Hybrid working, 2-3 Days on-site
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Day Rate:
Negotiable
At Grant Thornton we're building something bold. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. With significant investment behind us and a clear strategy for growth, there's real momentum.
Our
Agile Talent Community (ATC) brings together experienced contract professionals who want choice without losing connection. Joining us in CFO Solutions – Finance Placements
Grant Thornton's CFO Solutions provides strategic, transformation and execution support for CFOs, through multiple services including finance consultancy, finance placements, business process outsourcing and technical accounting advice. The Finance Placements team focuses on providing an on-demand and project-focused accounting service, deploying individuals and teams of interim finance professionals into our clients' finance functions to help them through periods of challenge or change.
Joining the Agile Talent Community as an
Interim Accountant
, you will have the freedom to work on projects that you choose, whether full or part-time, on short to medium-term assignments for CFO Solutions' clients.
These projects are very varied, encompassing a wide range of skills and organisations within the public sector, but with wider opportunities in private sector where desirable - including accounting and audit support, finance function remediation and supporting finance change programs. Grant Thornton is a well-established partner to the public sector with extensive experience working with Central Government, Local Government, NHS and other public bodies supporting organisations with a variety of services from large scale transformation and change to audit and governance, as well as delivery of large-scale public service programmes.
Fully qualified member of a professional accounting body such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent.
Experience working in the accounting and finance function of Council / Local Government.
A one or more fields within accountancy and finance, including but not limited to:
Half and full-year-end accounts preparation.
Audit liaison, project management and query resolutions.
Preparation of monthly management accounts and forecasts.
Financial reporting under CIPFA Code of Practice, IFRS and NAO Code of Practice.
Finance process improvement.
Reconciliation and remediation of accounting data.
When a project fits your skills, we'll get in touch, but you choose whether it's right for you. You're not left to navigate the freelance world alone. Our Agile Talent team helps you understand freelance regulation and connects you with people who broaden your thinking through our teams and clients.
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From market insights to wellbeing sessions to networking events, you'll be part of a community designed to make the independent path less isolated and more impactful.
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