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Deeper understanding, better filtering, smarter shortlists.
Finance Recruitment
Led by qualified accountants and highly experienced finance recruiters, we deliver the finance expertise ambitious businesses need. From interim and fractional finance professionals to permanent recruitment, we move quickly to solve your finance resourcing challenges.
Hutcheon Mearns: Now Part of Cooper Parry
For over a decade, Hutcheon Mearns has helped ambitious businesses solve their finance resourcing challenges through specialist recruitment, interim and fractional finance support, and market insight.
Now, as part of Cooper Parry, we’ve combined that specialist expertise with the scale, reach and capability of one of the UK’s fastest-growing professional services firms. Together, we deliver finance recruitment solutions across Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and the wider UK.
Whether you’re hiring your next Finance Director, building an entire finance team or need experienced interim support, we’ll help you find the right people at the right time.
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Finance Recruitment You Can Trust
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Finance Talent Solutions for Ambitious Businesses
Whether you’re hiring a CFO, Finance Director or building out your wider finance team, we combine specialist recruitment, CFO advisory and Flexible Finance Talent solutions to help businesses secure the expertise they need to grow.
CFO Advisory
Find the finance leadership your business needs to grow. From executive search to fractional CFO support, we connect businesses with experienced finance leaders who deliver strategic insight and lasting impact.
Finding the right finance leader can transform your business. Whether you’re scaling, preparing for investment, navigating change or strengthening your leadership team, our CFO Advisory services connect you with experienced finance professionals who bring strategic insight, commercial expertise and proven leadership.
Our specialist team works closely with businesses to understand your goals before identifying the right solution, whether that’s a permanent executive appointment or flexible senior finance support.
EXECUTIVE SEARCH:
Secure exceptional Chief Finance Officers, Finance Directors and senior finance leaders through a rigorous, data-driven search process.
FRACTIONAL CFO SUPPORT:
Access strategic finance leadership, operational guidance and transformation support on a flexible basis.
Permanent Recruitment
Build a stronger finance team with permanent recruitment led by qualified accountants. We connect businesses with exceptional finance professionals who have the skills, experience and cultural fit to deliver value that endures.
Finding the right finance professional is about more than filling a vacancy. It’s about strengthening your business with people who have the technical expertise, commercial mindset and cultural fit to succeed long term.
Led by qualified accountants, our specialist recruitment team understands both the finance profession and the challenges businesses face when hiring. We take a relationship-led approach, combining market insight, extensive talent networks and a rigorous recruitment process to connect you with exceptional finance professionals.
Qualified Finance Recruitment
From newly qualified accountants to Finance Directors and senior finance leaders, we help businesses secure high-calibre finance professionals who drive long-term success.
Transactional Finance Recruitment
Build a high-performing finance function with experienced transactional finance professionals, from Accounts Assistants and Purchase Ledger Clerks to Finance Managers and finance operations leaders.
Temporary Recruitment
Need finance expertise at short notice? We provide experienced temporary finance professionals who can step in quickly, keeping your business moving through periods of change, growth and increased demand.
When you need finance expertise quickly, our specialist recruitment team connects you with experienced temporary professionals who can make an immediate impact. Whether you’re covering absence, managing increased workloads, delivering a project or navigating business change, we’ll help you find the right support when you need it most.
Led by qualified accountants, we understand the technical requirements of finance roles and move quickly to identify professionals who can integrate seamlessly into your team.
Qualified & Part-Qualified Finance Professionals
Access experienced temporary accountants across a wide range of roles, from part-qualified accountants and management accountants to interim Finance Directors and senior finance leaders.
Transactional Finance Professionals
Maintain continuity across your finance function with skilled transactional finance professionals, including Accounts Assistants, Purchase Ledger Clerks, Sales Ledger Clerks, Credit Controllers and finance operations specialists.
Why Cooper Parry?
Recruitment is just the beginning. As part of Cooper Parry, we combine specialist finance recruitment with the expertise of one of the UK's leading professional services firms. Whether you're hiring to support growth, transformation, or investment, you'll have a team behind you that understands the bigger picture.
People-first approach
Real conversations, deep insight, long-term fit, not transactional hiring
Early visibility of market talent
We have deep-rooted connections with top finance talent, and we build relationships with them for years before we place people.
Specialist sounding board
We use our deep financial insight to challenge assumptions, clarify requirements and ensure the role you’re defining is the one your business actually needs.
