Fractional FP&A salary · day rate, month, year
What a fractional FP&A manager earns, by the day, the week and the year
A fractional FP&A salary is a day rate multiplied by the days sold.
FD Capital’s 2026 guide puts a fractional FP&A manager at £425–£600 a day and a fractional head of FP&A at £500–£750.
By the kind of business, it runs from £300–£450 a day at an early-stage company to £475–£675 at a PE-backed one.
Most fractional FP&A work is one or two days a week per client.
When you hire a fractional FP&A manager through us, we send a shortlist of 3–5, each with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
How a brief runswhat we undertake
- 01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
- 02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
- 03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
- 04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
- 05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief
Shortlist3–5
15 minutes · video or phone
Book 15 minutes to hire a fractional FP&A manager
Tell us the scope and the days a week. We come back with Fractional FP&A candidates, their day rates and availability.
- 0115 minutes, video or phone
- 02We scope the role and the days a week
- 03A shortlist of 3–5 after the call
- 04Fractional, interim and permanent briefs
Pick a day that suits · live availability
On the board · last 3 months
Fractional FP&A jobs on the board
No Fractional FP&A roles on the board in the last three months. Showing finance leadership roles instead.
- FractionalSyndicatedFractional Finance Director
Signature Associates · England
est £750/dayEngland - FractionalSyndicatedFractional CFO
KeelCFO · England
Rate not statedEngland - FractionalSyndicatedFractional CFO
fin-house · London
£700–£1,000/dayLondon - FractionalSyndicatedFractional CFO
Amitours · United Kingdom
Rate not statedUnited Kingdom - InterimSyndicatedInterim Finance Director
Pragmatic Semiconductor · Cambridge
est £1,400/day5 d/wk - InterimSyndicatedInterim Finance Director
Juro · United Kingdom
£800–£1,000/dayUnited Kingdom - FractionalSyndicatedFractional Finance Directors
PWF Associates Limited · Manchester
est £750/dayManchester
Fractional FP&A roles on the board
Fractional recruitment works differently from a permanent search — shorter, scoped by days a week, and priced on the engagement. Send a Fractional FP&A brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five vetted candidates.
01/ the role
How a fractional FP&A manager is paid, and what sets the rate
A fractional FP&A manager runs the budget, the forecast and the board numbers for a business part of the week, usually alongside other clients.
FD Capital describes the model as one professional working across two or three businesses at once, on a day rate, typically one to two days a week each.
There is no salary, bonus or employer pension.
The business sets the rate first.
FD Capital puts fractional FP&A at £300–£450 a day for an early-stage company before Series A, £400–£550 for a scale-up with £2m–£15m revenue, £450–£650 in the mid-market (£15m–£50m) and £475–£675 at a PE-backed portfolio company.
Fundraising or exit modelling, priced as a project, runs £500–£750.
Level comes next.
FD Capital’s 2026 rate guide, weighted towards London and the South East, puts a fractional FP&A analyst at £300–£425 a day, an FP&A manager at £425–£600 and a head of FP&A at £500–£750.
An FP&A manager can also be employed part-time on a salary.
A part-time employee must not be treated less favourably than a comparable full-time one (GOV.UK).
FD Capital puts a part-time FP&A manager working two to three days a week at £30,000–£52,000 pro rata, and says London premiums of 15–25% typically apply.
02/ scope
How to hire a fractional FP&A manager
1. Count the days the cycle needs
List the work: the monthly reforecast, the board pack, the annual budget, the cash forecast, the investor model.
Then estimate the days a month it takes.
Budget season needs more than the rest of the year, so agree how the days flex.
2. Match the level to the business
An early-stage company needs a working model and a forecast the board trusts.
A PE-backed business needs investor-grade reporting to a timetable.
Pay for the level the next year needs.
3. Agree access and cadence in writing
Decide which systems the FP&A lead can see, when actuals close and when the forecast is due.
A day rate works when both sides know what each day is for.
What we do on a fractional brief
We recruit fractional, interim, part-time, temporary and permanent finance professionals, and non-executive directors.
We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, and every candidate goes through our five-stage vetting first.
To start, hire a fractional FP&A lead through the brief on the jobs page.
03/ the week
How a week divides.
Part of a week is the point of the model: the days you buy are yours, the rest of the week goes to other clients. Move the days a week and the week redraws.
