Finance Manager

Job Description

Are you an experienced finance professional who enjoys combining strategic business partnering with hands-on financial leadership?

Do you want to play a key role in supporting projects that help drive the energy transition? If so, we would love to hear from you.

In your new position as Finance Manager within Semco Maritime UK, you will be a key member of the UK leadership team, responsible for leading the finance function and supporting the continued growth and success of our UK operations.

Working closely with operational managers and business leaders, you will provide commercial insight, financial control, and strategic support across the business. This is an opportunity to influence decision-making, develop a high-performing finance team, and contribute directly to projects supporting the global energy sector.

Your place of work will be our office in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. This is a full-time position offering a flexible hybrid working model.

Our Finance team plays an essential role in helping the business make informed decisions and deliver successful outcomes for our customers. This role offers a real opportunity to influence strategy while developing people and processes in a collaborative environment.

Your tasks & responsibilities

As Finance Manager, you will be responsible for providing financial leadership, ensuring robust financial controls, and supporting business performance across Semco Maritime's UK operations.

Your tasks will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading, developing and supporting the Finance team while ensuring appropriate resource planning.
• Providing financial business partnering to management teams and supporting strategic decision-making.
• Managing budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and month-end activities.
• Overseeing project financial performance, including work-in-progress monitoring, cost control, invoicing and order backlog reporting.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory, tax and regulatory requirements, including VAT, payroll governance and external reporting obligations.

Your profile & qualifications

We are looking for a finance professional who combines strong technical expertise with excellent stakeholder management skills. You enjoy working collaboratively across a business, supporting people development, and using financial insight to help achieve organisational goals.

To succeed in this position, we imagine that you have:

• A professional accounting qualification (CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience leading finance activities within a commercial or project-based environment.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial controls.
• Experience partnering with operational and senior leadership teams to support business performance.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

What we offer

At Semco Maritime, we believe that great people deserve great support. When you join us, you'll benefit from:

• 37.5 Hour working week
• Hybrid working
• Compressed working week - Option to work longer hours - Monday to Thursday to finish Midday every Friday
• 33 days annual leave, with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 additional days
• Private Medical Insurance - Individual Cover, Family cover available at additional cost
• 16 weeks' full pay maternity leave
• 4x Salary Life Assurance
• Matched Pension Scheme
• Wellbeing Allowance
• Variety of Social events throughout the calendar year
• Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities
• The opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects within the evolving global energy sector

Optional Benefit Add-Ons

• Private Dental Insurance - Tiered system
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (available after 12 months' service)
• Cycle to Work

At Semco Maritime, we create change. For people. For projects. And for the global energy sector. With us, you will join a community of dedicated thinkers and doers who are helping drive the energy transition and making a real impact across the energy industry.

While everyone understands why the energy transition matters, we focus on how to make it happen. Through practical expertise, innovative thinking and strong partnerships, we help our customers transform energy ambitions into reality.

Working with us means becoming part of a collaborative, values-driven organisation where your contributions are recognised, your development is supported, and your work helps shape the future of energy.

Change. With us.