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Carbon Offset via TreeNation FD Capital Recruitment Ltd is registered at Companies House (no. 13329383) and has been providing CFOs and Finance Directors since 2018 and is operated by an ICAEW-registered practice. Our founder Adrian Lawrence FCA holds an ICAEW practising certificate.
Position title
Fractional CFO - Creative Technology Agency
Description
Location: London (WeWork/hybrid) with occasional overseas coordination
Day rate: £800–£1,200
Time commitment: 3 days/week initially, reducing to c.2 days/week once embedded, with flexibility for peak periods
Engagement type: Fractional/part-time, ongoing
The Opportunity
Our client is an independent, award-winning creative technology agency working with some of the world's best-known brands across advertising, digital experience and immersive content. With studios across two continents and a headcount of over 100, they've built a genuinely global reputation for craft and innovation — and are now entering an important next chapter of strategic growth.
Having reached the point where day-to-day bookkeeping is well covered internally but strategic financial leadership is not, they're looking for an experienced fractional CFO to become a trusted, hands-on partner to the leadership team.
Responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing
- Elevating existing Xero-based reporting into genuine commercial insight — building out agency-specific KPIs such as utilisation, project margin and resourcing efficiency
- Mentoring and upskilling the internal finance team
- Leading the financial and tax structuring for a planned US market expansion, including group structure options (e.g. holding company considerations), most efficient jurisdictional setup, and support for related property decisions
- Designing and implementing a tax-efficient management incentive scheme (e.g. EMI)
- Laying the groundwork for a future sale — expected in the region of two years or more away — including improving financial controls, EBITDA visibility and multi-currency group consolidation across international entities, in preparation for eventual buyer due diligence
- Acting as a genuine board-level thinking partner to the founders, not just a technical resource
Qualifications
What We're Looking For
- Proven fractional or interim CFO/FD experience, ideally within an agency, media, or creative/professional services environment
- Strong track record in group structuring and international expansion, particularly UK-to-US
- Comfortable working with Xero and translating financial data into commercial decision-making
- Experience implementing EMI or similar management incentive schemes
- M&A/exit-readiness exposure is a plus, though not the primary focus in year one
- Above all: a collaborative, approachable style. This client has previously worked with a technically excellent CFO whose manner didn't land well with the team — they are prioritising the right personal chemistry and communication style every bit as highly as technical capability
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Hiring organization
Employment Type
Part-time
Beginning of employment
1st November 2026
Duration of employment
Perm
Industry
Tech
Job Location
London, South East, United Kingdom
Working Hours
9-5
Base Salary
£800-£1,200 Per day
Date posted
September 17, 2026
Valid through
October 31, 2026
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