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Interim Senior Technical Financial Accountant
Job summary
A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Interim Senior Technical Financial Accountant for a 6-month contract in St Albans. The ideal candidate should be a fully qualified accountant with strong technical IFRS experience, able to manage audits and produce high-quality financial statements. This hybrid role involves complex financial reporting and the preparation of statutory accounts, offering a daily rate around £550 outside of IR35. Immediate start is preferred.
Qualifications
- Fully qualified accountant, ideally trained within a Big 4 or top-tier practice.
- Significant post-qualification experience in multinational environments.
- Demonstrated background in managing audits and IFRS financial statement preparation.
Responsibilities
- Act as the in-house expert on advanced IFRS accounting.
- Lead the preparation of full IFRS statutory accounts.
- Manage the finalisation of complex consolidated IFRS financial statements.
Skills
Education
Location: St Albans (Hybrid- 3/2) | Start: ASAP
Rate: Circa £550p/day, Outside of IR35
We are partnering with a highly acquisitive, fast-moving client seeking an exceptional Technical Financial Accountant for a 6-month interim assignment. This role requires someone who is both technically rigorous and hands-on, able to operate confidently across complex reporting work and day-to-day financial demands.
- Act as the in-house expert on advanced IFRS accounting, providing high-level technical support and guidance.
- Move seamlessly between complex technical tasks and detailed operational activities – from drafting technical papers to responding to audit requests and resolving invoice queries.
- Produce and review sophisticated accounting papers and analyses, including impairment reviews for goodwill and intangible assets, and going concern assessments.
- Lead the preparation of full IFRS statutory accounts.
- Build and implement a new IFRS consolidation model fit for a multi-entity, international group.
- Oversee the end-to-end audit process, ensuring smooth coordination and timely delivery.
- Manage the finalisation and signing of a complex set of consolidated IFRS financial statements.
- Bring deep international experience across multi-jurisdictional environments.
- Apply strong working knowledge of international tax matters.
- Utilise advanced Excel capability, with the ability to support parallel projects including a current refinancing initiative and the FY27 budgeting cycle.
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent), ideally trained within a Big 4 or top-tier practice with strong exposure to complex IFRS reporting.
- Significant post-qualification experience in multinational or acquisitive groups, with a solid track record in technical accounting, consolidations, and statutory reporting.
- Demonstrated background managing audits, IFRS financial statement preparation, and producing high-quality technical papers (impairments, going concern, etc.).
- Strong international perspective, with global tax awareness and advanced Excel capability, gained through roles supporting cross-border structures and group-level finance projects.
Vitae Financial Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
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