Cross-functional options
If a permanent hire isn’t right, our Flexible Finance Talent service delivers flexible finance team support, covering all levels, timescales and budgets.
ICAS Recruitment Partner
Recognised as a trusted specialist in accountancy and finance recruitment, operating with the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.
Trusted by businesses like yours
Supporting organisations across the UK with specialist finance recruitment.
Recruitment built on relationships.
“What has always stood out is the strength of the relationship. The team knows the Scottish market inside out and has always taken the time to understand both where I am in my career and what I need when I’m building a team.
Whether it has been recruiting permanent hires or bringing in temporary finance specialists, the quality of people has always been excellent.”
– Paul Ritchie, Finance Director, The Glenturret
Beyond Filling Roles
Our Finance Recruitment team is led by qualified finance professionals who bring real technical expertise and industry experience to every assignment. Deeply embedded in the accountancy community, and an ICAS Recruitment Partner, we give you access to exceptional finance talent, valuable market insight and specialist hiring expertise that generalist recruiters simply can’t match.
Our clients trust us because we build long-term partnerships, not just candidate shortlists.
We take the time to understand your business, delivering finance professionals who make a lasting impact and recruitment solutions tailored to your goals.
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Finance Talent Gap Is Growing & the Cost of Hiring Wrong Is Higher Than Ever
The demand for exceptional finance talent has never been greater. As finance teams take on a more strategic role, businesses need professionals who can deliver commercial insight as well as technical expertise. Finding those people quickly is increasingly difficult, making the cost of a poor hire higher than ever.
- Demand outstrips supply – Qualified finance professionals are in high demand, making it harder to secure the best talent.
- The role of finance has evolved – Today’s finance leaders are expected to drive strategy, transformation and growth, not just compliance.
- Flexibility is essential – Businesses need rapid access to interim, fractional and project-based finance expertise during periods of change.
- Hiring mistakes are expensive – Finance leaders need technically vetted, high-quality candidates who can make an immediate impact.
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FAQs
Yes. Cooper Parry provides finance recruitment services across Scotland and the UK, with offices in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. We support businesses of all sizes, from high-growth SMEs to large corporates, helping them hire finance professionals across permanent, interim and temporary positions. Our extensive finance recruitment network enables us to source high-calbire candidates nationwide.
We recruit across the full spectrum of finance and accountancy jobs, from entry-level finance positions through to senior leadership appointments.
Our finance recruitment expertise includes: Chief Financial Officers (CFOs); Finance Directors (FDs); Financial Controllers; Finance Business Partners; Management Accountants; Financial Accountants; Accounts Assistants; Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger professionals; Treasury professionals; Tax specialists; and Finance System and Transformation professionals.
We also support recruitment for specialist and niche finance roles where specific technical expertise is required.
Absolutely. Our interim finance recruitment team specialises in providing experienced finance professionals for short-term cover, transformation projects, parental leave, year-end support, acquisitions, integrations and business-critical assignments.
We maintain an active network of interim finance managers, financial controllers, finance directors and CFOs, allowing us to move quickly when urgent requirements arise.
For interim finance roles, we can often provide suitable candidates within 24 to 72 hours.
Permanent finance recruitment timelines vary depending on the seniority and complexity of the role, but our established networks, proactive search capability and sector expertise help us deliver high-quality shortlists quickly and efficiently.
Every finance candidate we introduce has been personally interviewed and assessed by our specialist finance recruitment consultants.
We evaluate:
- Technical capability
- Industry experience
- Leadership skills
- Cultural alignment
- Career motivations
Our consultative approach means clients receive detailed insights into each candidate’s strengths, aspirations and suitability, helping them make confident hiring decisions.
Yes. Alongside finance recruitment, we provide salary benchmarking, market intelligence and hiring trend analysis to help businesses attract and retain top finance talent.
Our insights cover:
- Finance and accountancy salary benchmarks
- Hiring trends across Scotland and the UK
- Candidate availability
- Benefits and reward expectations
- Workforce planning considerations
This allows clients to develop competitive hiring strategies and secure the best candidates in the market.
Absolutely. Whether you’re looking for your next role as a Finance Director, Financial Controller, Management Accountant, Finance Business Partner or CFO, our specialist finance recruitment team can help.
Visit our Finance Jobs page to browse current vacancies, register your CV and explore the latest finance and accountancy career opportunities across Scotland and the UK.