About our client

Our client is an established Scottish business with a significant UK footprint, employing around 600 people across a diverse range of operations.

The business has recently entered an exciting new phase following investment from a private equity partner. This provides the platform for continued growth, investment and development across the group.

The role

Working within the FP&A function, this will be a broad and operationally focused role, providing financial analysis and insight across different areas of the business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Management reporting and analysis across multiple business areas
• Understanding P&L performance, including sales, margins and costs
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting
• Analysis of financial and operational KPIs
• Working closely with operational leaders to understand business performance
• Providing meaningful financial insight to support decision-making
• Supporting the wider finance team with ad hoc analysis and projects

The business has a modern finance environment, with first-class systems, and the FP&A team working closely with operational and commercial teams.

Who are we looking for

Despite the FP&A title, previous experience in a dedicated FP&A position is not essential.

We are interested in speaking with experienced accountants who have strong transferable skills gained within operationally or commercially focused environments. You should be comfortable getting into the detail behind business performance, understanding what is driving the numbers and communicating effectively with stakeholders outside finance.

What's on offer

An attractive salary with significant flexibility around hybrid and remote working. 

To find out more, please contact Andrew Ferguson at Vero Recruitment at andrew@verorecruitment.com, or apply in confidence using the link below.

This is a highly visible, commercially focused role within a major energy organisation entering an exciting phase of international expansion. The opportunity offers direct involvement in high-profile mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and portfolio development, with significant exposure to senior leadership and complex transactions.

The successful candidate will join an ambitious, well-resourced business with a strong financial position and a clear strategy for continued growth.

Who is our client:

Our client is a leading energy exploration and production business with a substantial UK portfolio and growing international ambitions. 

The business is entering its next phase of growth, focused on international expansion, portfolio diversification and disciplined capital allocation. M&A activity will play a central role in delivering this strategy, creating an exciting environment for commercially minded professionals looking to develop their transaction experience.

The opportunity:

The M&A Advisor will play an important role in supporting high-profile acquisitions, disposals and wider strategic initiatives across the UK and internationally.

Working closely with senior leaders, external advisors and multidisciplinary teams, you will be involved throughout the transaction lifecycle, from identifying and evaluating opportunities through to financial modelling, due diligence, negotiations and deal execution.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop broad M&A and commercial experience within a major international organisation, with the potential to take on greater transaction ownership and leadership responsibilities as your career progresses.

Key responsibilities:

• Support corporate M&A, asset acquisitions, disposals and wider strategic investment opportunities

• Financial modelling, cash flow analysis, valuations and assessment of potential deal structures

• Support transactions throughout the full deal lifecycle, including screening, due diligence, negotiations and completion

• Identify and evaluate acquisition opportunities aligned with the Group's strategic objectives

• Prepare investment recommendations, presentations and decision-making materials for senior leadership and the Board

• Work collaboratively with commercial, finance, legal, tax and technical teams to evaluate opportunities and execute transactions

• Coordinate external advisors and support the management of live transactions

• Contribute to strategic portfolio analysis, investment decisions and continuous improvement of M&A processes

Who we’re looking to attract:

• Degree qualified in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Business or another relevant discipline

• Experience in corporate finance, M&A, transaction services, investment banking, commercial finance, economics or business development

• Strong financial modelling, analytical and commercial evaluation skills

• Energy or natural resources sector experience advantageous, although not essential

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders

• Highly numerate, commercially astute and comfortable managing competing priorities

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with a proactive and collaborative approach

Why this role:

• High-profile M&A position within a major energy business with ambitious international growth plans

• Direct involvement in significant acquisitions, investments and strategic transactions

• Excellent exposure to senior executives, Board-level decision-making and external advisors

• Outstanding remuneration and benefits, including 15% target bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, private healthcare and generous annual leave

• Genuine opportunity for professional development, increased transaction ownership and long-term career progression

To find out more, please contact Andrew Ferguson at Vero Recruitment on andrew@verorecruitment.com, or apply in confidence using the link below.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a complex, global business at an important stage of its development, working closely with senior finance leadership across both Corporate FP&A and Corporate Development.

Offering considerably more breadth than a traditional FP&A position, the role combines financial planning, commercial analysis and strategic decision support with involvement in M&A, joint ventures and capital investment opportunities.

Who is our client:

Our client is a well-established international organisation with a significant global presence, operating across multiple markets and providing specialist services to a diverse customer base. The business has built a strong reputation within its sector, supported by long-standing customer relationships, substantial operational capabilities and an experienced international leadership team.

