Senior Technical Accounting and Financial Modelling Manager

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies. We partner with PwC to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

PwC is a hugely diverse business, bound by our global purpose - to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our greatest opportunity to deliver our purpose is through meaningful work that makes a difference to our clients and society. We have a culture of high performance built on exceptional quality, ethical and professional standards. We lead by example. Our standards for quality - and care - are high. And together we surpass them.

We believe we can make the biggest impact when leading with our purpose, values and PwC Professional behaviours in every interaction. Job description - the role On behalf of PwC, we are looking for a Senior Technical Accounting and Financial Modelling Manager for a 6 month contract based in Birmingham, on a hybrid working pattern of 3 days on site and 2 from home, on a day rate engagement . Join us as a Senior Technical Accounting and Financial Modelling Manager The Group Finance team requires an experienced technical accountant and financial modeller to support impairment assessments, going concern analysis and other complex, judgemental reporting matters.

The role combines deep accounting knowledge with the ability to build, develop and remediate robust Excel models and prepare clear, audit-ready position papers. This is not a general financial planning and analysis role or a spreadsheet-maintenance role. The successful candidate must connect the model design, source data, forecasts, assumptions and sensitivities to the relevant accounting requirements and management conclusion, and support the work through external audit challenge.

What you'll do:

Build, develop, remediate and maintain robust Excel-based financial models supporting impairment, going concern, liquidity, covenant and related judgemental accounting assessments. Ensure impairment and going concern models are appropriately designed for their distinct purposes while maintaining consistency between common forecasts, assumptions and source information.

Translate the relevant accounting requirements into clear modelling methodologies, including IAS 36 and IAS 1 where applicable and the relevant UK GAAP requirements for entity-level assessments. Work with management to obtain, understand and challenge approved forecasts, business plans and relevant operational and financial inputs. Develop and document appropriate base, downside and severe-but-plausible scenarios, sensitivities, headroom analysis and mitigating actions.

Assess impairment considerations relevant to goodwill, intangible assets, property, plant and equipment, investments and intercompany balances, as applicable to the assigned workstreams. Review existing models for structural weaknesses, formula errors, unsupported assumptions, inconsistencies, inadequate controls or gaps in the audit trail, and implement proportionate remediation.

Create transparent model structures with clearly separated inputs, calculations and outputs, documented sources, version control, integrity checks and understandable model logic. Prepare technical accounting memoranda and position papers covering the requirements, methodology, key assumptions, significant judgements, contrary evidence, sensitivities, uncertainties and management conclusion.

Support management in presenting and defending the modelling approach and accounting analysis to external auditors, responding to questions and maintaining a controlled record of model changes. The skills you'll need: ACA, ACCA, ICAS or an equivalent recognised professional accountancy qualification. Deep technical accounting knowledge, including practical experience applying IFRS to complex and judgemental matters.

Practical experience of impairment assessments and going concern analysis, including the relevant requirements of IAS 36 and IAS 1. Advanced Excel financial modelling capability, demonstrated through substantial experience personally building or materially redesigning complex models rather than only operating existing templates. Experience developing forecast cash flows, scenario and sensitivity analysis, liquidity or covenant assessments and appropriate model integrity checks.

Ability to trace model inputs to approved source information and explain the relationship between assumptions, calculations, outputs, disclosures and the accounting conclusion. Demonstrable experience drafting audit-ready technical accounting and modelling papers and responding directly to detailed external audit challenge. Experience within a listed, multinational or comparably complex group involving multiple business units, entities or territories.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify inconsistencies, unsupported assumptions and contrary evidence. Excellent written communication, model discipline and attention to detail, with the ability to operate independently and deliver to demanding deadlines. At PwC we want every individual to feel valued, respected and empowered to contribute fully. Creating an environment where everyone belongs and thrives unlocks greater innovation, productivity and deeper engagement.

Next Steps If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course. AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business