Interim Forensic Accountant

About the Business 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