Outsourced Business Services Consultant

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 week
• 25 days annual leave
• Hybrid working pattern (50% working from home)
• Paid overtime
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private medical care

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