Fractional Finance Director

MaxAd Recruitment Ltd; St Helens; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A venture-backed manufacturing business is seeking a Fractional Finance Director to partner closely with the CEO and Board. This senior leadership role involves modernising finance functions, ensuring investor-grade reporting, and preparing the business for growth, investment, and exit. The ideal candidate has 10+ years' experience in finance and a strong background in manufacturing. This position offers strategic influence with a flexible fractional working model.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' PQE as a fully qualified accountant.
• Proven experience taking a business through growth and successful exit.
• Hands-on experience implementing modern finance systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the CEO and Board on all strategic and financial matters.
• Lead and modernise the finance function, including team management.
• Deliver clear, timely and investor-grade financial reporting.

Skills

Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)

Proven Board-level experience

Strong background in manufacturing

Experience with modern finance stacks (e.g. Xero)

Strong preference for automated cashflow forecasting

Education

10+ years' PQE

Tools

MRP and cloud-based accounting platforms

MS 365 and Teams

Job description

Part-Time

Competitive & Negotiable Salary

An ambitious, venture-backed manufacturing business is seeking an experienced Fractional Finance Director to partner closely with the CEO and Board through its next phase of growth and towards a planned exit.

This is a high-impact, senior leadership role suited to a commercially minded Finance Director who thrives in fast-paced, founder-led environments and enjoys building robust, investor-grade finance functions that are lean, automated and fit for scale.

The role will replace a substantive Finance Director following a structured handover and will operate as a core member of the Executive Management Team. While the position does not own operations, it requires strong operational credibility within a manufacturing environment.

Reporting directly to the CEO and Board, the Fractional Finance Director will take ownership of the finance function, providing strategic, commercial and governance leadership while ensuring the business is fully prepared for growth, investment and exit.

A key priority will be the digitisation and automation of finance, moving the business away from spreadsheet-driven reporting towards modern, software-first systems that support high-quality decision-making and investor confidence.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Finance Director to the business, supporting the CEO and Board on all strategic and financial matters
• Lead, develop and modernise the finance function, including internal team management and external advisors
• Deliver clear, timely and investor-grade financial reporting, forecasts and board packs
• Own cashflow, working capital and funding visibility, ensuring the business is well resourced to support growth
• Drive the automation and digitisation of finance systems, processes and reporting
• Ensure robust financial controls, compliance and governance across UK and US requirements
• Partner with founders, investors, lenders and advisors, supporting capital raises where required
• Support commercial decision-making, cost control and risk management across the business
• Prepare the business financially for exit, including data room readiness, models and reporting
• Oversee audit, tax, company secretarial and statutory obligations

Skills & Experiences

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with 10+ years' PQE
• Proven Board-level experience within a VC or PE-backed growth business
• Demonstrable experience taking at least one business through growth and successful exit
• Strong background in manufacturing or product-led environments, with operational credibility
• Hands-on experience implementing modern finance systems, including MRP and cloud-based accounting platforms
• Confident working with investors, banks and external stakeholders
• Commercial, pragmatic and delivery-focused, with the gravitas to operate at Board level
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving, founder-led organisation
• Experience with modern finance stacks (e.g.Xero or similar cloud platforms)
• Strong preference for automated cashflow forecasting, dashboards and board reporting
• Exposure to US corporate tax and reporting requirements
• Confident using collaborative tools such as MS 365 and Teams

This role offers the opportunity to shape and lead the finance function at a critical stage of the business lifecycle, with genuine influence at Board and shareholder level, a clear mandate to prepare the business for growth, investment and exit, and the flexibility of a fractional position combined with meaningful strategic impact.

Apply now!