Finance Manager

About the role

Shape the financial future of one of the UK’s largest offshore infrastructure portfolios.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join
Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland
as a
Finance Manager
on our
ASTI Offshore portfolio
— a landmark programme of work valued at
circa £1bn
, supporting the UK’s energy transition and offshore infrastructure.

Based primarily in Motherwell, you’ll be at the heart of delivery, partnering closely with senior project leaders and influencing decisions that genuinely matter.

This is a
broad, influential role
with real variety and responsibility, including:

• Leading financial management
  for complex offshore construction projects
• Owning
  budgets, forecasts, cost control and cash flow
  for multi‑million‑pound work streams
• Delivering insightful
  financial and commercial reporting
  to senior stakeholders
• Acting as a key business partner, shaping decisions through clear analysis and challenge
• Managing
  period‑end reporting
  , audits and governance in line with Group standards
• Overseeing
  revenue recognition, margins and NEC contracts
  (Options A, C &
  
  E)
• Identifying and managing
  financial risk and opportunity
• Supporting
  tenders, capital planning and investment decisions
• Leading and developing a
  graduate project accountant
• Driving
  continuous improvement
  , systems enhancements and smarter ways of working

You’ll be a confident, commercially minded finance professional who thrives in a project‑led environment.

• A professional qualification:
  ACCA, CIMA or ICAS
• Experience operating at a
  senior finance level within projects or programmes
• Strong commercial awareness — contracting or infrastructure experience is a plus
• The confidence to partner, influence and challenge senior stakeholders
• A proactive mindset with a passion for improving performance and processes

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award‑winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality,

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a…