Specialist finance recruitment agency I Morgan Philips UK

From turnarounds and transformation to restructuring and M&A, organisations are looking for agile individuals who can adapt to change. Accountants and finance professionals are expected to deliver process improvements, save costs and boost profitability.

Struggling to find a payroll or credit control specialist or a newly qualified or experienced accountant for your company or public practice firm? Seeking to appoint your next CFO or finance leader? Our specialist UK teams can help with all your interim and permanent finance recruitment needs.

Which sectors do we recruit in for senior finance and finance roles?

Our Senior Finance and Finance recruitment experts partner with UK and overseas organisations of all sizes, including Plcs, PE backed, VC invested, family, founder and privately owned companies across the following sectors:

Aerospace

Banking & FS

Biosciences

Charity

Consumer

Energy & Natural Resources

Engineering & Logistics

FMCG

Fintech

Healthcare

Insurance

Legal & Professional

Manufacturing

Media

Public Sector

Property

Technology

Telecoms

Travel

Senior finance roles/skills we specialise in for perm jobs:

CFOs
Finance directors
Heads of finance

Financial controllers
Group controllers

Recent examples of Senior Finance Scotland roles:

Financial Controller/FD - £60-90k £350-500 - Banking & FS - west and east central Scotland
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager/Finance Business Partner - £50-80k £375-500 - FMCG - west and east central Scotland
Senior Group Financial/Commercial/Business Analyst - £60-90k £350-500 - Pharma & Healthcare - west and east central Scotland
Group Financial/Commercial/Business Analyst (NQ) - £40-46k £180-250 - Manufacturing - west and east central Scotland
Management/Financial Accountant (NQ) - £40-46k £180-250 - Engineering & Logistics - west and east central Scotland
Senior Management/Financial Accountant - £55-80k £375-500 - Energy & Natural Resources - west and east central Scotland
Management/Financial Accountant - Qualified (2-5 yrs) - £46-60 £300-400 - Media - west and east central Scotland
Treasury - £45-80k £250-500 - Telecoms - west and east central Scotland
Tax - £45-90k £250-550 - Legal & Professional - west and east central Scotland
Project Accountant - £45-80k £250-450 - Public Sector - west and east central Scotland
Systems Accountant - £45-80k £250-500 - FMCG - west and east central Scotland
Internal Audit - £45-80k £250-500 - Energy & Natural Resources - west and east central Scotland
Controls & Assurance Accountant - £45-80k £250-500 - Media - west and east central Scotland
Regulatory Reporting Accountant - £45-80k £250-500 - Manufacturing - west and east central Scotland
Fund Accountant - £45-80k £250-500 - Engineering & Logistics - west and east central Scotland
Technical Accounting Specialist - £45-90k £250-500 - Public Sector - west and east central Scotland

Management Accountant - £40-50k - Fintech - Glasgow
Reporting Accountant - £40-45k - Biosciences - Renfrew
Senior Accountant - £45-55k - Travel - Renfrew
Finance Manager - £40-45k - Insurance - Glasgow
Finance Business Partner - £45-50k - Aerospace - Ayrshire
Assistant Finance Manager - £35-40k - Property - Glasgow
Finance Manager - £35-40k - Property - Glasgow
Finance Manager - £45-52k - Engineering - Renfrew
Finance Manager - £50-55k - Biosciences - Ayrshire
Group Financial Controller - £60-65k - Insurance - Ayrshire
Financial Controller - £70-80k - Public Sector - Greenock
Finance Director - £65-70k - Charity - Glasgow
Finance Analyst - £50-55k - Travel - Renfrew
Finance Systems Accountant - £50-55k - Professional Services - Glasgow
Management Information and Reporting Manager - £50-60k - Professional Services - Glasgow
Tax Manager - £45-55k - Professional Services - Glasgow
Commercial Finance Analyst - £35-45K - FMCG - Glasgow

Accounts Payable Clerk - £23k-£25k - Fintech - Glasgow
Accounts Receiveable Clerk - £23k-£25k - Biosciences - Renfrew
Credit Controller - £23k-£26k - Travel - Renfrew
Accounts Assistant - £24k-£27k - Insurance - Glasgow
Payroll Analyst - £24k-£28k - Aerospace - Ayrshire
Assistant Accountant - £28k-£35k - Property - Glasgow
Payroll Manager - £45k-£70k - Property - Glasgow
Accounts Payaable Manager - £45k-£70k - Engineering - Renfrew
Accounts Receiveable Manager - £45k-£70k - Biosciences - Ayrshire
Credit Manager - £45k-£70k - Insurance - Ayrshire
Payroll Team Leader - £30k-£40k - Public Sector - Greenock
Accounts Payable Team Leader - £30k-£40k - Charity - Glasgow
Credit Team Leader - £30k-£40k - Travel - Renfrew
Graduate Opportunties - £18k-£22k - Professional Services - Glasgow
Language Opportunities - £20k-£25k - Professional Services - Glasgow

Accounts & Business Support

Accounts Assistant/ACCA part qual (1-3 yrs experience) - £24-30k - Scotland wide
Experienced Accounts Assistant /ACCA part qual (2-4 yrs) - £24-30k - Scotland wide
Newly qualified Accountant/ ACCA - £34-36k - Scotland wide
Accountant/Accounts Senior/ACCA post qual (1-3 yrs) or QBE - £36-42k - Scotland wide
Assistant Manager/usually ACCA post qual (2-5 yrs) or QBE - £36-42k - Scotland wide
Manager/ usually ACCA post qual (2-5 yrs) or QBE - £42-52k - Scotland wide
Senior Manager/ usually ACCA post qual (5 yrs+) or QBE - £52-65k - Scotland wide
Director/ usually ACCA post qual (5 yrs+) or QBE - £70-90k - Scotland wide

