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Lillian’s journey at Grant Thornton began as a Graduate in the Melbourne Transfer Pricing team, and Lillian says that they have been nothing but supportive from the beginning.

 As of January 2023, Lillian was promoted to Senior Associate.“Grant Thornton is a supportive environment, where I can constantly learn new skills and challenge myself. The firm has a positive culture, which encourages self-development and allows graduates room to make mistakes while learning the ropes. I have found that this positive culture has allowed me to build my skills at an exponential rate,” Lillian says.

As part of Lillian’s role, she assists with writing reports that help establish if transactions are independent. “My role involves performing economic analyses for a wide range of transactions. The client engagements I work on can be determining appropriate interest rates for the provision of debt funding, license fees for the grant of intellectual property rights or mark-ups to be applied to the provision of back-office services,” Lillian says.

Lillian says the theory she learnt throughout university remains relevant to what she does day-to-day. “From my finance major, I found learning about debt funding and investment arrangements to be particularly interesting. The theory I learnt in the classroom remains quite applicable to the work that I do in my role now,” Lillian says.

What do you love most about your job? “I really enjoy being able to take a deep dive into the companies and industries that our clients operate in. I work with clients who develop all types of innovative products and services, which I never even knew existed prior to working at Grant Thornton. As part of undertaking detailed business analyses for these companies, I have had the opportunity to meet with CEOs and CFOs to hear directly from them about the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of their businesses.”