About the Business
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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
- 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
- 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 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. xwzovoh If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.
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