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Interim Chief Accountant - local authority

MLC Partners

West Midlands (Region) · Posted 8 Oct 2026 · 19 applicants

£600.00 - £700.00 per day
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Interim Chief Accountant / Corporate Finance Manager - West-Midlands based local authority

Circa £650 inside IR35

Initial 6 month interim contract

Hybrid working

The first couple of weeks will need to be on site in the west midlands probably for at least 4 days each week – so that they can understand what is going and to meet all the relevant people

After that it will be 2 or 3 days – depending on business needs, they may need to attend meetings throughout the County – and must be prepared to accommodate this

Essential Requirements;

  • Must be a fully qualified accountant and be basically, a hands-on technical accountant that will also have all the responsibility for all corporate finance items
  • Must be able to produce statement of accounts and be hands on - no managing people who do it
  • Must have sufficient and recent experience in District and Borough Councils
  • This is not a ‘just manage’ – it’s very many hands on role

Including responsibility for and possibly doing:-

  • Production of the statement of accounts
  • External Audit
  • VAT
  • CIS returns
  • Fixed Asset Register
  • Accounts Payable
  • Treasury Management and Banking
  • Cash Flow
  • Delta returns
  • WGA
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