Fractional Senior Finance Director

🌎 Where: This is a fully remote role from the United States

🤝 Type: Fractional/ part-time basis - contractor or consultancy arrangement

Founded 23 years ago, we’re a leading global full-service social media agency on a mission to Make Social Better for everyone.

As part of our next exciting chapter, Social Element has joined the MarketFully Group - a collective of digital marketing companies that combine technology and AI with human creativity, strategy and social intelligence to build brands online.

The Opportunity:

As part of this next phase of growth, MarketFully is hiring a Fractional Senior Finance Director who will operate across the Marketfully group, providing part-time, high-level financial leadership and strategic support on a short-term basis, likely to be around 3-6 months. The role balances hands-on operational finance responsibilities with group-level oversight and planning. Immediate impact needed on integration of new acquisition and integration of people, process, systems.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Advise and support leadership teams within each business unit on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management. Guide decision-making with accurate analysis and scenario planning.

• Review and enhance financial processes and controls to ensure best practice, compliance, and operational efficiency across all companies in the group. Identify areas for process improvement and oversee implementation.

• Lead preparation and review of monthly management reports and board packs. Present financial insights to management, boards, and other stakeholders as required.

• Oversee group-wide cash management, including forecasting and liquidity planning. Advise on working capital optimization and capital allocation.

• Mentor existing finance team members, building group-wide capability and consistency. Where necessary, direct and support with hands-on finance tasks (e.g., reconciliations, variance analyses).

• Provide support for M&A transactions, fundraising, budgeting for new projects, and integration of new entities as required.

• Monitor and manage financial risk and ensure compliance with relevant regulatory, legal and reporting requirements across the group.

• Liaise with external parties such as auditors, tax advisors, and banks on behalf of the group, coordinating requirements and deliverables.

Qualifications

• Senior finance professional (Director level or above) with extensive experience in multifaceted or group structures – international experience required (currencies, laws, etc.)

• Track record of improving financial processes, supporting strategic initiatives, and influencing commercial outcomes

• Comfortable working independently and across multiple teams, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills

• Adaptable, proactive, and able to operate in a fast-moving environment

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA) desirable

Engagement Model:

• Fractional/part-time basis (flexible as business needs require)

• Engagement may be a contractor or consultancy arrangement

• Will report to CFO, supporting multiple business unit heads

Why Join Our Team:

Diverse, Inclusive, and Energetic team atmosphere. You'll be alongside a group of deeply supportive and diverse colleagues combined with highly approachable ‘open-door’/’open-book’ managers that treat you like a person, not a cog.

Career Stability and Growth. Many team members have been at MarketFully for more than a decade because they really love our commitment to culture and improving our platform, processes and people, every day. We love our internal talent, and career advancement opportunities both within and outside hired departments are available. We run our business and manage performance with a growth mindset.

Mental, Physical, and Financial Health. Among MarketFully's offerings are a ‘remote-first’ hybrid work model, flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, paid parental bonding leave, gym membership reimbursement, free Employee Assistance P