An opportunity to join a well established services business as an Interim Forensic Accountant. Based near Birmingham, you will be initially joining on a 6 month FTC with strong potential to be extended. The role offers super flexible working, with just 3 days based in their modern offices. You will be working in a fast paced finance team, restoring financial stability.
Main Duties:
As an Interim Forensic Accountant, your main duties include:
* Perform forensic analysis of historical financial data to identify errors, anomalies, and control weaknesses
* Investigate and resolve legacy balance sheet issues, including unreconciled items and prior-period discrepancies
* Deliver clear, audit-ready documentation, including supporting evidence and root cause analysis
* Lead remediation activities, implementing corrective accounting entries in line with relevant standards
* Partner with auditors and advisors to validate findings and ensure robust resolution
* Assess and redesign financial processes and controls to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability
* Establish best-practice frameworks across month-end close, reconciliations, approvals, and audit trails
* Develop and embed policies, procedures, and templates to support ongoing governance
* Communicate findings, risks, and progress clearly to senior stakeholders
* Produce concise reports and recommendations for leadership and governance forums
Location / Office / Culture
The role is hybrid, offering a split of 3 days in the contemporary office and 2 days from home. You will be joining a fast-paced but welcoming team where employee growth and development is highly encouraged. The business is well-structured, offering exposure to varied work across multiple business units.
What We Are Looking For
The ideal candidate will have:
* Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
* Proven experience in forensic accounting, financial investigations, or audit
* Strong technical knowledge of IFRS and/or UK GAAP
* Involvement in finance transformation or process improvement initiatives
Why Join the business
* Flexible working
* Large, growing business
* Well established finance team
* Fantastic managers – a number of which that have been promoted internally
About Us
We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.
Ref: DT66999
Salary description
£75000.00 - £80000.00 per year