Senior Finance Manager

Three Bridges Recruitment; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave – 39.5 days

Hybrid working

Supportive leadership

Opportunity to benefit communities

Long-term stability

Help strengthen finance partnering

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Finance Manager in Glasgow. This senior leadership position requires a qualified accountant with strong budgeting and stakeholder management experience. You will lead a finance team and oversee a budget portfolio of approximately £320m. The role offers hybrid working, a generous annual leave of 39.5 days, and the opportunity to significantly impact public services. If interested, please apply with your CV for a confidential discussion.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with relevant experience.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting skills in complex environments.
• Experience leading teams and managing pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial management and decision support.
• Oversee budget setting, monitoring, and reporting.
• Provide clear financial advice on strategic matters.
• Support transformation activities and business case development.

Skills

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Financial reporting

Strategic financial advice

Team leadership

Resilience under pressure

Education

Professional accountancy qualification

Job description

Three Bridges Recruitment is exclusively supporting a large, high-profile public sector partnership in Glasgow to appoint a Senior Finance Manager. This is a senior finance leadership role at the centre of a complex, multi-stakeholder organisation delivering essential services across the city.

This is a high-impact role for a qualified (or part-qualified) accountant who enjoys stakeholder-facing work, strong budgeting discipline, and improving how finance supports frontline services. You’ll lead a joint finance team supporting major services, with responsibility for a significant portfolio (c. £320m).

Why work here?

• Generous annual leave – 39.5 days
• Hybrid working, typically 2–3 days in the office, with flexibility built on trust
• Supportive leaders who prioritise, wellbeing & balance
• A chance to see the tangible benefit of your work in the communities around you
• Long-term stability that’s rarely found elsewhere
• A genuine opportunity to help strengthen finance partnering, during a period of change

What you’ll do

You’ll lead the team delivering high-quality financial management and decision support, including:

• Leading core cycles: budget setting, monitoring, forecasting, year-end and reporting
• Coordinating, challenging and consolidating financial information to support decision-making
• Providing clear financial advice on complex strategic, operational and governance matters
• Supporting transformation activity and business case development
• Building strong relationships across leadership & partners, influencing & constructively challenging
• A strong management accounting / business partnering focus: budget management, early issue-spotting, and helping stakeholders act on the story behind the numbers.

About you

You’ll likely bring:

• A professional accountancy qualification (or you’re actively working towards it)
• Strong budgeting/forecasting & stakeholder management experience in a complex environment
• Confidence leading teams and delivering through pressure and peak periods
• Sound judgement, resilience, and the ability to influence without creating friction
• Comfort operating in partnership-style environments (multiple stakeholders, governance, scrutiny)

At Three Bridges Recruitment, two of our values are “striving for brilliance” and “relatability”. We want every applicant to receive an excellent experience and ensure that this role is right for you. Should this role be of interest please apply with your most up to date CV or contact us for a confidential discussion.