Part-time management jobs · UK
Part-time management jobs in finance
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A senior manager or director on a fixed share of the week can own a function without a full-time salary.
Tell us the seat and the days in a 15-minute call and we send a shortlist of three to five, each with day rate or pay, availability and IR35 position.
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- Rates as stated, never estimated
- Part-time first, fractional labelled
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 scope the role
Tell us the situation, the days and the start date. We come back with part-time executive candidates, their day rates and availability.
- 0115 minutes, video or phone
- 02We scope the days and the pattern
- 03A shortlist of 3–5 after the call
- 04Fractional, interim, part-time and permanent briefs
Pick a day that suits · live availability
On the board · last 3 months
Part-time management and director roles on the board
No Part-time management and director roles on the board right now.
We only show real vacancies from the last three months, read from the Fractional Quest pipeline — we never pad the board. New roles appear here as the pipeline finds them.
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What counts as a part-time management job
A part-time management job is a senior role with real accountability on fewer than five days a week, meant to continue rather than end with a project.
On this board that means director, head-of and chief officer seats, employed on a part-time contract or engaged on a day rate.
LEVEL
Director, head-of or chief officer
The roles here carry budget, people or a function. A coordinator or assistant role on three days is part-time work, but it is not what this board lists.
Director, head-of or chief officer. The roles here carry budget, people or a function. A coordinator or assistant role on three days is part-time work, but it is not what this board lists.
A fixed share of the week. Most adverts name the days: two, three, or a pattern such as Tuesday and Thursday. Where the advert does not say, the card says so instead of guessing.
Employed or day rate. Some roles are part-time employment with pro rata salary and benefits. Others are day-rate engagements through your own company. The card shows which, where the employer says.
Is it still open?. We re-check each listing and only mark it confirmed open on positive evidence. Otherwise it reads “Not confirmed still open”, and expired roles come off.
Fractional roles, labelled. If a seat has no part-time role open, the board shows part-week fractional roles in that seat and labels the tier, so you always know what you are looking at.
02/ scope
What these roles usually own
Part-time does not mean junior.
The roles on this board typically carry the same core remit as the full-time version, delivered in fewer days with a stronger team underneath.
- A function’s plan, budget and results
- Line management of a team or department
- Reporting to the board or the chief executive
- Key outside relationships for the function
- Senior hiring decisions in their area
- The routine that keeps work moving on days off
- Daily processing and execution
- Administrative tasks
- Specialist work to advisers or agencies
- Same-day queries to a named deputy
03/ which model
Which model fits the role?
A part-time job is usually one employer on a set share of the week.
If the same days are spread across several clients, it is fractional work — the parent site lists fractional jobs UK.
Full-time on a fixed term is interim; full-time and open-ended is permanent.
The model that fits · executive
Part-time
A fixed slice of the week on a set pattern — the same days each week, often on a part-time contract or a day-rate arrangement.
See the part-time roles →Our framing, not a measured rule: the lines between the four models blur, and many briefs could run two ways.
04/ alternatives
A shorter week against the alternatives
Before you apply, be clear which model you are signing up to.
The contract, the tax and the expectations differ.
→ Part-time when you want senior work on fewer days; full-time when you want the whole job in one place.
05/ rates
Part-time day rates by seat
Published UK part-time and fractional day-rate bands, each with its source named.
Compare a role’s advertised rate, or your own, against the band.
Our part-time day rates guide converts each to an annual figure.
- Part-time / fractional CFO£700–£1,400FD Capital 2026
- Part-time / fractional Finance Director£600–£1,000FD Capital 2026
- Part-time / fractional Financial Controller£400–£650Accountancy Capital 2026
- Part-time / fractional CTO£1,000–£1,600Leadership Services 2026
- Part-time / fractional CMO£750–£1,400Connectd 2026
- Part-time / fractional COO£800–£1,400Connectd 2026
- Part-time / fractional CIO£800–£2,000Exec Capital 2026
- Part-time / fractional CEO£800–£1,500FD Capital 2026
Bands are as each source publishes them; permanent day equivalents are the salary band ÷ 220 working days, our arithmetic. Recruiter guides are named, not linked. Rates vary with sector, scope and location.
