Interim Accountant — Flexible, On-Demand Projects

Grant Thornton; England; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking Interim Accountants to join its CFO Solutions’ Agile Talent Community. You will work on on-demand finance placements across public and private sectors, focusing on interim accounting assignments with flexibility in hours and project scopes.

As an Interim Accountant, you will handle accounting and audit support, financial reporting and process improvements on short- to medium-term engagements, collaborating with client teams to deliver value and maintain high standards.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Problem solving mindset, with a strong drive for best practice.
• 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.

Skills

Problem solving mindset

Public sector accounting experience

Audit liaison and project management

Month/quarter/year-end accounts prep

Financial reporting standards (CIPFA/1

Education

CA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA or equivalent

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking Interim Accountants to join its CFO Solutions’ Agile Talent Community. You will work on on-demand finance placements across public and private sectors, focusing on interim accounting assignments with flexibility in hours and project scopes.

As an Interim Accountant, you will handle accounting and audit support, financial reporting and process improvements on short- to medium-term engagements, collaborating with client teams to deliver value and maintain high standards.