Senior Accounting Manager - Global SoX

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 experienced Accounting Manager to lead our global SOX programme. Based in our Global Accounting Centre in Glasgow, you’ll work closely with senior stakeholders and our US Accounting Centre of Excellence in Chicago. You’ll ensure our SOX framework is robust, compliant, and continuously improving. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic and innovative organisation.

• Manage the global SOX programme, ensuring timely delivery of the annual cycle.
• Lead SOX scoping, risk assessments, and control design to improve financial reporting quality.
• Maintain high‑quality SOX documentation and manage testing processes.
• Evaluate control deficiencies and drive timely remediation plans.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors on SOX matters.
• Provide regular updates to senior stakeholders on risks, control issues, and recommendations.
• Drive process improvements, focusing on quality, standardisation, and automation.
• Produce clear technical reports for senior management and auditors.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies.

• You’re a qualified accountant (ICAS/CIMA/ACCA/CA or equivalent).
• You’re skilled at managing priorities and meeting deadlines.
• You’re adaptable, detail‑oriented, and thrive in dynamic environments.
• You have strong people‑management and organisational skills.
• You’re 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.

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 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top‑up to 10x.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% 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 3,000 gyms nationally.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
• Emergency backup family care.
• And many more.

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 existing employees with any long‑term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that…