Business Advisory Senior in Glasgow

We are looking for a Business Advisory Assistant Senior to join our Outsourced Finance and Digital Advisory Services team. At Johnston Carmichael, we’re looking for innovative individuals with forward‑thinking attitudes and an appetite to learn and grow. Our people are encouraged to think for themselves, lead, and inspire business leaders to drive their ideas forward. We pride ourselves on developing our people through investment in their training and development. If you have the ambition to succeed in a supportive and positively challenging environment, why not come and join us?

Location: Glasgow or Stirling

Responsibilities:

• Complete initial review of work delegated to assistants and support on queries.
• Support business transformation and digital advisory scopes of work.
• Provide general support to clients with outsourcing tasks as required.
• Finalize preparation of month‑end reporting, including forecasting, for manager review.
• Day‑to‑day client management for the portfolio of work you are responsible for (likely 5‑10 clients).
• Attend client meetings when appropriate to develop and strengthen client relations.
• Co‑ordinate accounts, audit and compliance work and support queries as necessary.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the services offered by the department and the wider firm, and identify areas where the firm could assist clients.
• Suggest improvements to job efficiencies to help drive continuous improvements within each client engagement.
• Assist with ad‑hoc project work on differing Outsourced Finance clients.

About You:

• A leader of your work and your professional learning.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to positively impact and influence others.
• ICAS/ACCA/CIMA qualified or part qualified.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Relevant experience within an account setting or finance function.
• Experience in using software within an account setting or finance function.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and relevant software packages.
• Ability to adapt to change and embrace technology.
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload within tight deadlines.

Equal Opportunity Statement: All candidates are required to have the right to live and work in the UK permanently and without any restrictions.

Why JC? Johnston Carmichael helps to build success stories that change lives – whether it’s our clients, our communities, or most importantly, our people, who now number over 900 across the UK. We work with individuals and businesses all over the country and our expertise covers almost every industry sector. We’re also an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 37,000 advisers across more than 114 countries. Everything we do at Johnston Carmichael is underpinned by our four core values – Doing The Right Thing, Standing In Other People’s Shoes, Leading Our Future and Remaining Relevant. We’ve created a range of ways to support our people to make sure every voice is heard, including our People and Culture Forum, and we encourage each of our sharp minds to be leaders of their work and learning. In the last 10 years we’ve raised more than £450,000 for charity and continuously evolved our commitment to sustainable business practices. We are Gold sponsors of the Kiltwalk and also partner with Netball Scotland and England Netball, creating an enduring impact on the ground in our communities.