Senior Finance Manager

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment seeks a Senior Finance Manager in Glasgow to lead and coordinate the group finance transformation within a busy professional services business. The role reports to the Group Finance Director and focuses on building the Shared Service Centre model and delivering improvements.

The ideal candidate will have ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent, with extensive experience in group finance management, and strong stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA with proven experience in group finance transformation.
• Strong knowledge of core finance processes across RTR, PTP, Treasury.
• Experience managing change, process improvement or shared service transitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate ongoing group finance transformation and transition activity.
• Oversee key finance processes, ensuring effective controls and continuous improvement.
• Manage transition plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and operational readiness.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Communication

Change management

Education

ACA/CIMA/ACCA

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Finance Manager to join a busy professional services business as a replacement for an existing role in Glasgow.

Reporting to the Group Finance Director, the Senior Finance Manager will play a key role in supporting the Group’s ongoing transition towards improving and building upon their current Shared Service Centre model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate ongoing group finance transformation and transition activity.
• Oversee key finance processes, ensuring effective controls, consistency and continuous improvement.
• Manage transition plans, milestones, dependencies, risks and operational readiness.
• Coordinate process documentation, knowledge transfer and training.
• Work closely with finance teams, SSC leadership, technology and transformation stakeholders.
• Ensuring processes are operating effectively.
• Provide clear reporting, insight and recommendations to the Finance Director.
• Identify opportunities to standardise, simplify and improve Group finance processes.
• Support the development of the Group’s future finance operating model.

Candidate Profile:

The successful candidate will have:

• Ideally Qualified ACA, CIMA, ACCA
• Previous experience in a Group Finance Manager, Finance Manager or finance transformation role.
• Strong knowledge of core finance processes. ( RTR, PTP, Treasury)
• Experience of managing change, process improvement or shared service transitions.
• Strong financial, analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent organisation and communication abilities.
• Confidence working with senior leadership and influencing across the wider Group.
• A pragmatic, commercially focused and continuous improvement mindset.

This is a senior position, offering close exposure to the Finance Director and the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the future development of the finance function.