Founded in Chicago in 1924, Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Grant Thornton has revenue in excess of $1.3 billion and operates 57 offices across the United States with more than 500 partners and 6,000 employees.
Grant Thornton works with a broad range of publicly and privately held companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and civic and religious organizations. Core industries served include consumer and industrial products, financial services, not-for-profit, private equity, and technology. Grant Thornton focuses on serving dynamic organizations that pursue growth holistically — whether through revenue improvement, leadership, mission fulfillment, or innovation.
Grant Thornton supports the kinds of policies that allow these companies to reach their full potential and is particularly qualified to serve clients in the middle market that face the challenges of growth and expansion. By fostering responsible entrepreneurship, Grant Thornton helps these organizations grow and fuel a thriving economy.
Global Public Sector (GPS) Practice
Grant Thornton has established an international reputation for providing outstanding services to organizations in all regions of the world. Our Global Public Sector (GPS) practice operates as the lead for international Grant Thornton public sector engagements. GPS has an exclusive focus on government and public sector consulting and provides management consulting services to all varieties of government agencies at both the sovereign and sub-sovereign level. GPS is also actively supporting international development agencies, including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the US Agency for International Development, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the United Nations Development Program.
GPS is a dedicated public sector practice with over 50% of our work force consisting of former public sector professionals. Grant Thornton is uniquely positioned among other firms because we have Big Four capabilities – but our business model is focused on greater partner-manager led involvement. Of the international accounting firms, we have the lowest partner-to-staff ratio, thus providing you with easy and frequent access to high level professionals at Grant Thornton. Your service team is committed to providing proactive, responsive service. We are highly attentive to client needs based on personalized service and we deliver interdisciplinary solutions drawing on rigorous financial and analytic processes to address complex public sector issues. Working with our Grant Thornton International member firms, GPS has the global reach to bring scale, financial strength, and a depth of government functional expertise to our wide array of geographically dispersed public sector clients.
SERVICES
Grant Thornton is a full service accounting and management consulting firm. In the Public Sector, we conduct a range of services that include:
Program and integration management
Audit
Budget and performance integration
Government and infrastructure advisory
Capacity building
Information Technology
Risk management
Procurement and contract management
Financial management
