Senior Finance Manager

Global Highland; Inverness; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Highland Ltd is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to join their head office in Inverness. The role leads the finance function across a diverse portfolio, overseeing reporting, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and cash management to support sustainable growth.

You’ll work closely with the Group CFO and senior leaders to provide accurate financial insights, strengthen governance, and drive improvements across systems and processes.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent professional accountancy qualification.
• Significant finance management experience, ideally within a multi-entity group or portfolio environment.
• Strong experience in management reporting, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Strong understanding of cash flow, working capital, balance sheet management and financial controls.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly reporting and consolidation across the portfolio, ensuring accurate, timely information.
• Oversee management accounts and reporting packs for senior management and the Board.
• Analyse performance against budget and forecast, highlighting trends, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate annual budgets, forecasts and longer-term financial plans.
• Maintain balance sheet control, including reconciliations, intercompany accounting and group recharges.
• Drive improvements in quality and efficiency of financial reporting.
• Oversee cash flow reporting and working capital management.
• Develop treasury processes and controls and manage group banking relationships.
• Monitor cash conversion, debtor performance and aged debt; drive cash generation improvements.
• Maintain and strengthen financial controls, accounting procedures and governance standards.
• Ensure consistent application of group finance policies and reporting requirements.
• Identify financial risks and control weaknesses and drive improvements.
• Coordinate year-end reporting and external audit requirements.
• Support improvements to finance systems, reporting automation and processes.
• Assist integration of newly acquired businesses and post-acquisition activities.
• Build relationships with business leaders and finance teams to provide commercial insight.

Skills

Management reporting

Consolidation

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Excel skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Finance systems

Job description

Working exclusively with our client Global Highland are seeking a Senior Finance Manager to join their team. Based in our clients head office in Inverness this is a fully office based role. The Senior Finance Manager will play a key leadership role within our clients finance function, overseeing financial reporting, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, cash management and financial control across a diverse portfolio of businesses.

Working closely with the Group CFO, senior leadership and finance leads, the role will provide accurate and meaningful financial information to support decision-making, business performance and sustainable growth.

The role will take ownership of portfolio reporting, strengthen financial controls and governance, provide commercial insight and support the integration of newly acquired businesses.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Planning

• Lead the monthly reporting and consolidation process across the portfolio, ensuring accurate, timely and consistent financial information.
• Oversee management accounts and reporting packs for senior management and the Board.
• Analyse performance against budget and forecast, highlighting key trends, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate annual budgets, forecasts and longer-term financial plans.
• Maintain strong balance sheet control, including reconciliations, intercompany accounting and group recharges.
• Drive improvements in the quality and efficiency of financial reporting.

Cash, Treasury & Working Capital

• Oversee cash flow reporting and working capital management.
• Provide clear visibility of cash and funding requirements across the portfolio.
• Develop appropriate treasury processes and controls and manage group banking relationships.
• Monitor cash conversion, debtor performance and aged debt, working with businesses to improve cash generation.

Controls, Governance & Finance Systems

• Maintain and strengthen financial controls, accounting procedures and governance standards.
• Ensure consistent application of group finance policies and reporting requirements.
• Identify financial risks and control weaknesses and drive appropriate improvements.
• Coordinate year-end reporting and external audit requirements.
• Support improvements to finance systems, reporting automation and finance processes.

Acquisitions & Integration

• Support the financial onboarding and integration of newly acquired businesses.
• Review existing finance processes, systems, controls and reporting arrangements and identify areas requiring improvement.
• Align acquired businesses with group reporting, accounting policies, controls and budgeting processes.
• Support systems integration, opening balances and intercompany arrangements.

Business Partnering & Leadership

• Build strong relationships with business leaders, finance teams and operational stakeholders across the portfolio.
• Provide commercial financial insight and constructive challenge to improve performance, profitability and cash generation.
• Support finance teams in strengthening reporting quality and financial discipline.
• Lead and contribute to finance improvement projects and wider group initiatives.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent professional accountancy qualification.
• Significant finance management experience, ideally within a multi-entity group or portfolio environment.
• Strong experience in management reporting, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Strong understanding of cash flow, working capital, balance sheet management and financial controls.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems and reporting tools.

Desirable

• Experience within a group finance function supporting multiple businesses or legal entities.
• M&A, post-acquisition integration or finance transformation experience.
• Experience of treasury, banking relationships and group funding arrangements.
• Exposure to statutory reporting, external audit and lender reporting.