Stryde
Client Portfolio CFO / Finance Director
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Remote (UK) | Occasional UK Travel | Up to £90,000
Help ambitious businesses achieve their potential.
At Stryde, we believe finance should be a catalyst for growth, not just a reporting function.
We partner with ambitious SMEs across the UK, providing strategic CFO and Finance Director support that helps business owners make better decisions, improve profitability and scale with confidence.
Alongside our strategic finance offering, we also deliver a full suite of professional accounting services, including bookkeeping, management accounts, statutory accounts, tax compliance and payroll. This means our clients benefit from a single, integrated finance partner that supports every stage of their business journey—from day-to-day financial operations through to board-level strategic advice.
As we continue to grow, we're looking for an experienced Fractional CFO / Finance Director to join our expanding team in a permanent, full-time employed position.
While you'll work as the dedicated CFO or Finance Director for a portfolio of clients, this is not a freelance, interim or self-employed consulting opportunity. You'll be a valued member of the Stryde team, working alongside our accountancy, bookkeeping and payroll specialists to deliver an integrated finance service that supports our clients at every stage of their journey.
This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic financial leadership with hands-on technical expertise. You'll become a trusted adviser to a portfolio of clients, helping them navigate growth while remaining close enough to the detail to ensure finance functions operate efficiently and accurately.
You'll work closely with our accountancy and payroll teams to ensure clients receive a seamless, high-quality service across every aspect of their finance function.
If you enjoy variety, thrive on building long-term client relationships and are excited by technology and AI, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
As a Client Portfolio CFO / Finance Director, you'll manage your own portfolio of SME clients, becoming an integral part of their leadership teams.
You'll provide strategic financial leadership while remaining willing and able to support every aspect of the finance function—from bookkeeping and management accounts through to statutory accounts and tax compliance where required.
No two days are the same, and no two clients are the same.
You'll become a trusted adviser, commercial sounding board and financial leader for ambitious businesses across a wide range of sectors, helping them make confident decisions backed by meaningful financial insight.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining strategic financial leadership with practical delivery. While you'll spend time in the boardroom advising clients, you'll also be happy to roll up your sleeves whenever required to ensure every client receives exceptional support.
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Key Responsibilities
- Act as the outsourced CFO or Finance Director for a portfolio of SME clients.
- Build trusted relationships with business owners and leadership teams.
- Deliver strategic financial advice that supports business growth.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning.
- Prepare and present board reports, KPI dashboards and management information.
- Produce and review monthly management accounts.
- Support the preparation and review of statutory annual accounts.
- Assist with VAT, corporation tax and year-end compliance where required.
- Be confident working across the entire finance function, including bookkeeping and transactional finance when necessary.
- Identify commercial opportunities, financial risks and operational improvements.
- Review and improve financial controls, systems and internal processes.
- Champion cloud accounting, automation and AI to improve efficiency and reporting.
- Collaborate closely with Stryde's bookkeeping, accountancy and payroll teams to deliver a seamless, integrated finance service for every client.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to provide an outstanding client experience.
Essential Skills & Experience
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (or equivalent senior experience).
- Significant experience as a CFO, Finance Director or senior Financial Controller.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence business owners and leadership teams.
- Excellent technical accounting knowledge.
- Confident preparing and reviewing:
- Bookkeeping
- Management accounts
- Statutory annual accounts
- VAT returns
- Corporation tax submissions and year-end compliance.
- Excellent understanding of UK accounting standards and financial reporting.
- Strong working knowledge of Xero and QuickBooks Online.
- Excellent Excel and financial analysis skills.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Comfortable working independently in a remote environment.
Preferred Experience
We're particularly interested in candidates who have experience of:
- Managing multiple client relationships simultaneously within an accountancy practice, outsourced finance provider or fractional CFO environment.
- Acting as a trusted adviser to owner-managed and entrepreneurial businesses.
- Delivering strategic finance support while remaining hands-on when required.
- Working with modern cloud accounting technology.
- Using AI within finance, or demonstrating a genuine passion for developing expertise in AI and automation.
- Supporting business acquisitions, funding rounds, restructuring, growth or exit planning.
- Driving process improvement and finance transformation projects.
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Preferred Technology Stack
Experience with some or all of the following would be advantageous.
Cloud Accounting
- Xero
- QuickBooks Online
Accounting & Finance Applications
- Dext
- ApprovalMax
- Fathom
- Syft Analytics
- Futrli
Productivity & Collaboration
- Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Meet and Calendar)
- Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive)
Business Intelligence & Reporting
- Power BI
Artificial Intelligence
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Google Gemini
- Microsoft Copilot
- Perplexity or similar AI research tools
Automation & Workflow
- Zapier
- Make
- Microsoft Power Automate
We're not looking for expertise in every platform. More important is a passion for embracing technology, learning new tools quickly and continually improving the way finance is delivered through automation and AI.
What We Offer
- Salary up to £90,000, depending on experience.
- Fully remote, home-based role.
- Flexible working arrangements built on trust and autonomy.
- Occasional travel to client sites across the UK.
- Regular team meetings in the North East.
- A varied portfolio of ambitious SME clients across multiple industries.
- Ongoing professional development and career progression.
- Investment in AI, technology and innovation.
- A collaborative, supportive and ambitious team culture.
- The opportunity to influence how modern outsourced finance services are delivered.
Why Join Stryde?
At Stryde, we're redefining what great finance support looks like.
We combine strategic CFO expertise with first-class accountancy, bookkeeping and payroll services to provide clients with a complete outsourced finance function. Our goal is simple: to help ambitious businesses grow with confidence through exceptional people, modern technology and trusted financial advice.
We're building a team of commercially minded finance leaders who are equally comfortable in the boardroom and in the detail. People who enjoy solving problems, embracing technology, building lasting client relationships and making a measurable difference.
If you're looking for a role that offers variety, autonomy, flexibility and the opportunity to work with ambitious businesses while helping shape the future of outsourced finance, we'd love to hear from you.
How to Apply
Please send us your CV together with a short covering letter explaining:
- Why you're interested in joining Stryde.
- Your experience managing multiple client or business relationships.
- How you've embraced technology and AI within finance.
- What excites you most about helping ambitious SMEs succeed.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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