Every Accountancy Capital placement is led personally by Adrian Lawrence FCA. These case studies describe specific mandates — the brief, the challenge, the search process and the outcome — and are published with client and candidate agreement. They reflect what we actually do, not what we say we do. As the library grows, we will add further case studies across the full range of roles and sectors we recruit for.
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Published Case Studies
FRACTIONAL FD / CFO — INSURANCE
Fractional Finance Director: Insurance Business
An insurance intermediary needed senior finance leadership to develop meaningful management information, strengthen financial controls, and recruit a permanent Financial Controller. Adrian Lawrence FCA was engaged as Fractional FD.
Key outcomes:
- Designed and implemented drill-down claims profitability reporting by product line, distribution channel and underwriting year
- Strengthened the financial controls framework including CASS client money controls and month-end reconciliation
- Improved the quality and speed of the year-end audit process
- Recruited a permanent Financial Controller to own day-to-day finance operations
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER PLACEMENT — HEALTH & WELLNESS
Remote FC Placement: Dublin Health and Wellness Business
A Dublin-based health and wellness business needed a senior finance professional who could build the management information and forecasting capability the board required, operating primarily remotely with structured periodic visits to Dublin.
Key outcomes:
- Placed Richard FCMA — twenty years post-qualification experience — into a remote-first FC role with occasional Dublin travel
- Redesigned the monthly management information pack with service-line contribution margin visibility and real-time cash position
- Built a multi-scenario financial model allowing the board to test commercial decisions before committing
- The forecasting model directly changed a significant board investment decision
More Case Studies Coming
We add case studies as mandates complete and clients and candidates agree to publication. The roles and sectors we plan to cover in future case studies include:
PE-backed FC placement — placing a Financial Controller at a PE-backed technology business ahead of a growth round, building the investor reporting infrastructure the fund required. FCA-regulated firm FC — placing an FC with CASS, GABRIEL and Consumer Duty experience at a wealth manager. Interim FC turnaround — an urgent interim Financial Controller placement at a business with a finance function in difficulty, stabilising the position ahead of a permanent hire. Group FC placement — placing a Group Financial Controller at a multi-entity PE-backed group, consolidating three subsidiaries into a single reporting framework for the first time.
If you have worked with Accountancy Capital and would be willing to contribute a case study, please call 0204 553 8893 or email us. We anonymise business names unless the client specifically agrees to be named, and all case studies are agreed with both client and candidate before publication.
A Note from Our Founder — Adrian Lawrence FCA
I started publishing case studies because I think they are the most honest representation of what a recruitment firm actually does. A list of services and a page of testimonials tells you what we claim to do and what clients say about us. A case study tells you what we actually did — the specific brief, the specific challenge, the specific candidate, the specific outcome. That level of specificity is the standard I hold the firm to on every search, and it is the standard these case studies are written to.
The two case studies published so far cover a fractional FD engagement in the insurance sector and a remote FC placement for a Dublin health and wellness business. They are different mandates but they share the same underlying principle: find the right person for the specific requirement, not the nearest available qualified professional. That distinction is what determines whether a placement produces a genuine outcome or just fills a vacancy.
Call 0204 553 8893 to discuss a brief, or see Financial Controller Recruitment, Fractional Financial Controller, International Finance Recruitment and Knowledge Centre. ICAEW Fellow Founder Adrian Lawrence FCA — verify via ICAEW.
Adrian Lawrence FCA
Founder, Accountancy Capital — Qualified finance recruitment specialists, £50,000 and above. Adrian is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales — verify via ICAEW.
Related Pages and Resources
| Fractional and Interim Flexible finance leadership. | FC Recruitment Financial Controller recruitment. | About Accountancy Capital About us and our team. | Salary Guides 2026 finance salary benchmarks. |
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