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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69 - Legal and accounting activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
12 November 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Professional services firm Grant Thornton has announced plans to hire 300 people at its site in Dublin until 2020. The recruitment is part of a bigger plan aiming to create 400 positions across the company’s locations in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Half of the 400 new roles will be for new graduates, with the other half available for experience professionals in financial services advisory, tax and audit, as well as specialist consulting positions in areas such as cyber, forensics, technology and aviation.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Grant Thornton, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 95964, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95964.
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