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Hazel leads our Glasgow and Edinburgh offices with a personal focus on senior finance appointments across Scotland. Hazel is an experienced recruiter having specialised in finance recruitment for over 15 years and has a track record of growing her specialist market and developing lasting client relationships with both private and public sector businesses. Hazel also carries the highest reputation with candidates in the market for her passion and determination to provide quality of service.
Hazel graduated with a degree in Business before moving into a career in recruitment. Prior to joining Rutherford Cross Hazel spent eight years with a FTSE 200 multinational recruitment firm where she progressed to Senior Manager. Hazel managed the Accountancy and Finance interim team for the last four years she was with the company. She built up a network of clients and provided expert market knowledge through running regular networking events and forums.
Outside of work Hazel is a non exec board member with a small charity.

Our latest newsletter is now live, featuring our recent news, updates, insights and some of our available senior finance opportunities across Scotland.

Rutherford Cross is delighted to be retained by Phastar to appoint its FP&A Business Partner. This role can be fully remote or hybrid depending on

Scottish Water is a publicly owned organisation responsible for managing Scotland’s water and wastewater services. This role will lead and develop the Finance Business Partner community and toolkit and deliver quality financial decision support based on insight through data to influence the financial outcomes and generate additional cash to deliver their strategic ambitions.

Following our latest Construction Sector Forum, an event series running since 2021, Rutherford Cross Director, Hazel Wynn, has pulled together an update document, highlighting takeaways

Forth Ports, is one of the UK’s most significant and fast‑growing port groups. The continuing growth of Forth Ports has led to the newly created requirement of a Group Finance Business Partner as it continues to expand and diversify the business offerings.

Founded in Sheffield in 1912, Irwin Mitchell began as a small local firm. The firm now has more than 3,000 colleagues, working across 21 offices throughout the UK As such, it is a crucial time to appoint the first Finance Director to work across all the Scottish businesses.
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At Rutherford Cross, we see every day how the approach you take with your recruitment will have a lasting impact on the success of a business. In this article, our Professional Services and Private Equity specialist, Fraser Burnett, shares his perspective on why partnership-led recruitment is becoming an increasingly important differentiator in today’s market.

Scotmid Co‑operative is Scotland’s largest independent co‑operative and has been at the heart of local communities since its establishment in 1859. This role will sit within the commercial finance team and be integral to the growth of the retail division within the business.

Wheatley Group is driven by a simple but powerful mission: Making Homes and Lives Better. As Scotland’s largest housing group, it owns and manages more than 93,400 homes and delivers award‑winning housing, care, and property services across 19 local authorities. The role operates under an agile working policy, with regular attendance required at meetings in the Glasgow office and occasional travel to Edinburgh and Dumfries.

At Rutherford Cross, we see every day how the approach you take with your recruitment will have a lasting impact on the success of a business. In this article, our Professional Services and Private Equity specialist, Fraser Burnett, shares his perspective on why partnership-led recruitment is becoming an increasingly important differentiator in today’s market.

Scotmid Co‑operative is Scotland’s largest independent co‑operative and has been at the heart of local communities since its establishment in 1859. This role will sit within the commercial finance team and be integral to the growth of the retail division within the business.

Wheatley Group is driven by a simple but powerful mission: Making Homes and Lives Better. As Scotland’s largest housing group, it owns and manages more than 93,400 homes and delivers award‑winning housing, care, and property services across 19 local authorities. The role operates under an agile working policy, with regular attendance required at meetings in the Glasgow office and occasional travel to Edinburgh and Dumfries.