With a continued focus on operational excellence, financial discipline and sustainable growth, the Group is progressing a range of initiatives designed to strengthen performance, improve efficiency and support its longer-term strategic ambitions.

The finance function has an important role to play in this next stage of development, providing the financial insight, commercial analysis and strategic support required to inform decision-making across the organisation. This creates an attractive environment for ambitious finance professionals looking to gain exposure to complex commercial challenges and contribute to meaningful business decisions.

The opportunity:

The Senior FP&A Analyst will play an important role within the Corporate Finance function, supporting the Group's financial planning and forecasting activities alongside a broad range of Corporate Development projects.

Working closely with senior leadership and international finance teams, the successful candidate will gain exposure to complex financial modelling, strategic investment decisions and potential M&A activity.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Group's strategic planning, annual budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning processes.
• Developing and maintaining sophisticated financial models to support business performance analysis, scenario planning and strategic decision-making.
• Analysing monthly and quarterly financial performance, identifying key trends and providing meaningful insight to senior leadership.
• Preparing financial analysis and presentations for the Senior Leadership Team, Board, investors and other external stakeholders.
• Supporting Corporate Development activities, including the financial evaluation of potential acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic opportunities.
• Undertaking valuation analysis, financial due diligence and modelling of potential transaction synergies and integration impacts.
• Evaluating capital investment opportunities and supporting decisions around the allocation of capital across the Group.
• Working closely with international finance teams to consolidate financial information, challenge assumptions and improve the quality of financial reporting and forecasting.
• Contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of the Corporate FP&A function, including financial processes, reporting and analytical capabilities.

Who are we looking for:

We are interested in speaking with ambitious, commercially minded finance professionals who enjoy financial analysis, complex modelling and understanding the wider strategic drivers of a business.

The role could suit an experienced FP&A, corporate finance/corporate development professional looking to broaden their exposure.

Ideally, you will offer:

• A professional accounting qualification, with relevant experience gained in FP&A, Corporate Development, Corporate Finance or Transaction Advisory.
• Strong financial modelling capabilities, including valuation techniques and scenario/sensitivity analysis.
• Experience supporting financial planning, budgeting, forecasting or investment appraisal activities.
• An understanding of M&A, financial due diligence and transaction evaluation, or a strong desire to develop in these areas.
• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial information and communicate meaningful commercial insights.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and the ability to present clear, well-structured financial analysis.
• Strong analytical skills, intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in understanding how international businesses operate.

Why consider this opportunity:

This is a particularly attractive opportunity for someone seeking greater variety, responsibility and exposure to strategic finance.

The successful candidate will benefit from:

• Direct exposure to senior leadership: Working closely with senior stakeholders and supporting decision-making at Group and Board level.
• A genuine combination of FP&A and Corporate Development: Involvement in both ongoing financial performance and strategic transactions, including potential M&A activity.
• International breadth: Exposure to a complex global organisation with operations across multiple countries and business units.
• Meaningful commercial influence: Financial analysis and modelling that directly support capital allocation, investment decisions and business strategy.
• Career development: The opportunity to build a broad and highly transferable skill set across important areas of corporate finance.

Our client offers a highly competitive remuneration package alongside the opportunity to develop within an established international organisation focused on continued improvement and long-term growth.

For a confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact Andrew Ferguson of Vero Recruitment: andrew@verorecruitment.com

RGU is rebuilding its finance team following a significant restructure, with an ambition to create a more modern, efficient and insight-led function. This role will sit at the heart of that change. RGU is looking for someone who can make sure the fundamentals of financial operations are absolutely right – strong controls, efficient processes, good cash management and high-quality service – while also challenging how things are done and helping to build something better.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Finance, you’ll take ownership of financial operations across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Student Finance and Payroll, leading a small team.

For someone who enjoys improving processes, developing people and modernising traditional transactional finance, there is a lot to get your teeth into.

Who is our client?

Robert Gordon University is one of Aberdeen’s largest and most established institutions, with a history stretching back more than 250 years.

Today, RGU is home to around 18,000 students from more than 150 nationalities, supported by approximately 1,500 staff. More than £120m has been invested in its Garthdee campus, facilities and workspaces.

RGU has built its reputation around professionally focused, industry-led education and graduate employability. In 2026, it was named Higher Education Institution of the Year at the Herald Higher Education Awards and recognised as the top modern university in Scotland in the Complete University Guide 2027.

Its Roadmap 2030 sets out an ambition to become the UK's leading work-integrated university, strengthening its links with industry while investing in teaching, research and innovation.

