Fractional CFO (Finance Consultancy Services)

• Provide strategic and operational finance leadership as fractional CFO, overseeing day-to-day finance, statutory and tax compliance, and audit across US and UK operations.
• Manage month-end close, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash management.
• Coordinate tax and financial audits, prepare statutory accounts, and ensure compliance with US GAAP and UK standards.
• Establish banking relationships, manage cash flow, and support group structure and strategic initiatives.

This role enables the Global Carbon Market Utility to scale its financial infrastructure, supporting the transformation of the carbon market into a financial market with real climate impact.

• Senior finance leadership experience as a Finance Director or CFO, ideally on a fractional or interim basis.
• Strong statutory reporting, tax, and transfer pricing experience across the UK and US, with comfort handling cross-border and intercompany arrangements.
• Experience overseeing US federal and state tax, US GAAP, and standing up finance for newly formed entities.
• Clear communicator able to translate financial and structural detail into recommendations for the CEO and board.

This is a contract for services with an indicative commitment of around 15 hours per week on a day rate or fixed monthly fee. No employee benefits, holiday pay, or pension are provided. The consultant controls how and when services are delivered and may provide services to others.

The Global Carbon Market Utility (GCMU) is a financial market utility that serves as the underlying book of record for the carbon market, aiming to transform it into a financial market large enough to have real climate impact.