Associate - Pcoe Studio

2 - 4 Years

1 Opening

Bengaluru, Kolkata

**Role description**:
**Associate - Pursuit Center of Excellence Proposal Team**

**Position Summary**

The Pursuit Center of Excellence’s (PCOE’s) Proposal Team Associate works as a member of PCOE team in the Grant Thornton US Knowledge & Capability Center (GTKCC). The PCOE team is Grant Thornton US’ extended center of excellence for pursuit management in GTKCC where strategy, innovation and creativity are driven into all proposals, sales collaterals and pursuit research activities across all industries and functions. The PCOE Proposal Team Associate is responsible for developing winning sales documents through research, strategic messaging, and project management as well as contributes to content research/writing.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Develop proposals, presentation decks, company/client research and placemats for pursuits across Audit, Tax and Advisory functions
- Works closely with the Partners / Directors to provide proposal support required for opportunities
- Evaluating & preparing a Proposal Development Plan listing proposal components / sections & developing proposal outline and proposal schedule
- Own/maintain firmwide client list database and manage requests for client list research
- Research and maintain different content databases including U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) audit, confidential client list, Not-for-profit assets client list, and others
- Proactive research on clients and substantiate third party lists
- Research Russell and Fortune lists against Grant Thornton industry and service line client lists
- Drive standardization and efficiency in client list research and other processes by supporting content team with other content management related activities
- Maintains quality results by using templates following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone
- Identify winning strategies by understanding the buyer’s needs, challenge the status quo and create proposals that are customized and tailored to the target audience
- Writing/rewriting proposal inserts and creating reusable proposal content from existing material inputs.
- Responsible for all Grant Thornton compliance adherence and T&Cs
- Play a role in helping facilitate a high level of collaboration between multiple stakeholders within the marketing and sales organization
- Ensure internal and external project deadlines are met
- Participate and play a supportive role in regular meetings to share best practices, information, problem solving, etc., with other team members.

**Skills**:
**Skills**
- MBA with minimum 2 years of relevant experience in proposal and content management
- Non-MBA with minimum 4 years relevant experience
- Excellent communication skills and command of the English language, including excellent grammar, sentence structure, editing and proofreading skills
- Understanding and knowledge of accounting profession service offerings a huge plus
- Ability to learn Grant Thornton LLP brand standards and content management system
- Ability to understand relevance of information, ability to synthesize and summarize information

**About Grant Thornton INDUS**:
‘Grant Thornton INDUS’ comprises GT U.S. Shared Services Center India Pvt Ltd and Grant Thornton U.S. Knowledge and Capability Center India Pvt Ltd. Grant Thornton INDUS is the shared services center supporting the operations of Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd. Established in 2012, Grant Thornton INDUS employs professionals across a wide range of disciplines including Tax, Audit, Advisory, and other operational functions. What sets us apart isn’t just what we do - it’s how we do it. We support and enable the firm’s purpose of making business more personal and building trust into every result. We’re collaborators - obsessed with quality and ready for anything - who understand the value of strong relationships. Our professionals are well integrated to seamlessly support the U.S. engagement teams, help increase Grant Thornton’s access to a wide talent pool, and improve operational efficiencies. Empowered people, bold leadership, and distinctive client service are imbibed in the culture at Grant Thornton INDUS. We are a transparent, competitive, and excellence-driven firm that offers an opportunity to be part of something significant. In addition, professionals at Grant Thornton INDUS serve communities in India through inspirational and generous services to give back to the communities they work in. Grant Thornton INDUS has its offices in two locations in India - Bengaluru and Kolkata