What will you be doing?

You’ll have overall responsibility for the delivery and development of RGU's transactional finance operations, overseeing Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Credit Control, Student Finance and Payroll.

A major part of the role will be looking at how things could work better.

You’ll identify opportunities to improve processes, increase automation and strengthen systems, working with IT, Finance and stakeholders across RGU. The University wants someone who will bring ideas, challenge established ways of working and help drive the digital transformation of transactional finance.

You’ll also play an important role in financial control and working capital management, including oversight of debt collection, supplier payments, cash, reconciliations and operational KPIs.

What does the role involve?

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading transactional finance across AP, AR, Student Finance and Payroll.
• Developing a high-performing, customer-focused team.
• Strengthening financial controls and ensuring regulatory, procurement and audit compliance.
• Improving credit control, debt management and purchase-to-pay processes.
• Overseeing tuition fee billing, collection and reconciliation.
• Working alongside the Payroll Manager to maintain strong controls and reporting.
• Driving automation, efficiency and process improvement.
• Developing reporting around debt, creditors, cash and transaction volumes.
• Building strong relationships across RGU.
• Leading and developing a multidisciplinary team through change.

Who are we looking for?

There isn't one perfect background for this role.

You’re likely to have significant experience within financial operations, AP, AR, transactional finance or a similarly process-driven environment, alongside a strong understanding of financial controls and audit requirements.

You'll have managed people and be comfortable leading through change, improving services and working with stakeholders outside Finance.

Experience within a large, complex or multi-entity organisation would be particularly relevant. Higher Education or wider public-sector experience would be useful, but it isn't essential. RGU is equally interested in people who can bring relevant experience and a different perspective from other sectors.

What's on offer?

The position offers a competitive salary and an 11% employer pension contribution.

RGU also offers 36 days' annual leave plus 10 public holidays, a 35-hour working week and a 50/50 hybrid working arrangement. 

More importantly, this is an opportunity to join a finance function while it is being reshaped, with the chance to influence how financial operations work across a major Aberdeen institution.

Interested?

RGU has appointed Vero Recruitment as its exclusive recruitment partner for this appointment. Our process will be selective, with a shortlist of no more than four candidates, allowing us to spend proper time understanding your experience, motivations and suitability before introducing you to RGU.

For more information contact Andrew Ferguson at andrew@verorecruitment.com

If you feel that McKilligan Financial interests you, but you don't quite have the desired experience, please contact us as the Founder Elaine is open to considering a range of profiles and levels, from newly qualified level. 

Who is our client:

McKilligan Financial is a modern, rural family business accountancy practice based between Banff and Keith in Aberdeenshire, founded in 2020 by Elaine McKilligan and now trusted by over 500 clients ranging from sole traders and farming families through to partnerships and limited companies across sectors including agriculture, motor trade, construction, forestry, beauty, equipment hire and property.

This is not a traditional, transactional accountancy firm. The team are made up of people with real, lived experience of rural and small business life, and they pride themselves on being straight-talking, highly approachable and genuinely invested in the long-term success of their clients’ businesses. Their belief is simple: business owners should never feel in the dark about their tax position, and should always have clear, practical and proactive advice they can actually use.

At McKilligan Financial, compliance work such as accounts and tax returns is just the starting point. The real value comes from the ongoing advice, the conversations, the planning, and the support that helps clients grow, protect and better understand their wealth and business decisions over time.

The role:

As Senior Client Manager, you will take ownership of a portfolio of clients, ensuring the delivery of a consistently high-quality, proactive service that helps them make informed decisions and achieve the best outcomes for their business.

This is a senior, client-facing role that combines technical strength with commercial judgement and relationship building. You will act as a trusted adviser, supporting clients with practical, relevant advice while also identifying opportunities to improve their position through proactive tax planning and sound business structuring.

You will also play a key leadership role within the firm, supporting and developing colleagues, contributing to continuous improvement across systems and processes, and helping to shape a consistently strong client experience. This is a role for someone who enjoys responsibility, enjoys working closely with clients, and takes pride in delivering advice that genuinely makes a difference.

Key responsibilities:

You will lead the delivery of service to your own portfolio of clients, ensuring they receive a high standard of support, communication and advice at all times. You will act as a key point of contact, building trusted, long-term relationships and becoming a genuine adviser to your clients rather than simply a service provider.

A core part of the role will be proactive tax planning, including reviewing projected profits, calculating tax liabilities and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and structure. You will be confident in researching technical matters and translating them into clear, practical advice that clients can understand and act upon.

