thornton, our cyber security experts can develop a bespoke penetration testing plan to meet your business needs and unique IT environment. We can undertake the full suite of testing or conduct individual assessments, as required.
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Cyber Health Check
Approximately 54% of organizations report that they have experienced at least one cyber-attack during the past year. Grant Thornton’s cyber health check provides you with an objective, jargon-free assessment of your current cyber security, drawing on both qualitative and quantitative elements.
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Dark Web Threat Intelligence
We use a variety of dark and deep web monitoring tools that continuously scans illegal sites to discover any mention of your data, ranging from breached security credentials such as usernames and passwords to leaked confidential documents of your company.
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Digital forensics and electronic discovery
We offer a full suite of digital forensics and data acquisition services in investigations related to cybercrime, disputes, fraud and regulatory investigations.
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Insolvency
If you're facing a time of personal or corporate financial crisis you need advice from someone who listens, who understands your specific issues and deals with them in a supportive and sensitive manner.
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Crisis stabilisation and turnaround
In periods of financial distress, management teams often face considerable challenges, with many directors having little or no experience of similar conditions.
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Operational and financial restructuring
Companies challenged by underperformance often need support in identifying options for financial or operational restructuring. Tapping this type of advice helps them create a stable platform for business turnaround.
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Accelerated M & A
Even fundamentally sound businesses run into difficulties. Cash flow can come under pressure from the loss of a big client, or a dip in performance can threaten a breach of banking covenants if there is insufficient headroom.
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People Services
Our HR Outsourcing solutions are designed to provide you with the flexibility and expertise needed to manage your people effectively and efficiently.
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Relocation made easy!
We bring to the table our in-depth understanding of Cyprus immigration legislation and policies, coupled with long experience supporting corporate clients relocating non-EU staff to Cyprus, as well as entrepreneurs and executives moving with their families.
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Family Office Services
In an era of rising digital threats, protecting the sensitive information and assets of high-net-worth families is paramount. In collaboration with our dedicated strong Cybersecurity and Data Protection team, we can help ensure the data security and privacy of your Family Office (employees and c-suite), family members and any staff supporting them, and also trusted associates.
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Client Vacancies
As part of our People, Relocation and Family Office Services, we support our clients in finding talent to meet their unique needs. Here, you’ll find open positions available within our clients’ businesses across a variety of industries. Browse the opportunities below to see how you can become part of their teams!
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Indirect Tax
Our experienced VAT specialists are available to assist companies and entrepreneurs of all industries and sizes in meeting their obligations.
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Direct Tax
We can help you ensure a bespoke balance between tax compliance and effective tax planning for your special circumstances.
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A career built on curiosity and courage
From a short-term role to a consultant in Business Consulting, Maria’s journey is defined by curiosity, courage, and growth - showing how support and opportunity can shape a truly fulfilling career at Grant Thornton Cyprus.
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A journey shaped by international experiences
From Cyprus to Dublin and back, Christina’s journey is one of growth, confidence, and opportunity. Her story shows how support, collaboration, and trust help people thrive at Grant Thornton Cyprus.
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Ημερίδα Γνωριμίας με την Grant Thornton Κύπρου
Σας προσκαλούμε σε μια μοναδική ευκαιρία να γνωρίσετε την Grant Thornton Κύπρου! Την Τρίτη, 5 Νοεμβρίου 2024, θα έχετε τη δυνατότητα να συναντήσετε την ομάδα μας, να ενημερωθείτε για επαγγελματικές ευκαιρίες και να εξερευνήσετε πιστοποιήσεις όπως ACCA.
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Life at Grant Thornton
At Grant Thornton Cyprus, we are taking a holistic approach and reimagining the way we work, continually assessing it and making necessary changes to better support our people.
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In the community
Unlocking the potential for growth in our local communities.
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Diversity and inclusion
Diversity helps us meet the demands of a changing world. We value the fact that our people come from all walks of life and that this diversity of experience and perspective makes our organisation stronger as a result.
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Global talent mobility
One of the biggest attractions of a career with Grant Thornton Cyprus is the opportunity to work on cross-border projects all over the world.
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Learning and development
At Grant Thornton we believe learning and development opportunities allow you to perform at your best every day.
