CFO - Finance Placements Assistant Manager

Grant Thornton UK LLP; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial advisory firm in the UK is seeking an Assistant Manager for its FAAS team to lead client engagements and deliver high-quality services. This role requires a qualified professional passionate about supporting businesses. Responsibilities include managing financial projects, preparing year-end audits, and transitioning clients to new accounting standards. The position offers an inclusive culture, flexible working options, and the chance to contribute to significant business challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for collaborative individuals to make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Opportunities for secondments

Inclusive culture

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in financial process and internal systems review and improvement.
• Delivery of statutory accounts preparation and consolidations.
• Preparation of year‑end audit packs and helping clients to be ready for audit.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams on and off-site for client engagements.
• Support clients through business-critical issues with the FAAS team.
• Transitioning to new accounting standards and financial reporting changes.

Skills

Good communication skills

Collaborative

Project management experience

Education

ACA/ACCA/equivalent qualification

Job description

If you enjoy working on a wide-reaching range of projects that will help businesses and communities flourish, you'll fit right in. Here are some things you can expect from this FAAS Finance placements Assistant Manager role:

• Our Assistant Managers are pivotal to our client engagements and take the lead in delivering our high-quality services. This is a client-facing role, and you will be responsible for leading teams on and off-site, delivering technical and non-technical accounting projects.
• The FAAS team provides a fully-managed service that offers on-demand, expert support to our clients' finance teams. We provide accountancy, advisory, and project management support across a wide range of industries from larger SMEs to listed entities with overseas operations. We have a flexible team and great quality people that our clients love to work with.
• You’ll undertake secondments to support clients through business‑critical issues.
• We are looking for collaborative individuals with good communication skills who want to work with a diverse client base.
• You will work with our teams across the UK. There will be a requirement to travel to our client sites across our main hubs Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, or London. To be fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/equivalent) and be passionate about supporting, advising, and helping businesses achieve their potential.
• Experience in financial process and internal systems review and improvement.
• Delivery of statutory accounts preparation and consolidations.
• Preparation of year‑end audit packs and helping clients to be ready for audit.
• Support in transitioning to new accounting standards and financial reporting changes.
• It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box – we’ll help you develop along the way.
  • Project management experience.
  • Ideally you will have gained your experience in a practice environment, e.g., external audit.

At Grant Thornton we do things differently – looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work‑life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK and a presence in 150 global markets, we’re on an ambitious journey from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career. Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone.

Building an inclusive culture, where we value differences and respect our colleagues helps our people perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential. Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job, life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposeful, curious, candid but kind. We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. Our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team was established to help our clients overcome significant challenges, where there could be a potential knowledge/skillset gap or lack of resource. They work directly with finance teams to help them deliver business‑critical projects. These can range from more simple issues such as year‑end accounting to working with firms going through more complex issues such as IPOs and M&A. The FAAS team sits within our Advisory (Deals, Advisory & Consulting) division and works closely with a range of clients across different industry sectors. If you’re looking to work on an exciting range of projects, then this could be the team for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life. For internal employees who are interested in exploring the opportunity we are open to consideration around a secondment opportunity.