06/ calculator
What a senior leader on fewer days costs
Model a part-time executive at the days you need against a permanent executive.
The slider runs across the published band for a part-time CFO: £700–£1,400 a day (FD Capital 2026).
Cost over 12 months
£109,200
104 working days · 2 d/wk · 12 mo · before tax
Fractional costs less over 12 months£146,725
Part-time CFO, 12 months£109,200
Part-time CFO, a month at 2 d/wk£9,093
Permanent CFO, same period£255,925
Part-time CFO, 12 months$144,679
Part-time CFO, a month at 2 d/wk$12,047
Permanent CFO, same period$339,075
Converted from £ at $1.3249 per £1 (Bank of England spot rate), 2 Oct 2026. A conversion, not a US market rate. Source ↗
Part-time CFO, 12 months€128,266
Part-time CFO, a month at 2 d/wk€10,681
Permanent CFO, same period€300,610
Converted from £ at €1.1746 per £1 (Bank of England spot rate), 2 Oct 2026. A conversion, not a EU market rate. Source ↗
Our arithmetic, indicative. Permanent = the £176,500 Robert Half 2026 median salary pro rata for the same months, plus 15% employer NI, plus a 30% search fee on the annual base (UK retained search runs 25–35%, Headhunters.co.uk). Excludes pension, bonus and equity.
At 4.7 days a week a permanent hire costs less.
Our arithmetic. Permanent a month = the salary ÷ 12 plus 15% employer NI, plus the 30% search fee spread over 12 months — the calculator’s inputs. Hover, tap or use the arrow keys for each step.
07/ over two years
Part-time, interim or permanent over 24 months
The same seat three ways, at the days a week and day rate set in the calculator. Each crossover is computed, not typed.
- The part-time CFO at 2 days a week never passes permanent inside 24 months.
- Interim passes permanent at month 8.
Our arithmetic, cumulative. Permanent = the salary’s 30% search fee in month 0, then salary ÷ 12 plus 15% employer NI each month. Interim = the midpoint of the published interim band (£1,100 a day, FD Capital 2026) × 5 days × 4.33 weeks. Hover, tap or use the arrow keys for each month.
Illustration only: one way a part-time CFO’s week can divide at 2 days a week for you. Each block is half a day.
08/ decision
When a part-time role makes sense for you
People move into part-time management for different reasons.
Being honest about yours helps you pick the right role and negotiate the right pattern.
Which sounds like you?
You have run a function full-time and want to keep doing that work on fewer days, for family, study or another interest.
- → A clear track record in the seat
- → Firm days you can offer
- → Comfort delegating
A part-time employed role gives you a steady anchor while you add advisory or fractional work around it. Check the contract for exclusivity before you sign.
- → One anchor role wanted
- → Other clients in view
- → Your own company already set up
You want to stay in leadership but reduce your days, in your current organisation or a new one. A part-time role keeps your seniority without the full load.
- → Long tenure in a senior seat
- → Succession in mind
- → A pattern you can sustain
A part-time director role can be a structured way back into senior work, with fewer days while you rebuild momentum.
- → Recent experience you can evidence
- → References ready
- → A realistic first pattern
09/ tax and IR35
How a part-time executive is engaged
General position under UK rules, with the HMRC source for each point. Not tax advice — check your own case with your accountant.
01 · DEDUCTIBLE
Fees are a business expense
Fees, like a salary, are deductible against profits when incurred wholly and exclusively for the trade (HMRC BIM37000), with corporation tax at the 25% main rate.
02 · WHO DECIDES
Status turns on how the work runs
Medium and large clients make the off-payroll status determination themselves; for a small private-sector client, the executive’s own company does (HMRC off-payroll guidance).
03 · WHAT HMRC LOOKS AT
Substitution, control, mutuality
Whether a substitute could genuinely be sent, who decides how the work is done, and whether either side must offer or accept further work. HMRC’s CEST tool walks through the same questions.
04 · ON THE PAYROLL
A part-time employee is an employee
Hired on a part-time contract, the executive has the same rights as a comparable full-time worker, pro rata (gov.uk part-time worker rights), and you pay employer NI on their salary.
