Finance Recruitment Blackburn
At Headstar, we connect good finance people in Blackburn. We specialise in finding top finance professionals using our team of experienced Finance Directors (FDs) to understand the needs of your business and the required role. We then get to work finding you the best-fitting candidate, whether that be full-time, part-time or interim. As well as helping clients fill finance roles, we support candidates in finding their next role in Blackburn.

The Blackburn Economy
An industrial town in Lancashire, Blackburn has over 4,900 businesses with the borough contributing about 9% of the wider Lancashire business base. Construction, manufacturing, retail, scientific and technical services, and business admin services make up over half of the local businesses, suggesting great opportunities for finance professionals looking for new roles and businesses wanting to recruit talented finance people in Blackburn.
Many large organisation head offices have settled in Blackburn such as Crown Paints, Euro Garages and Assystem, and the town holds an entrepreneurial culture, with business start-up rates higher than the county’s average. There is a planned £250 million investment into Blackburn’s centre, set to deliver £1 billion of new economic activity in the borough over the next ten years, including a skills and education campus and Cyber Zone, making Blackburn an attractive town for finance team recruitment.
Our Services
We have a range of services for clients based in Blackburn from consultancy to interim support, as well as recruitment for all job levels, with particular expertise in sourcing talented Finance Directors and CFOs. Supporting finance professionals with advancing their careers and finding them their perfect role in Blackburn is also a popular service. Discover our full range of services below:
Turnaround
We’ve specialised in turnaround situations for a number of years and indeed many of our Directors have been Finance Directors in both large and small turnaround businesses.
Part-time FDs
At what point do I need a Finance Director? What’s the tipping point of turnover when I need someone a bit more senior in finance?
Senior Finance
Finance Directors, CFOs, call them what you will. These are the people that lead. They challenge the MD in private and support them in public.
Part & Qualified Finance
Turning the numbers into something meaningful. This is the key step in turning data into information, and building up support for decision-making.
Transactional Finance
Having the best people within transactional finance positions is key. At Headstar, we hire for roles such as Credit Managers, Transactional Managers and Sales Ledger Assistants.
Interim Finance
There can be a variety of challenges in a business that fall outside of the scope of the day-to-day.
Roles We Recruit For in Blackburn
Our specialist finance team recruitment services cover all roles in Blackburn, from Finance Directors to Transactional Staff.
Industry job roles we recruit for:
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Finance Director (FD), Head of Finance, Financial Controller (FC), Finance Business Partner, Finance Manager, Finance Analyst, Financial Accountant, Management Accountant, Accounts Manager, Credit Controller, Payroll Manager, Sales Ledger Manager, Purchase Ledger Manager, Accounts Assistant, Administrator and Bookkeeper.
Need help with finance recruitment? Get in touch today
We’ll help you find the best solution for your business with the help of our experienced recruiters and qualified Finance Directors.