Transaction Finance Manager
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Transaction Finance Manager
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Sector: Construction & Engineering
Department: Finance
What We Offer
We believe in supporting our people to succeed and grow. In return, you’ll benefit from:
- Competitive salary (negotiable depending on experience)
- Company car or car allowance
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Company contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Medicash Health Cash Plan & rewards platform
- Clear career development pathways and progression opportunities
- Access to structured development programmes including Purposeful Leadership and Women in Leadership
- A strong commitment to continuous learning and professional growth
- A safe, inclusive working environment where your wellbeing matters
- Employee forums – giving you a real voice in the business
Join AmcoGiffen
At AmcoGiffen, we’re proud to deliver vital infrastructure that keeps the UK moving. From rail and highways to environmental projects, we work on complex, high-impact schemes for clients including Network Rail, Local Authorities, and major energy and environmental organisations.
Our diverse portfolio includes:
- Highways & Roads
- Bridges (Under, Over & Footbridges)
- Tunnels & Station Infrastructure
- Flood Alleviation & Environmental Works
- Earthworks & Embankments
- Lineside Civils, Cabling & Telecoms
- Mechanical & Electrical
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-paced business where your expertise will directly support project delivery and operational excellence across the UK.
The Role
We’re looking for a Transaction Finance Manager to join our central finance team, reporting to the Financial Controller.
You’ll lead our Purchase Ledger and Cost Management teams, ensuring strong financial controls, accurate reporting, and seamless collaboration across the business. This is a key leadership role, combining people management, process improvement, and systems development to drive best-in-class transaction finance.
What You’ll Be Doing
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, mentor and develop high-performing teams across Purchase Ledger and Cost Management
- Set clear objectives and support career development through structured reviews
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture aligned to our SPIRIT values
Financial Control & Operations
- Oversee end-to-end Purchase to Pay processes, ensuring accuracy, governance and risk control
- Ensure timely payments, supplier management, and reconciliation of sub-ledgers to the general ledger
- Maintain robust cost management processes including accruals, GRNI and reporting
Stakeholder & Business Partnering
- Act as the key liaison for Transaction Finance across finance, commercial and operational teams
- Build strong relationships with Procurement, Supply Chain and project teams to drive efficiencies and cost savings
Audit, Compliance & Tax
- Support internal and external audits alongside the Financial Controller
- Oversee CIS tax returns, ensuring timely submissions and resolving discrepancies
Continuous Improvement & Systems
- Lead process improvements and contribute to ERP (COINS) system development and implementation
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls and reporting
About You
We’re looking for a confident, commercially aware finance leader who thrives in a project-based environment.
You will bring:
- Proven experience in a senior finance role within project or construction environments
- Strong experience with ERP systems and finance transformation projects
- Advanced Excel and data analysis skills
- A proactive, solutions-led mindset with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- A passion for developing people and driving continuous improvement
Why Join Us?
This is more than just a finance role—it’s an opportunity to:
- Influence how a leading infrastructure business operates
- Contribute to projects that make a real difference across the UK
- Shape and improve financial processes at scale
- Be part of a supportive, people-focused organisation
Ready to take the next step in your career?
Apply now and help drive financial excellence at AmcoGiffen.
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
tom.peach@amcogiffen.co.uk
Recruitment Manager
The Benefits
We offer excellent career prospects, a competitive salary, and outstanding training development and support opportunities. You can expect to receive a range of benefits (role dependent) including:
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