Tax (personal & corporate)

Trainee/Assistant/ATT part qual (1-2 yrs) - £16-20k - Scotland wide
Senior/ATT part qual (2-4 yrs) - £20-26k - Scotland wide
Supervisor /CTA part qual (3-6 yrs) or CTA qual - £26-34k - Scotland wide
Assistant Manager/usually CTA (2-5 yrs) post qual or QBE - £34-42k - Scotland wide
Manager/usually CTA (2-5 yrs) post qual or QBE - £44-54k - Scotland wide
Senior Manager/usually CTA (5 yrs+) post qual or QBE - £55-75k - Scotland wide
Director/usually CTA (5 yrs+) post qual or QBE - £70-90k - Scotland wide

Audit

Trainee/CA part qual (1-3 yrs) - £23-34k - Scotland wide
Newly qualified CA - £36-42k - Scotland wide
Senior/CA (1-3 yrs) post qual or QBE - £38-42k - Scotland wide
Supervisor /CA qual (3-6 yrs) post qual or QBE - £38-44k - Scotland wide
Assistant Manager/usually CA (2-5 yrs) post qual or QBE - £38-44k - Scotland wide
Manager/usually CA (2-5 yrs) post qual or QBE - £44-54k - Scotland wide
Senior Manager/usually CA (5 yrs+) post qual or QBE - £56-65k - Scotland wide
Director/usually CA (5 yrs+) post qual or QBE - £70-90k - Scotland wide

Finance roles/areas we focus on for perm and interim newly qualified and qualified accountants jobs:

Management/financial accountant
Financial planning & analysis manager
Finance analyst
Tax/treasury manager
Systems accountant

Internal audit
Accounts payable/receivable
Credit contol
Payroll

We also specialise in all public practice roles across the following areas:

Accounts & Business Support
Tax (personal and corporate)
Audit

Recent examples of Finance roles:

CFO - £150K + bonus and equity - Software (AIM listed) - Hampshire
Finance Director - £125K + bonus - FMCG (privately owned) - London
CFO - £175K + bonus and LTIP - Healthcare (listed) - Dublin
Head of Finance - £100K + bonus - Fintech - London
CFO - £180K + bonus and equity - AI (PE backed) - London
Head of Finance - £90K + bonus - Invested Leasing - London
CFO - £120K + equity - Business Services (PE backed) - London
Director of Finance - £120K + bonus - Software (AIM listed) - Cambridge
Finance Director - £125K + bonus and equity - Renewable Energy (PE backed) - Berkshire

Contact our Finance experts

Graeme Bruce

Managing Consultant

Having solely focused on interim and permanent qualified accountant roles in the east of Scotland for well over a decade, Graeme has partnered with many organisations. Tapping into his wide pool of diverse candidates, he can advise and source the talent you need quickly and effectively. If for whatever reason he can’t help you (it does happen!), he won’t waste your time but we’re sure you’ll be impressed with his professionalism and expertise.

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Marsha Ford

Talent Manager

A talent manager with 23 years’ finance recruitment experience, Marsha specialises in hard to fill permanent and interim qualified accountancy and financial services roles across the west and central Scotland. Partnering with organisations across both the private and public sectors, Marsha’s knowledge and network is second to none and can help your business drive improvement.

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Cameron Brown

Consultant

A consultant with three years’ experience at Morgan Philips, Cameron works in the qualified accountancy and finance market in Glasgow and the west of Scotland. He has supported clients in the private and public sectors to fill key positions in their finance function including accountants, analysts, tax and systems specialists up to manager or controller level. With a friendly and honest approach to recruitment, Cameron supports clients and candidates to help them make that right next hire or move.

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Erin Boyle

Consultant

Erin specialises in the Scottish public practice market for audit, tax and accounts and business advisory, from part qualified up to associate director level. Her knowledge of the market in Scotland is highly valued by clients, which range from The Big 4 to Mid-tier and independent boutique CA firms. Erin prides herself on delivering a friendly and honest services to all her candidates and clients alike.

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Salary guide for the finance industry – 2023

Our salary study is based both on the projects carried out for our clients in 2022 and on the candidate interviews carried out by our specialised consultants, as well as on the in-depth analysis of our research database, which is constantly updated by our teams in the UK and internationally. It is supplemented by various information from our partner job boards and professional social networks

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7 reasons to partner with us for all your senior finance and finance recruitment needs

A common DNA and language for our clients and candidates

Unique and innovative attraction techniques: to secure top finance and senior finance talent, you need to use all available talent pools.

Our global database of tens of thousands of finance and senior finance professionals.
4 talent research centres (Mauritius, Zhuhai, Philippines and Mexico) have access to more than 250 global candidate databases

Specialist experts with a long track record hiring senior finance execs and finance professionals - using the most effective techniques for approaching candidates directly.

The use of video adverts generates 40% more applications, both for finance and senior finance hires.

Publication of fresh content (articles, webinars, podcasts, market overviews, salary guides), fostering a community that attracts and retains the cream of the finance talent crop.