Finance Manager in Portsmouth

Manages the finance team and its output — a qualified accountant with real team leadership responsibility, keeping the numbers accurate and the team performing.

Yes — a working interview means the candidate spends a real day in the role, on your systems, with your actual workload, before either side commits. It's one of the ways we take the risk out of a new hire in Portsmouth.

No — there's never a cost to candidates. For employers, our fee is only payable on a successful placement.

Temporary cover can often be arranged within days. Permanent roles vary with seniority, but our shortlists are built from people we already know rather than a fresh keyword search, so they typically move faster than a generalist agency's.

Yes — briefing you properly on the role, the employer and realistic Portsmouth salary expectations before an interview is a standard part of how we work with every candidate.

We recruit Finance Manager positions across Portsmouth itself and the surrounding commuter towns and business parks — if you're just outside the immediate area, get in touch and we'll be straight with you about whether it's somewhere we can genuinely help.

Yes — Finance Manager is one of the positions we place in Portsmouth, on both a permanent and temporary basis.

Yes — we work with everyone from internationally recognised brands through to owner-managed SMEs in Portsmouth needing a single, sole-charge Finance Manager hire.

No — nothing about your CV or your situation is shared with any employer, in this location or any other, without your explicit permission first.

Submit your CV and a Market Expert will be in touch to talk through your experience, what you're looking for, and any live Finance Manager opportunities in Portsmouth that genuinely fit — free, confidential, and no obligation.

Finance Manager salaries in Portsmouth typically sit at £51.5k – £67k. £51.5k suits a newly qualified candidate with basic team management experience. The higher end, £67k, is market average for an experienced manager with 5+ years leading a team.

Recent examples include naval, defence and marine-engineering supply-chain businesses and ferry-port, logistics and freight-forwarding businesses tied to the harbour — the specific mix varies, but that's representative of who we work with in Portsmouth.

Yes — you can search live jobs on our careers portal, but we'd always recommend a conversation with a Market Expert too, since not every Portsmouth vacancy we're working on is advertised publicly.

Our rebate periods and money-back guarantees mean you're covered if a placement doesn't work out as expected — ask your Market Expert for the specifics for your vacancy.