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Our values
We are a values-driven organisation and we have more than 56,000 people in over 140 countries who are passionately committed to these values.
An early start in the tax world
For someone in my current role, I think I took a slightly unusual path.
I grew up in Liverpool and went to Liverpool University to study for a music degree. I’ve never really left the city because I honestly just love living and working in Liverpool. With my close family bonds and the city’s culture, I’ve never wanted to live anywhere else.
My family has a bit of a working history with tax, thanks to my mum, who worked in the civil service for about 45 years before retiring recently. While I was at university, she encouraged me to get a job to start earning and getting experience (as mums do), so I applied for and accepted an admin job on a part-time basis.
Over four years, I joined several internal training programmes and moved through various roles, covering tax enquiries and compliance in personal, large business and international tax, which was great. It gave me a broad range of experiences and helped me figure out my career direction.
But when I finished the graduate programme at 26, I started to crave more learning opportunities and something more connected to businesses and their owners. I wanted to try working in a fast-paced environment that was still related to tax, but through a different lens.
Joining Grant Thornton
I knew people working outside of HMRC in practice, and one close contact had moved from the civil service to Grant Thornton. They encouraged me to consider the firm, speaking highly of the working culture and saying I'd enjoy it here.
When I visited the Liverpool office for my interviews, I was impressed. From speaking with the partners, it seemed like the firm truly had an entrepreneurial mindset, encouraging new ideas and focusing on people’s development and growth. With the promise of this and a fast pace, it seemed like the ideal next step and environment for me.
So, I took the plunge and moved to Grant Thornton as a Tax manager. It was a steep learning curve, especially since I'm not an accountant by training. I had to pick up accounting knowledge on the job, but I was in a supportive environment with a great team who helped me to get there quickly. The people around me saw my potential and wanted to nurture that.
I started in corporate tax and then got involved in deals tax, which I instantly loved. My previous broad experience of running tax enquiries gave me transferable skills for due diligence and complex tax structuring work. I preferred the fast-paced environment of deals tax, with new projects all the time. It was definitely more interesting to me, and I still love that every day is different.
Clear progression to Associate Director
In some organisations, progression is slow and promotions are dependent on specific roles opening up. In contrast, Grant Thornton offers progression opportunities based on recognition of abilities and business needs. When I joined in April 2019, I got great support from the partners and local directors to grow and develop in my career. I was told I could progress quickly to Associate Director (AD) level, likely within just 12 to 18 months. COVID delayed things a bit, but the support and focus on growth were evident from the start.
I’ve found the process of progressing at the firm to be both fair and personable. Rather than having a competency-based interview with someone I didn’t know, the partners had taken time to get to know me and my work, and they are all approachable and generous with their time.
This environment made it easier for me to understand how to progress. Setting clear goals and meeting them was straightforward, and people followed through on their promises.
Managing the Liverpool-London balance
Wanting to pursue my passion for transaction tax further, I joined the TAS Tax team on a full-time basis in July 2022, which has meant that the rest of my team are London based while I still work from Liverpool.
This hasn't affected my ability to integrate with the team or get involved in the work, which I really value. The mindset of flexibility across the whole firm means I can work remotely without any drawbacks at all. I travel to London occasionally and I enjoy seeing the team in person when I can for meetings and strategy days, and being trusted to steer that myself to get the balance right is great.
I think flexible work in general helps you to build your career and play to your strengths. Especially here, you can set boundaries around your personal time and it's always respected. The deals team definitely has peaks and troughs with workload, but we support each other to manage it and keep a good work-life balance, something which is definitely of high importance and role-modelled by the partners in the team.
Looking to the future
My plan and hope is to be promoted to director in the near future. I am currently going through a development programme which supports people ahead of progressing to director, and brings together people from across the firm who are at a similar stage of their career. It's been a great opportunity to bounce ideas off each other and get clear guidance on the process, so I know what’s expected of me and have a plan to get there. Coupled with the support and input from the partner group on my business case, I’m feeling hopeful about the process.
On the development front, I'm keen to expand our team in the North West. The team in Liverpool is currently small, but I hope that a promotion to director will help to bring in more people from the region. For people in our industry, I’d like to show that it’s possible to work on transaction-type work in Liverpool and Manchester and still get the same interesting experience and opportunities as in London.