Interim Claims Consultant

Grant Thornton UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK is seeking an experienced Interim Claims Consultant for its Financial Services Business Risk Services (FS BRS) team. You will work on short- to medium-term projects focusing on claims processes, audits, and risk governance within insurance, banking, and asset management clients.

You’ll join a flexible contracting community that values expertise, credibility, and the ability to deliver tangible outcomes while collaborating with cross-functional teams across the UK.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in claims and/or delegated claims within industry.
• Knowledge of end-to-end claims processes and supporting internal audits with credibility.
• Experience in internal audit, claims auditing, coverholder audits or TPA audits is desirable.
• Experience across insurance sectors: General, Life, Pensions, Broking or Lloyd’s market.
• Strong analytical thinking and clear professional communication.
• Willingness to travel occasionally into London.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert input on claims processes and support internal audits.
• Contribute to risk and governance services for FS clients.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver high-quality assurance initiatives.

Skills

Claims expertise

End-to-end claims

Internal audits

Insurance sector

Attention to detail

Travel to London

Job description

Who We Are

At Grant Thornton we’re building something bold. We’re doing 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. Our journey from great to exceptional is well underway. With significant investment behind us and a clear strategy for growth, there’s real momentum.

Who We Are

At Grant Thornton we’re building something bold. We’re doing 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. Our journey from great to exceptional is well underway. With significant investment behind us and a clear strategy for growth, there’s real momentum.

Agile Talent Community (ATC) brings together experienced contract professionals who want choice without losing connection. You work where you add the most value, alongside teams who treat you as a partner rather than a placeholder.

Assignment Description

Joining us in in Financial Services Business Risk Services (FS BRS)

We help and support clients achieve their strategic goals by guiding them through new legislation changes and helping to navigate accounting, regulatory, technology and operating model change. The world around us is changing and our teams help clients remain agile and adapt to these changes and stay ahead of the competition.

Grant Thornton’s Financial Services Business Risk Services (FS BRS) team provides market-leading risk, control and governance services to the financial services industry, working with clients from the insurance, banking and investment management industries and beyond. Our key offerings are internal audit (outsource and co-source) finance and risk management, compliance and technology.

If you’re an experienced Interim Claims Consultant who’s tired of choosing between freedom and meaningful work, there’s another route. Within our FS BRS team, you’ll be given the opportunity to take on short- to medium-term projects that sharpen your expertise, stretch your thinking, and give you a different angle on familiar challenges - all without locking you into a single path.

Skills We Are Looking For

• Demonstratable hands-on experience of working in claims and / or delegated claims within industry that’s confident acting as a subject matter expert.
• Practical knowledge of the end‑to‑end claims process and be able to support or deliver internal audits with credibility.
• Experience in internal audit, claims auditing, coverholder audits or TPA audits is highly desirable.
• You would have gained your experience across insurance sector: General Insurance, Life Insurance, Pensions, Broking or Lloyd’s market.
• You’ll have a keen eye for detail, strong analytical thinking, and the ability to communicate insights clearly and professionally.
• You will be happy to occasionally travel into London.

Why Consultants choose the ATC

• Work that moves you forward
• When a project fits your skills, we’ll get in touch, but you choose whether it’s right for you. That means working on engagements that genuinely build your portfolio and expand your expertise.
• The freedom of contracting without the hidden admin
• 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.
• Community you can actually feel
• Connection shouldn’t disappear just because you’re contracting. 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.

Our culture and values

We have a culture where talented people thrive – where high performance is not just expected but enabled. It’s a culture built on clarity, curiosity, and care. One that challenges us to aim higher, where we’re encouraged to make the most of an abundance of resources to fuel our own development, and where we support each other to grow, learn, and succeed.

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.