Interim Accountant - Local Government

Location: England & Wales

Working Pattern: Hybrid working, 2-3 Days on-site

Engagement Route: Open to Limited Company (IR35 status to be determined on an assignment basis) or inside IR35 route

Day Rate: Negotiable

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.

Our 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.

Joining us in CFO Solutions – Finance Placements

Grant Thornton’s CFO Solutions provides strategic, transformation and execution support for CFOs, through multiple services including finance consultancy, finance placements, business process outsourcing and technical accounting advice. The Finance Placements team focuses on providing an on-demand and project-focused accounting service, deploying individuals and teams of interim finance professionals into our clients’ finance functions to help them through periods of challenge or change.

Joining the Agile Talent Community as an Interim Accountant , you will have the freedom to work on projects that you choose, whether full or part-time, on short to medium-term assignments for CFO Solutions’ clients.

These projects are very varied, encompassing a wide range of skills and organisations within the public sector, but with wider opportunities in private sector where desirable - including accounting and audit support, finance function remediation and supporting finance change programs. Grant Thornton is a well-established partner to the public sector with extensive experience working with Central Government, Local Government, NHS and other public bodies supporting organisations with a variety of services from large scale transformation and change to audit and governance, as well as delivery of large-scale public service programmes.

Skills we are looking for

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.