About this role
Are you an ACA or ACCA qualified auditor eager to step out of traditional audit and into an industry-focused advisory environment, without narrowing your career to a single company or sector If so, this Consultant role offers the ideal balance: genuine industry secondments, high-level commercial project variety, and the backing of comprehensive technical infrastructure from a market-leading Top 10 firm.
Working within a dedicated advisory and commercial solutions practice, you will operate as an embedded interim finance professional for an exceptional client portfolio spanning FTSE-listed, AIM-quoted, and private-equity-backed international groups. Whether stepping into a three-month management accounting leadership project, directing complex month-end closes, or driving technical IFRS transformations, you will develop a well-rounded commercial skillset far broader than any single in-house role could offer—while keeping an elite Top 10 brand on your CV.
About the Firm
This Top 10 firm is a multi-award-winning accountancy and business advisory leader renowned for delivering strategic, value-led advice to fast-growing and complex multinational organisations. Its advisory practice operates across finance transformation, technical accounting, and operational improvement, providing professionals with an agile, high-performance working environment and clear progression frameworks.
Responsibilities
Second directly into client finance teams on interim assignments, high-impact change projects, and core finance functions.Prepare consolidated statutory financial statements and audit-ready year-end packs under UK GAAP (FRS 102) and IFRS.Deliver month-end close procedures for larger corporate entities, including ledger oversight, balance sheet reconciliations, and journal postings.Develop tailored management accounting packs, executive KPI dashboards, and reporting frameworks aligned with client decision-making needs.Provide proactive technical accounting advisory on day-to-day transactions, emerging reporting standards, and regulatory changes.Build rolling budgets, short-term cash flow models, and commercial variance forecasts for client executive boards.Identify finance process inefficiencies and recommend accounting software add-ons and standard methodology improvements. As a Industry-style Consultant you will:
Be fully ACA, ACCA, or ICAS qualified (or overseas equivalent).Have proven audit, statutory reporting, or outsourced management accounting experience within public practice or commerce.Possess a solid, up-to-date working knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS frameworks.Demonstrate strong analytical capability, adaptability, and the commercial confidence to advise client Finance Directors and Partners directly.Exhibit the ability to supervise junior colleagues and hit deadlines across simultaneous deliverables.Hold full, unrestricted rights to work in the UK. What You’ll Receive
35-hour working week25 days annual leaveHybrid working pattern (50% working from home)Paid overtimeDiscretionary bonus schemePrivate medical care At Austin Rose, we specialise in Public Practice recruitment and use our market insight to support professionals in securing roles aligned with their long-term ambitions.
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