You will support clients with structuring transactions in a tax-efficient and commercially sensible way, and review and finalise tax returns, ensuring accuracy while also considering the wider planning opportunities available in each case.

Working closely with clients and their wider advisers, you will help deliver a joined-up, proactive approach to their financial and business affairs.

Alongside client work, you will take responsibility for supporting and developing team members through effective line management, feedback, coaching and day-to-day guidance, helping others to perform at their best.

You will work closely with the leadership team to help improve systems, processes and service delivery across the firm, contributing ideas and helping to continuously enhance both the client experience and internal working environment.

You will also use proposal tools to prepare fee quotes and engagement letters, ensuring scope, responsibilities and risk are clearly defined, and will liaise with clients and third parties to obtain the information required to deliver work efficiently.

An understanding of cloud accounting systems, particularly Xero, will be important in helping you relate to clients’ day-to-day business operations and challenges.

About you:

You will have strong experience managing a portfolio of clients within an accountancy environment, with solid technical knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge in a practical, commercially aware way.

You will be confident reviewing work to a high standard, exercising sound judgement, and taking ownership of complex client matters. Experience in supporting, developing and line managing others will be important, as this role carries leadership responsibility within the team.

Strong interpersonal skills are essential. You will be someone who builds trust quickly, communicates clearly and enjoys working closely with both clients and colleagues in a collaborative, down-to-earth environment.

Above all, you will be proactive, organised and commercially focused, with a genuine desire to deliver value, build relationships and contribute to a growing, values-led business.

Why McKilligan Financial:

This is a business built on genuine relationships, rural understanding and a very human approach to accountancy and tax. The culture is informal but highly professional, supportive but ambitious, and rooted in values that are consistently lived rather than simply stated.

The firm offers a competitive salary, pension, death in service cover, 36-hour working week, and 5.6 weeks’ holiday (inclusive). In addition, the team regularly benefits from additional time off when targets are met, alongside a culture that actively supports flexibility, development and wellbeing, with regular social events, small gestures of appreciation and a strong sense of team connection.

This is a rare opportunity to join a growing, values-led firm at a genuinely exciting stage of its journey, where your expertise will be valued, your leadership will matter, and your work will have a direct impact on clients, colleagues and the future of the business.

To find out more, in confidence, please speak with Andrew Ferguson of Vero Recruitment: andrew@verorecruitment.com

This is a highly visible, hands-on finance role within a progressive, values-led organisation, offering genuine influence across commercial decision-making and the opportunity to shape financial insight during a period of sustained growth.

Role can be handled fully remotely from anywhere in Scotland, or hybrid with one to two days per week in office. 

Who is our client:

Our client is entering an ambitious phase of expansion, supported by strategic investment and a clear focus on continuous improvement. The business has built a strong reputation for stability, operational excellence, and people development, while maintaining a forward-looking approach to growth and performance.

It is an environment that will appeal to finance professionals who want visibility, ownership, and the ability to make a tangible impact.

The opportunity:

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the FP&A Manager will take ownership of management information, costings, and financial insight across the business. You will play a key role in forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis, helping to drive better commercial decisions and operational efficiency.

This is a strategic and data-led role that supports both domestic and international growth, ensuring leadership teams have the insight they need to steer performance and investment decisions effectively.

Key responsibilities:

• Preparation, analysis, and control of management information across multiple revenue streams
• Partner with business leaders to review P&Ls, interpret margins, and provide meaningful commercial insight
• Develop and deliver monthly management reporting packs and KPI dashboards
• Budgeting, forecasting, and wider financial planning processes
• Ensure robust financial controls, compliance, and governance standards are maintained
• Drive continuous improvement across reporting, systems, and finance processes
• Provide financial input into projects, strategic initiatives, and potential acquisitions
• Work collaboratively across sites and functions to improve efficiency and decision-making

Who we’re looking to attract:

• Strong analytical thinker with sound commercial judgement
• Confident communicator, able to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Proven experience in FP&A, management reporting, and business partnering
• Strong systems capability (D365 and Power BI advantageous)
• Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working autonomously
• Strong values around integrity, ownership, and continuous improvement

Why this role:

• High-visibility finance position with real influence
• Opportunity to shape financial insight in a growing, ambitious business
• Exposure to multiple revenue streams and strategic growth activity
• Stable, values-led organisation with a modern, forward-thinking culture

To find out more, please contact Andrew Ferguson at Vero Recruitment on andrew@verorecruitment.com, or apply in confidence using the link below.