Director jobs in North West England

This is a pivotal role for a commercially minded professional who thrives on building relationships, winning new business, developing high-performing teams, and delivering exceptional client service. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the future growth of the practice while overseeing a diverse portfolio of owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and entrepreneurial clients.

High-impact commercial leadership role with a clear pathway to progression.

Join a fast-scaling solar business delivering large-scale commercial projects to blue-chip clients.

If you're energised by the opportunity to build, improve and influence, this role offers the chance to make a real impact. You'll have the freedom to shape the finance function, strengthen processes and drive a strong business partnering culture. Working closely with an ambitious leadership team, you'll support strategic decisions, commercial opportunities and the organisation's long-term growth and success.

Head of Manufacturing based in Greater Manchester. Working for a growing, well established manufacturing company

As the Head of Marketing, you'll lead the marketing strategy for a long-standing organisation in central Manchester with over 100+ employees. The role will be responsible for driving brand awareness and customer engagement. This role involves overseeing campaigns, managing a team, and ensuring marketing efforts align with business objectives to deliver measurable results.

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role within a leading global consumer finance organisation offers the opportunity to shape financial strategy in a dynamic, data-driven environment. As a key executive, the CFO provides strategic direction across finance, overseeing reporting, planning, and performance while ensuring strong risk management and regulatory compliance. This role requires a forward-thinking leader to drive sustainable growth and long-term value.

The purpose of this role is to use Business & SAP systems knowledge and experience to provide application support, development and configuration within the Order to Cash functional areas (sales order processing, logistics execution) in order to meet the business requirements in a timely and cost effective manner, within the budget and resource ity.

HSE Manager role based in Preston. Working for a well established, growing scrap metal processing and recycling business.

The Business Development Director drives strategic commercial growth by securing high-value security contracts across target sectors. This role focuses on winning new enterprise business, expanding market share, and positioning the company as a premium tier-one security provider. The position requires a sophisticated hunter mentality combined with elite corporate relationship-management skills.

The Head of Marketing & Communications will oversee the marketing and communications strategy for a well known venue in central Manchester. This role will ensure all campaigns and messaging align with organisational goals, and drive engagement with the venue.

An established and highly respected independent accountancy and business advisory firm in the North West is seeking an experienced General Practice Director to join its leadership team in Manchester.

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Sales Director to take full ownership of a national sales function within a market-leading construction business. Combining strategic leadership with hands-on commercial responsibility, you will drive sustainable revenue growth, develop high-performing teams and play a pivotal role in the company's future success

As an Interim Associate Director of Marketing in the not-for-profit sector, you'll oversee marketing strategies and campaigns to ensure they align with organisational goals. This temporary role involves leading a team and managing projects to support the effective delivery of marketing initiatives.

This is an opportunity for an experienced S151 Finance Leader to provide strategic financial leadership, governance and organisational direction within a complex local authority environment. The role requires strong stakeholder management, financial resilience planning and the ability to drive performance and transformation at pace.

This Programme Manager will lead complex business transformation and operational improvement across a large international manufacturing organisation, ensuring strategic initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and with measurable business impact. The role combines programme leadership, stakeholder engagement, systems implementation, and change management to drive improvements in productivity, technology adoption, and operational performance.

The role of Sales Director Fire & Security involves overseeing and driving sales strategies, specifically focusing on fire and security solutions. This position requires a results-oriented professional to manage teams and deliver exceptional sales performance must have Fire or Security background and managed large scale teams!

The Head of Engineering (NPI, Technical, Design) will lead and oversee engineering and new product introduction (NPI) initiatives within a manufacturing setting. This role requires a strategic thinker with expertise in driving innovation and optimising engineering processes in a senior leadership role.

An exceptional opportunity for an experienced Transaction Services professional to join a leading national advisory firm in a senior leadership capacity, focused on the rapidly growing Life Sciences sector. The successful individual will play a key role in driving deal activity, developing client relationships and shaping the future growth of a market-leading Healthcare and Life Sciences transactions practice.

As a Corporate Tax Senior Tax Manager / Associate Director, you'll oversee tax compliance and advisory services, helping clients navigate complex tax regulations in the professional services industry.

This Interim Head of Finance, based in Manchester. You'll help ensure accurate calculations and compliance while supporting the organisation's accounting and finance functions.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Deputy S151 to step into a highly visible interim role, leading a sizeable finance function and supporting an S151 Officer through a period of organisational change and transformation. You'll combine technical excellence with strategic leadership, helping to strengthen financial management, develop teams and drive improvement across a complex public sector environment.

As the HSE Advisor in the Manufacturing and Production sector, you'll play a key role in ensuring a safe working environment at the Leyland site. Your day-to-day will involve supporting health, safety, and environmental compliance to help the business operate efficiently and safely.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Solicitor to join a leading national law firm's highly regarded Health Commercial team in Manchester or Liverpool. Working on a broad mix of commercial contracts and public procurement matters, you will advise healthcare organisations, public sector bodies and private sector clients on complex, high-profile projects.

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Reporting directly to the Group Finance Director, this is a hands-on, commercially focused role offering exposure across the full finance function. You will play a pivotal part in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, reporting, and business partnering, helping to drive performance and support business growth.

I'm delighted to be exclusively partnered with a property company based in the Wigan area in their search for a Management Accountant. This will be a progressive role reporting into a brilliant Finance Director who aims to be a mentor to the successful candidate.

This Finance Business Partner role based near Manchester is all about supporting the financial health of a not-for-profit organisation. You'll work closely with key stakeholders to provide financial insights and ensure efficient financial management.

As a Financial Controller in the Education sector, based in Manchester, you'll oversee the financial health of the organisation, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and compliance. This role plays a key part in supporting decision-making by delivering accurate financial insights and managing budgets effectively.

Financial Controller to join a large, growing and well-established UK business on a 15 month fixed-term contract, leading financial reporting, controls, forecasting, compliance and a high-performing finance team. Reporting to the Finance Director, you'll play a key role in driving business performance, improving finance processes and supporting strategic projects, with potential longer-term opportunities available within the wider organisation.

Reporting to the Managing Director, the General Manager will assume responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and commercial performance of the business.

For the successful individual, this role offers genuine succession potential and the opportunity to progress into a future Managing Director position.