Accounting Manager - General Accounting

Introduction

At Gallagher, we help clients face risk with confidence because we believe that when businesses are protected, they’re free to grow, lead, and innovate. You’ll be backed by our digital ecosystem: a client‑centric suite of consulting tools making it easier for you to meet your clients where they want to be met. Advanced data and analytics providing a comprehensive overview of the risk landscape is at your fingertips.

Here, you’re not just improving clients' risk profiles, you’re building trust. You’ll find a culture grounded in teamwork, guided by integrity, and fueled by a shared commitment to do the right thing. We value curiosity, celebrate new ideas, and empower you to take ownership of your career while making a meaningful impact for the businesses we serve. If you’re ready to bring your unique perspective to a place where your work truly matters;

think of Gallagher.

We’re looking for an Accounting Manager to join our General Accounting team in Glasgow. This is a new role where you’ll support multiple global trading divisions and play a key part in transforming and improving our operating expense accounting processes.

You’ll lead a team, oversee month‑end reporting, and ensure financial results are accurate, complete, and delivered on time. You’ll also help us improve our processes, drive automation, and maintain strong internal controls.

• Lead and review operating expense accounting for multiple divisions.
• Ensure financial results are accurate, complete, and delivered on time.
• Oversee month‑end journal entries and ensure compliance with accounting policies.
• Provide clear and insightful analysis of financial performance.
• Manage and develop a team, supporting graduates and trainees.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and standardisation.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across global and regional teams.
• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements and internal controls.

• Qualified accountant (CA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Experienced in US GAAP, SOX compliance, and project management (preferred but not essential).
• Great at managing people and building strong relationships.
• Organised, detail‑oriented, and thrive under deadlines.
• Flexible and adapt well to change.
• Passionate about improving processes and driving positive change.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to buy extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay four times your basic annual salary, which you can top up to ten times.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50 percent of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or private medical insurance.

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount.
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan.
• Critical illness cover.
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3000 gyms nationally.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
• Emergency back‑up family care.

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our…