FinTech & Financial Services revenue advisory in Leeds
Strategic Revenue Audit and fractional CRO support for FinTech and InsurTech scale-ups, including investor-readiness work pre-Series B / PE. On the ground in Leeds and across the wider Yorkshire fintech & financial services cluster.
Leeds combines a deep professional services base (the second-largest legal and financial centre in the UK) with one of the fastest-growing technology clusters in the North. The city centre and the South Bank regeneration zone host a mix of FinTech, HealthTech, GovTech and B2B SaaS scale-ups, supported by a heavy investor presence around Wellington Place and Park Square. Channel 4's national headquarters and Sky's growing tech presence have lifted the bar for senior commercial talent the city expects to attract and pay for.
Leeds is the second-largest financial centre in the UK by employment and the unambiguous FinTech capital of the North. First Direct, Lowell, TransUnion, the Yorkshire Building Society and a deep wider mutual and challenger-bank base mean Leeds offers more genuinely senior FinTech commercial supply than any UK city outside London.
First Direct (HSBC)
FinTech / Banking
Long-standing Leeds FinTech anchor with deep digital and commercial talent.
Lowell
Credit management
Leeds-headquartered FinTech-adjacent business with a substantial commercial team.
Yorkshire Building Society (Leeds offices)
Mutual finance
Major Leeds-area commercial employer.
TransUnion (Leeds)
Credit data / FinTech
Leeds-based commercial team for the global credit-data business.
Sopra Banking Software
Banking software
Leeds presence for the global banking-software vendor.
FinTech and financial services commercial supply is one of the deepest in the Northern professional market. Leeds in particular has a large pool of mid-career commercial leaders with regulated-sector experience. Senior leadership talent is heavily passive and embedded in long equity packages, especially in PE and VC-backed FinTech.
FinTech commercial salaries in the North run close to or above mainstream SaaS for equivalent seats. A FinTech CCO in Leeds or Manchester typically earns £130k-£190k base with OTE of £200k-£320k plus equity. Insurance commercial salaries in York and Leeds run slightly below FinTech for equivalent seniority.
Leeds salary nuance
Leeds FinTech commercial salaries are the strongest in the North and run within 5-10% of London for senior seats. A Leeds FinTech CCO typically earns £140k-£200k base with OTE £210k-£330k plus equity.
Leeds City Station gives strong rail links to York (25 min), Manchester (60 min), Sheffield (45 min) and Harrogate (30 min), making it a viable HQ for a regional team.
How we work
01
A two to four-week Strategic Revenue Audit. Interviews across leadership, sales, marketing and CS. Pipeline, forecast and CRM data review. Output is a written diagnostic with a prioritised set of interventions, not a generic playbook.
02
We translate the diagnostic into an operating-model design: structure, segmentation, role design, compensation, forecasting cadence, tooling decisions. Reviewed with the CEO and board before any change is made.
03
Working back from revenue targets, we model the headcount, ramp, attainment and hiring plan needed to deliver. This becomes the joined-up commercial plan against which decisions are made.
04
Where useful, an Evara fractional revenue leader steps in to run the change. Where the in-house team has capacity, we support from alongside. Either way the work gets done, not just recommended.
05
Monthly commercial reviews against the plan. Quarterly board pack. Annual re-plan. The advisory engagement winds down as the in-house function gets stronger; it is not designed to be permanent.
FAQs
Yes. Our partners have placed senior commercial leaders into FCA-regulated FinTech, payments, lending and wealth-tech businesses. Regulator-friendly hiring profiles are a standard part of our brief design.
Leeds is the largest single FinTech commercial market in the North, followed by Manchester. York is the natural home for senior insurance commercial talent.
A typical Sales Director search in Leeds runs 8 to 10 weeks from kick-off to offer accepted. Senior commercial talent in the Leeds market is largely passive and the best people are usually approached, not advertised to.
A Sales Director in Leeds typically earns £120k-£170k base with on-target earnings of £200k-£280k, depending on sector and deal size. FinTech and SaaS sit at the top of that range.
Email Rachel Lunn and the team. We will reply within one working day with a Leeds-specific fintech & financial services market read for the role you have in mind.
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