Senior Manager (Outsourcing)

📍 Guildford | Full-Time | £65,000 - £75,000

Help ambitious businesses make better decisions.

The best Finance Directors don't just report on performance.

They help shape it.

This is an opportunity to become a strategic adviser to ambitious SMEs, working alongside business owners and leadership teams to influence key decisions, improve financial performance and support long-term growth.

If you enjoy commercial conversations as much as financial reporting, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.

The Opportunity

As Outsourcing Senior Manager, you'll work closely with a portfolio of owner-managed businesses, becoming an extension of their leadership team.

You'll combine commercial thinking with technical expertise, helping clients understand the story behind their numbers and providing the insight they need to grow with confidence.

Alongside your client work, you'll collaborate with colleagues across audit, tax and payroll, helping deliver a joined-up advisory service that genuinely adds value.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll play a key role in supporting ambitious businesses by:

• Acting as the strategic finance lead for a portfolio of SME clients.
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Delivering insightful management reporting and commercial analysis.
• Attending board-level meetings and advising business owners on key financial decisions.
• Overseeing statutory reporting and financial compliance.
• Identifying financial risks and recommending practical solutions.
• Coaching finance teams and developing best-practice processes.
• Working collaboratively with tax, audit and payroll specialists to deliver a seamless client experience.

Who We're Looking For

This role would suit someone who enjoys influencing businesses, challenging thinking and becoming a valued part of their clients' leadership team.

You'll ideally have:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Director-level experience within outsourced finance or a similar strategic finance role.
• Strong experience advising UK SMEs.
• Excellent commercial awareness.
• Confidence presenting financial information to Boards and senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills.

Experience supporting scale-ups, business transformation or turnaround situations would be highly advantageous.

Why This Role?

Some Finance Director positions focus on one business.

This opportunity allows you to work alongside a diverse portfolio of ambitious companies, giving you the variety, challenge and commercial exposure that comes from supporting businesses across different industries and stages of growth.

You'll become more than an outsourced finance professional—you'll become a trusted part of your clients' decision-making process.

Interested?

I'd love to tell you more about the role, the clients and the long-term opportunity.

Not quite the right fit?

Every career move is different. If this role isn't the one, let's have a conversation about what is.

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Eco Recruitment Group is an equal opportunity recruiter. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.

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