Are you a qualified accountant with strong IFRS and AIM-listed reporting experience looking for your next fractional finance engagement? We're recruiting on behalf of a growing, AIM-listed technology business for a Fractional Finance Director / Fractional Financial Controller to provide senior financial control and external reporting support over an initial 6–12-month term.

This is a genuinely flexible, part-time finance leadership role and ideal for an experienced FD, FC or portfolio finance professional who wants meaningful, senior-level work without a full-time commitment.

About the role

You'll provide hands-on Financial Controller / Finance Director support to an AIM-listed business, covering financial control processes and statutory/regulatory reporting, including the company's six-monthly stock market reporting obligations..

Key responsibilities

Guide the design, implementation and continuous improvement of financial control processes
Support preparation and review of IFRS-compliant statutory accounts and liaise with external auditors
Oversee reporting obligations arising from the company's AIM listing, including six-monthly stock market reporting (RNS announcements, investor and stakeholder reporting)
Review and challenge existing financial controls and reporting outputs
Provide senior FD/FC oversight and hands-on capacity during peak periods (half-year and year-end reporting, and the Christmas–April budgeting cycle)
Act as a technical sounding board for the wider finance team

What we're looking for

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Essential: strong IFRS reporting experience and prior AIM-listed company reporting experience (main market listed experience not required)
Significant prior experience at Financial Controller or Finance Director level
Demonstrable track record of building and improving financial control frameworks
Strong experience of statutory accounts, audit, and listed-company reporting obligations
Comfortable working flexibly in a fractional/part-time capacity, with the ability to flex time upward during known busy periods
Available to start within 2–3 weeks, ramping up gradually through the Christmas–April cycle

Engagement details

Type: Fractional/part-time, initial term of 6 –12 months (scope to extend)
Time commitment: 1, maybe 2 days per week during busy periods; 1–2 days per month during quieter periods
Location: Central Scotland (hybrid), with occasional on-site attendance
Day rate: Competitive, dependent on experience

If you're an experienced finance leader with IFRS and AIM-listed reporting expertise looking for a flexible, fractional opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or send your CV to sbernat@octaagongroup.co.uk or call Steve Bernat on 01525 306219 to find out more.

Fractional Finance Director (Part-time)