10/ guide
Finding part-time management jobs: what works
Senior part-time roles are advertised less often than full-time ones, and when they are, they are often phrased in ways that hide the days: “flexible”, “hybrid”, “three days to start”.
Search for the seat first and the pattern second, then read every advert for the days actually offered.
The board above does that filtering for part-time executive jobs and shows part-time roles first.
Know your route before the first conversation.
An employed part-time role gives you pro rata salary and benefits, and the law says you should not be treated less favourably than full-time colleagues because you work part-time (GOV.UK: part-time worker rights).
A day-rate role through your own company gives you more independence but brings the off-payroll rules into play.
Many leaders hold one of each.
Price yourself from published figures, not hope.
The bands on this page name their sources, and our part-time day rates guide shows how a day rate converts to a salary and back.
If a role advertises a pro rata salary, divide it by the days a week and multiply by five to see the full-time figure it implies — our arithmetic, and a quick check on whether the offer is fair.
Lead with outcomes in your application.
A hiring manager filling a part-time seat wants evidence that you have kept a function moving on fewer days: the deputy you developed, the reporting routine you set, the decisions you made between visits.
That evidence matters more than a list of responsibilities.
Finally, widen the search where it makes sense.
Seat-specific boards on the parent site cover part-time CFO jobs, part-time finance director jobs and part-time CTO jobs, and the full fractional jobs board lists part-week roles that may be offered either way.
Our own seat hubs — part-time CFO, part-time CMO and part-time COO — add rates and hiring detail for each.
10.1/ director roles
Part-time director jobs: finance, marketing and operations
Part-time director jobs cluster in three areas.
Finance director roles are the most common: a growing business needs someone to own cash, reporting and the bank relationship on two or three days, with a financial controller or bookkeeper doing the daily work.
Marketing director roles follow, usually owning the plan, the budget and agencies.
Operations and HR director roles appear as businesses scale past the point a founder can manage alone.
A director title on fewer days still carries director accountability.
If the role is a statutory company directorship, you take on legal duties to the company whatever your days.
Ask whether the title is a job title or a board appointment before you accept.
For finance and marketing seats, the parent site’s part-time finance director jobs and part-time marketing director jobs pages list current roles.
What hiring managers look for
A track record in the same seat at a similar size of business, evidence of running it on fewer days or through a team, and clarity about the days you can commit to week in, week out.
10.2/ senior roles
Part-time senior jobs beyond the C-suite
Not every senior part-time role carries a chief officer title.
Head of finance, head of marketing, head of people and senior programme or transformation roles are often offered on a shorter week, and they can be a better fit for leaders who want the work without a board seat.
The same rules apply: read the advert for the days, check whether it is employment or a day rate, and compare the pay with a published band.
A head-of role on three days at a strong business can be worth more, in experience and in pay, than a thin director title on two.
If you are moving between full-time and part-time, keep your profile honest about what you held and when.
Hiring managers notice inflated titles, and a clear, dated record reads better than a flattering one.
11/ process
How we run the search
What we undertake on every brief, run by Fractional Quest, our parent company.
- 01
Brief
A scoping call on the role, the days a week, the start date and what the part-time executive must have delivered.
DAY 0 - 02
Search
We search and screen against that brief: track record at your stage, in your situation, and references we take ourselves.
SCREENING - 03
Shortlist
Three to five candidates, each with day rate or salary, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5 - 04
Start
You interview and choose. The executive you choose contracts with you.
YOU CHOOSE
12/ the family
More roles across Fractional Quest
Part-Time Quest is part of Fractional Quest.
The parent site lists fractional and part-week roles by seat, and runs searches of every kind.
Every fractional and part-week executive role on the parent board.
Fractional, interim, part-time and permanent executive search in one firm.
Fractional finance roles across CFO, FD and controller seats.
13/ questions
Questions, answered
For hiring managers, and for executives looking for the role.
Book 15 minutes · shortlist of 3–5
Start with the brief.
Fifteen minutes to scope the seat, the days and the start date.