Finance roles and how we fill them
Every role below is a live mandate. We do not advertise positions we are not working on, and we do not post speculative adverts to collect CVs — if a role is listed here, a client has engaged us to fill it and someone on our team is actively running the search.
Most of what we handle sits at finance director, CFO and financial controller level, across fractional, interim and permanent engagements. A growing share is with FCA-authorised firms, where the brief usually involves a senior manager function alongside the finance role.
How it works for candidates
Step 1
Apply or register
Apply to a specific role, or register if nothing fits today. Tell us your day rate or salary, how many days a week you want, and how far you will travel.
Step 2
We review and match
A person reads your CV, not a keyword filter. If you are not right for a role we will tell you quickly, and say why.
Step 3
We call you
We talk through the client, the brief and the money before anything is sent. Your CV does not go anywhere without your say-so.
Latest roles
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Fractional Compliance London
Fractional Head of Compliance and MLRO – Payments Technology, London
orisation application, from the business plan and programme of operations to the policies, financial forecasts and individuals' forms, through to subm…
Fractional Compliance
Fractional Compliance Officer (SMF16) – Directly Authorised IFA
Hold the SMF16 Compliance Oversight function and carry out the responsibilities set out in your Statement of Responsibilities under the Senior Manager…
Permanent Compliance
Senior Compliance Manager (SMF16/17) – Consumer Credit / Point-of-Sale Finance
Location: Leicestershire (hybrid – on-site/remote) | Salary: £70,000–£90,000 (depending on experience) + benefits | Type: Permanent (interim/fractiona…
Permanent Compliance
Head of Compliance and MLRO (SMF16 / SMF17) Cryptoasset Firm
Location: London (hybrid) / Remote UK · Type: Full-time, Permanent · Sector: Cryptoassets, Payments, Fintech · Salary: Competitive, DOE An ambitious c…
Permanent Compliance
Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO Designate (SMF16 & SMF17) — FCA Authorisation Mandate | Digital Asset-Backed Lending
What you'll do Lead the FCA authorisation application end to end: permissions scoping, regulatory business plan input, systems and controls documentat…
Fractional Compliance
Fractional Chief Compliance Officer (SMF16) — FCA-Regulated IFA / Wealth Management Firm
The role • Act as SMF16 (Compliance Oversight), owning the firm's regulatory relationship with the FCA • Carry out and oversee advice suitability file…
Fractional Compliance
Fractional Chief Compliance Officer (SMF16) — FCA-Regulated Wealth Management / IFA Firm
London | Fractional (1 day per week, scaling to 2) | Day rate negotiable FD Capital is partnering with a growing FCA-authorised financial advisory fir…
Part-time Compliance
Part-Time MLRO and AML/CFT Compliance Specialist
Confidential Opportunity — Part-Time MLRO & AML/CFT Compliance Specialist Location: Remote / UK & Europe Engagement Type: Part-Time Consultancy / Outs…
Permanent Compliance
Head of Compliance and MLRO (SMF16 / SMF17)
Head of Compliance & MLRO (SMF16 / SMF17) Location: London, United Kingdom Sector: FCA-Regulated Investment Management Type: Permanent Confidential Ap…
Interim Compliance
Interim Head of Compliance and MLRO (SMF16 / SMF17)
Location: London, United Kingdom Sector: FCA-Regulated Investment Management Type: Interim / Contract Confidential Mandate We are supporting an FCA-re…
Fractional Compliance
Fractional Head of Compliance and MLRO (SMF16 / SMF17)
Key Responsibilities Compliance Oversight (SMF16) Maintain and enhance the firm’s compliance framework, policies and procedures Design and execute the…
Permanent Compliance
Head of Compliance and MLRO
Person Specification Essential: Proven compliance experience in an FCA and PRA dual-regulated deposit-taking firm — a building society, retail bank, o…
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Finance leadership jobs: what to expect
Our mandates cluster into a few recognisable shapes. Fractional CFO and FD roles, typically one to three days a week with founder-led or private equity backed businesses that need senior finance thinking but not a full-time salary. Interim cover, where something has happened — a resignation, a transaction, a maternity leave, a turnaround — and the business needs an experienced pair of hands at short notice. Permanent finance director and CFO searches for companies ready to commit to the role properly.
Fractional and interim work is a career, not a stopgap. A good number of the people we place have deliberately built portfolios of two or three part-time finance roles, and much prefer it to a single full-time job. If that is new territory for you, we can talk you through how the day rates, contracts and practicalities actually work.
We are also honest about money. If a client’s budget is below what you are worth, we will say so rather than putting you through three rounds of interviews to find out. Equally, if your expectations are above what the market is paying for that profile, you will hear that too.
Join our network of fractional and interim finance professionals
A fair proportion of our placements never appear on this page at all. Fractional and interim mandates move quickly — a client calls on Tuesday needing someone by the following Monday, and the role is filled from people we already know before an advert would have earned its keep. Being on our books means you are in the conversation when that happens.
Registering once covers the whole group. Our sister brands share the same candidate network: Exec Capital for wider C-suite and board roles, NED Capital for non-executive appointments, Accountancy Capital for qualified finance below director level, and SMF Capital for FCA senior manager functions.
FD Capital Group
More roles across the group
Finance leaders rarely fit one box. A finance director may be ready for a first non-executive seat; a compliance officer may be weighing an SMF appointment. Each firm in FD Capital Group runs its own board, and registering once with any of us puts you in front of all five.

C-suite & board
Exec Capital
Chief executive, managing director and commercial, marketing and technology director roles.
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Boards & governance
NED Capital
Non-executive director, chair, committee chair and trustee appointments. A natural next step for an experienced FD or CFO.
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FCA regulated
SMF Capital
Senior Manager Function roles at FCA-authorised firms, including compliance oversight, MLRO and SMF16/17 appointments.
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Qualified finance
Accountancy Capital
Financial Controller, Finance Manager, FP&A and transaction support roles below director level.
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Registered with us already? You are on all five boards — there is nothing further to do.
Overseen by
Adrian Lawrence FCA
Adrian is the founder and Managing Director of FD Capital. A Chartered Accountant and ICAEW Fellow, he became a finance director at 28 and has spent more than 25 years at C-suite level, including as finance director of a listed company and of a private equity backed management buy-out. Every search is run by our specialist team, with Adrian overseeing each mandate.
Start a search
Hiring rather than looking? Tell us what the business needs and we will tell you honestly whether it is a fractional, interim or permanent problem.
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Tell us about your finance hire
Share a few details about your business and the role. A member of our team will review your brief and come back to you to talk it through.
- Reply within one working day, from a consultant who places finance leaders every day
- Confidential from the first conversation, with no obligation to go ahead
- Shortlists typically within three to seven days, faster for urgent interim cover
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