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Finance Manager in Swansea

Runs the finance function, day to day.

Day to day in Swansea

What a finance manager
does in Swansea.

Manages the finance team and its output — a qualified accountant with real team leadership responsibility, keeping the numbers accurate and the team performing. Here's what the role covers day to day for the Swansea businesses we recruit for.

  • Leading and developing the finance team
  • Overseeing month-end and year-end close
  • Managing budgeting and forecasting cycles
  • Ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements
  • Reporting to senior leadership on financial performance
  • Driving process improvement across the finance function

What it pays in Swansea

Real Swansea market rates, not a national average.

Medior Finance Manager · Swansea

Typical: £57,500 per year

Medium confidence — modelled local estimate

Recruiting in Swansea

Why Swansea needs
a specialist.

Finding the right finance manager in Swansea usually comes down to knowing the market, not just running a keyword search. Day to day, that often means ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements — one of several things a finance manager in Swansea is trusted to get right. Locally, that includes university-adjacent research and professional services employers. It's a small distinction that matters: recruiting finance manager roles in Swansea properly, rather than just advertising them.

Hiring or looking?

Either way, we can help.

Hiring

Need a finance manager in Swansea?

Permanent or temporary, we'll shortlist from a network we actually know — with working interviews to de-risk the hire.

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Job seeking

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Send us your CV or browse live Finance Manager roles in Swansea and beyond.

Common questions

Finance Manager in Swansea FAQs.

Can you provide temporary Finance Manager cover in Swansea at short notice?

Yes — covering absence, leave or an unexpected gap in a Finance Manager position in Swansea is one of the most common reasons employers come to us, and we aim for a same-day response.

What does a Finance Manager do day to day in Swansea?

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

Will my CV be shared with employers in Swansea without my permission?

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

Can I see live Finance Manager vacancies in Swansea before speaking to someone?

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 Swansea vacancy we're working on is advertised publicly.

Do you recruit Finance Manager roles in Swansea?

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

Do you place candidates studying towards a qualification into Finance Manager roles in Swansea?

Yes — part-qualified and studying candidates (AAT, ACCA or CIMA depending on the role) are a genuine part of the Finance Manager talent pool in Swansea, not just an afterthought.

What's the going rate for a Finance Manager in Swansea?

Finance Manager salaries in Swansea 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.

How quickly can you fill a Finance Manager vacancy in Swansea?

It depends on seniority and how specific the brief is, but because our Swansea shortlists come from a network we already know, we're rarely starting from zero.

What kind of Swansea employers hire Finance Managers through you?

Recent examples include financial services and insurance employers with a significant local presence and manufacturing and distribution businesses along the m4 corridor — the specific mix varies, but that's representative of who we work with in Swansea.

Do you charge candidates for Finance Manager roles in Swansea?

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

Is a Finance Manager role in Swansea permanent or temporary?

We recruit Finance Manager positions in Swansea on both a permanent and temporary basis — including short-notice cover when a team is stretched.

Will I get a shortlist of CVs, or do you actually vet candidates for Finance Manager roles in Swansea?

Every candidate we put forward has been spoken to and assessed against your specific requirement — not just keyword-matched from a database. That's the difference a Market Expert model makes.

Do you offer working interviews for Finance Manager vacancies in Swansea?

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 Swansea.

What makes Transaction Recruitment different from a generalist agency for Finance Manager roles in Swansea?

We recruit transactional finance and payroll specifically, not as one line among fifty sectors — that focus means genuinely knowing the Swansea market for Finance Manager roles, the going rate, and who's actually looking.

No waffle. Just the right person.

Let's find your
finance manager in Swansea.