Finance Manager | Dundee

Cooper Parry; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension (up to 20%)

Hybrid working

Hybrid working—2 days WFH in initial期

Career progression

Job summary

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment is supporting a major Scottish organisation in Dundee with a Finance Manager role. You'll lead budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, partnering with senior operational leaders to drive value and shape strategic decisions.

The role involves managing a team of 4 within a larger finance function, delivering robust financial insight and governance to support long-term objectives.

Qualifications

• Must have strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting expertise.
• Experience leading or developing finance teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to translate complex data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting across a diverse service portfolio and align plans with objectives.
• Produce robust forecasts, identify risks/opportunities, and support informed decisions.
• Provide monthly management accounts, performance analysis and commentary to senior stakeholders.
• Develop business cases, investment appraisals and service improvement initiatives.
• Coach and develop a small finance team and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Excel & financial modelling

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ICAS, ICAEW, CIPFA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Financial modelling software

Job description

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment is delighted to support a major Scottish organisation with the appointment of a Finance Manager to join a high-performing finance team in Dundee during an exciting period of strategic transformation. This is an opportunity to work alongside senior operational leaders, influence key decisions and lead financial planning across a significant service portfolio. You will play a central role in improving performance, delivering value and supporting long-term organisational objectives. With responsibility for budgets exceeding £160mill and exposure to senior leadership teams, this job role offers the chance to make a visible impact while developing your career within a complex and highly respected organisation.

The Opportunity

You'll operated as a trusted finance business partner, supporting senior stakeholders across multiple services and locations and manage a team of 4 within a larger finance team. You'll have strong peer support and also a highly visible role interacting with senior finance leadership. This is a varied role and you'll be involved in:

• Leading the annual budgeting process across a diverse range of services, ensuring financial plans align with organisational objectives.
• Producing robust forecasts and financial plans, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting leaders to make informed decisions.
• Providing detailed monthly management accounts, performance analysis and commentary to senior stakeholders.
• Supporting the development of business cases, investment appraisals and service improvement initiatives, helping determine where resources can deliver the greatest impact.
• Challenging and supporting budget holders to improve financial performance, deliver efficiencies and achieve savings targets.
• Acting as a trusted adviser to operational leaders, translating complex financial information into practical recommendations.
• Leading financial modelling and scenario planning exercises to support strategic decision-making and organisational change.
• Reviewing and strengthening financial controls, governance processes and compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Supporting year-end processes and statutory reporting requirements, working closely with internal and external audit teams.
• Developing high-quality management information and reporting tools to improve visibility and decision-making.
• Leading, coaching and developing a small finance team, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Building strong relationships across finance, operational and executive leadership teams, becoming a key contributor to strategic discussions.

The Candidate

You will be a professionally qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ICAS, ICAEW, CIPFA) with significant post-qualifying experience in a sizeable and complex organisation. You'll have strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting expertise and experience leading or developing finance teams. You will have excellent communication and stakeholders management skills and the confidence to challenge senior decision makers constructively.

You'll have strong Excel skills and financial modelling capability as well as an ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insight.

What's On Offer

• Starting salary of circa £76,000 with annual increments
• Excellent pension provision (up to 20% employer contribution)
• Generous annual leave allowance and flexi-time arrangements with ability to accrue holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working - up to 2 days WFH although preference for initial period to be in office
• Dundee-based
• Career progression path and opportunities across wider organisation and to next level

Next steps

If you are interested in taking the next step in your career or feel a change of environment or sector is your next path, this could be the ideal job opportunity for you! To apply please send a full CV. For a confidential discussion or more information, please reach out to Lynsey Campbell at Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment on [e-mail]. Only candidates eligible to work in the UK will be considered for this role as no sponsorship is available.