Interim Audit and Reporting Lead
Posted 4 days ago by Jobserve
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Interim Reporting and Audit Lead role is a high-visibility position within a fast-growing, globally operating business, focusing on managing the global statutory audit and accounts process. The successful candidate will work closely with senior finance leadership in a private equity-backed environment, ensuring compliance with IFRS and timely delivery of statutory accounts. This role requires a hands-on approach to audit planning and execution during a critical transition period. The contract is initially short-term but has a strong likelihood of extension for the right individual.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take full ownership of the global statutory audit and accounts process, coordinating audits across multiple countries.
- Act as the central point of contact for auditors, group finance, and local teams.
- Set the audit plan, drive timelines, resolve technical issues, and ensure IFRS-compliant statutory accounts are delivered cleanly and on time.
- Manage the audit process during a key transition period.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience leading global audits end-to-end across multiple jurisdictions.
- Background in PE-backed or listed businesses with high audit complexity.
- Strong IFRS and statutory reporting expertise.
- Confident in managing and challenging external auditors.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, dealing with CFOs and international finance teams.
- Structured, organised, and calm under pressure.
- ACA/ACCA/CPA qualified (or equivalent).
- Ability to add value from day one.
- Ideal for seasoned contractors experienced in critical audit periods.
Salary (Rate): £600.00 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Your new company
A fast-growing, globally operating business backed by serious investment and operating across multiple international jurisdictions. With a complex group structure and a critical audit cycle underway, the CFO is bringing in experienced contract support to steady the ship and lead from the front during a key transition period.This is a high-visibility assignment working closely with senior finance leadership in a PE-backed/listed environment where pace, structure and technical credibility really matter.
Your new role
- You'll take full ownership of the global statutory audit and accounts process, coordinating audits across multiple countries and acting as the central point of contact for auditors, group finance and local teams.
- This is a hand-on role setting the audit plan, driving timelines, resolving technical issues and ensuring IFRS-compliant statutory accounts are delivered cleanly and on time.
- Contract length is initially short-term, with a strong likelihood of extension for the right individual.
- Hybrid working, London-based.
What you'll need to succeed
- Proven experience leading global audits end-to-end across multiple jurisdictions
- A background in PE-backed or listed businesses where audit complexity, pace and scrutiny are high
- Strong IFRS and statutory reporting expertise
- Confident managing and challenging external auditors
- Excellent stakeholder management skills. You'll be dealing with CFOs, and international finance teams.
- A structured, organised and calm approach under pressure
- ACA/ACCA/CPA qualified (or equivalent)
- Comfortable parachuting into a business and adding value from day one
- Ideal for seasoned contractors who've been here before and enjoy doing critical audit periods without politics.
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