INTERIM HEAD OF FINANCE: CLOSE DOWN / DEPUTY CHIEF ACCOUNTANT /
The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.
- Local Authority | Hybrid Working
- Immediate Start
- Initial Contract with Potential Extension
- Excellent Daily Rate
Morgan Law is supporting a local authority client seeking an experienced and highly hands-on finance professional to help lead a complex financial reporting and audit programme.
This is a critical assignment requiring someone who can quickly take ownership of external audit relationships, drive year-end accounts production and help navigate multiple years of audit activity.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing the external audit process end-to-end, including requests, evidence gathering and stakeholder coordination
- Liaising with auditors across:
- Current year audit (2025/26)
- Historical audit backlog (2021/22 to 2024/25)
- Value for Money (VfM) audits
- Preparing and posting audit adjustments across the general ledger, CIES, MiRS, reserves and balance sheet areas
- Updating and finalising the Statement of Accounts, including primary statements and disclosures
- Leading year-end closedown activities and coordinating deadlines across the wider finance team *Managing and developing a small team, including graduate trainees and a Principal Finance Officer
- Strengthening working papers and ensuring audit-ready financial reporting throughout
We are keen to speak with candidates who have operated as:
- Chief Accountant
- Deputy Chief Accountant
- Technical Accountant
- Head of Technical Accounting
- Financial Reporting Manager
- Corporate Accounting xgikmsk Manager
Essential experience:
- Strong local government finance background
- Extensive Statement of Accounts experience
- Detailed knowledge of CIPFA Code, IFRS, CIES, MiRS and reserves accounting
- Significant experience managing external audit relationships
- Experience dealing with audit backlogs and complex year-end processes
- Hands-on delivery approach rather than purely strategic oversight
If you're interested, or know someone who may be suitable, please get in touch for a confidential discussion, messaging me at
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