Illustration only: one way a fractional FP&A manager’s week can divide at 2 days a week for you. Each block is half a day.
04/ the board
What the board holds.
A read of the roles on the board on this page, counted as they stand: how each is engaged, whether the posting gives the days and the rate, and where the work happens.
On this board, last 90 days · 7 roles · finance leadership
Engagement
- Fractional5
- Interim2
Seat
- Finance director4
- CFO3
Days a week
- Stated in the posting1
- Not stated6
Day rate
- Verified rate2
- Estimated (est)3
- Rate not stated2
Work arrangement (as the job feed classifies it)
- Remote2
- Hybrid2
- On-site3
Newest posting on the board: 5 Oct 2026.
Postings per week on this board, last 90 days
7 postings on this board in the last 90 days, counted by the week each was published.
05/ rates by stage
Fractional FP&A salary day rates by business and level
Day rates as FD Capital, a recruiter, publishes them in 2026. Its fractional FP&A page gives rates by the kind of business, quoted outside IR35; its salary and day rate guide gives rates by level, weighted towards London and the South East.
06/ rates by commitment
Fractional FP&A rates by days a week, a month and a year
FD Capital’s 2026 day rates by level, multiplied out. The month is the day rate × days a week × 4.33 weeks and the year is × 52 weeks: our arithmetic, before any weeks off, a comparison and not a salary.
07/ economics
Rate is not income: what a fractional FP&A manager keeps
The day rate is what the client pays, not what the FP&A manager takes home.
Most fractional finance professionals invoice through their own limited company and take money out as a salary through PAYE and as dividends from profit, after Corporation Tax.
Out of the same income they fund their pension, holidays, insurance and the days they do not sell.
Tax status changes the number too.
FD Capital quotes its fractional FP&A rates outside IR35, but status turns on how each engagement runs.
Under the off-payroll working rules (IR35), a medium or large client makes the status determination; for a small client outside the public sector, the contractor’s own company decides.
The rules apply contract by contract, so a fractional FP&A manager with three clients can have three different answers.
HMRC’s CEST tool gives its view on one engagement; our IR35 guide sets out the tests.
08/ vetting
How we vet fractional FP&A managers
What we undertake on every brief, before a candidate reaches you.
- 01
Qualification screen
Verify Fractional FP&A tenure, sector context and stage fit.
SOURCING - 02
Mandate fit
Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.
MATCHING - 03
Reference deep-dive
We take references ourselves, from recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.
VERIFY - 04
Shortlist
Three to five candidates with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5
09/ fractional head of fp&a
Fractional head of FP&A day rates
A fractional head of FP&A sets up the planning function, chooses the method and the tools, and hands the routine to an analyst or manager.
FD Capital’s 2026 guide puts the seat at £500–£750 a day, against £425–£600 for a fractional FP&A manager.
One day a week at those rates comes to about £2,165–£3,250 a month, and two days to about £4,330–£6,495 (× 4.33 weeks, our arithmetic).
For fundraising or exit modelling priced as a project, FD Capital gives £500–£750 a day.
10/ the year
How much fractional FP&A managers make in a year
Multiply the rate by the days sold.
At FD Capital’s £425–£600 for a fractional FP&A manager, each day a week sold for 52 weeks bills £22,100–£31,200 (our arithmetic, before any weeks off).
FD Capital describes the model as two or three clients at once; three clients at one day a week each would bill £66,300–£93,600 (our arithmetic), if the diary fills.
In practice it rarely fills every week.
Holidays, the gaps between clients and the time spent finding the next one all come off the total.
A fractional FP&A salary is the profit of a small business, not a rate multiplied by a full year.
To model your own position, start from the days you can realistically sell and use the rate calculator.
11/ the comparison
Full-time salary vs fractional pay: comparing like with like
A permanent FP&A manager is paid a salary and package, with employer’s National Insurance and pension on top; see FP&A salary for those benchmarks.
An interim is paid by the day for full-time cover over a fixed period; see interim FP&A salary.
A fractional FP&A manager is paid only for the days bought.
Compare the total cost for the days the business needs, not the headline figures.
12/ questions
Fractional FP&A salary FAQ
The questions people ask before bringing in a fractional FP&A manager.
Book 15 minutes · shortlist of 3–5
Bring the brief. We architect the team.
A shortlist of 3–5 with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.
