Financial Reporting Specialist Leader

1 month ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Grant Thornton UK Full time

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Financial Reporting Specialist Leader to join our team at Grant Thornton UK. This exciting role will provide you with the opportunity to support the quality of our audits and work closely with our engagement teams.

Company Overview

Grant Thornton UK is a leading audit, tax, and advisory firm that puts quality, inclusion, and integrity first. Our successful Public Sector Financial Reporting team provides training, guidance, technical assistance, and quality assurance to support the UK's largest public sector external audit practice in delivering high-quality audits.

Job Description

This role as an Assistant Manager working in our Public Sector Financial Reporting (FR) team will involve supporting the quality of our audits and collaborating with our engagement teams on some of the challenges they face:

  • Critically review draft public sector financial statements to support audit teams and manage risk.
  • Draft responses, and act as consultee, on complex or unique financial reporting queries.
  • Assist with the drafting of internal guidance and training materials.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with our audit teams.
  • Work closely with your colleagues in our Financial Reporting and Accounting Support and Audit Quality teams.
Required Skills and Qualifications

To be considered for this role, you will need:

  • A professional accounting qualification such as CIPFA, ACA, ICAS, CA, or ACCA.
  • Post-qualification experience either in the delivery of External Audit to Local Authorities and Health bodies or from within a Local Government or Health finance function.
  • An excellent grasp of IFRS accounting standards and their implementation in the public sector to respond to client accounting queries.
  • Excellent knowledge of financial reporting in the public sector.
  • Project management experience.
Benefits

This role offers flexible working options, including reduced or condensed hours, job shares. We encourage everyone in the firm to work in a hybrid way and will always do our best to keep your work and life in balance. The estimated salary for this role is £60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience.



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