Practice Operations and Finance Executive | Business Services
Are you ready to play a pivotal role in driving performance, profitability, and commercially disciplined decision-making within a leading law firm?
We are looking for three Practice Operations and Finance Executives to join our team in either Aberdeen, Edinburgh or Glasgow. These newly created roles will work closely with our Legal Operations Directors and alongside our Finance team to support delivery of divisional financial performance while ensuring strong financial governance and operational discipline.
This role blends operational oversight with a strong financial focus, partnering with Division Heads to shape budgets, forecasts and financial plans, and deliver insight that strengthens commercial performance. You will play a key role in guiding commercial decision-making, supporting pricing and matter profitability analysis, strengthening financial controls, and driving continuous improvements in efficiency and governance.
We are looking for individuals with proven experience in a finance and operational business partnering role, ideally within a law firm or professional services environment. You will bring strong commercial acumen and a solid understanding of law firm economics. You will be a confident communicator, comfortable influencing and constructively challenging senior stakeholders, with strong systems and reporting expertise.
This is an opportunity to shape newly created roles within a forward-thinking firm and make a measurable impact on divisional performance and long-term financial success.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career and help shape the financial future of our firm, we would love to hear from you.
Full details can also be found in our job specification.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact Jo McMonagle at Jo.McMonagle@burnesspaull.com or on 0141 273 6988.
Burness Paull reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications are received for this role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Closing Date:
01 May 2026
