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Join the Bench · Senior Operators Only

If you’ve held the role, carried the number, and delivered the outcome.

Grant & Graham is a working bench of senior consultants, fractional leaders and interim executives. We are not a recruitment agency. If you have already done the job at scale and want a network doing the commercial work around you, read on. Applying takes one short form and a real conversation.

54Senior operators
20Countries covered
20+Sectors served
2 wksApplication to bench
Who We’re Looking For

The bar, plainly stated.

We back seasoned operators: people who have already held C-suite or senior director roles, delivered commercial outcomes under pressure, and now choose interim, fractional or advisory work as their primary model.

01

Senior role, served.

Ten or more years at director or C-suite level in a meaningful organisation. We are not the right home for career pivoters or aspiring senior people.

02

Sector depth, not breadth.

You bring credible domain experience in FinTech, SaaS, Telecom, Aerospace, Retail, Healthcare, Energy or similar. Breadth is welcome; shallow everywhere is not.

03

Operator, not observer.

Your track record is outcomes, not slide decks. Revenue figures, transformations delivered, teams led. You can tell the story in numbers.

04

Independent and insured.

You have or can set up a personal service company, VAT registration where applicable, and professional indemnity insurance. We help if you are close but not fully set up.

05

Geographically serious.

You are established in at least one of the UK, Netherlands, wider EU, US or MEA markets, with the right to work there and a willingness to travel for meaningful mandates.

06

Partner ready in tone.

You can hold a boardroom conversation, write plainly, disagree constructively, and represent Grant & Graham well to clients without hand holding.

What You Actually Get

Six practical reasons to join the bench.

Not a benefits list. A description of what changes in a senior consultant’s working life when they work with Grant & Graham rather than purely solo.

Active deal flow

A working commercial engine: new business development, client acquisition, sales sequences and an inbound pipeline feeding live mandates. You do not have to source every engagement yourself.

Back office relief

Client contracting, SoW drafting, NDA handling, invoicing, VAT and cross border tax, payment chasing. You focus on the work; we handle the administration that eats independent consultants alive.

Brand association

Represent a global consultancy with 17 years of track record and a recognisable name. Show up on G&G letterhead and in G&G marketing. It matters more than most independents admit.

A peer network of 54

Access to a bench of senior operators across twenty countries. Co-delivery on larger mandates, sector sounding boards, and WhatsApp distance introductions when you need them.

Cross border access

Legal entities in the UK, Netherlands, Estonia and US, plus regional coverage in the Middle East. Mandates in markets your solo practice cannot invoice into.

Co-delivery model

Scale into engagements bigger than any one person could run alone, such as transformation programmes, multi workstream PMOs and GaaS retainers, with G&G providing the additional senior hands.

How the Commercial Model Works

No hand waving on rates. Six plain principles.

Senior consultants evaluating a bench want straight answers on the commercial terms. Here is how we do it.

01 Rates
You quote your own day rate. We pass it on to the client with a transparent Grant & Graham margin agreed with you in writing before any engagement. No surprise markups, no undercutting you in market.
02 Client ownership
Engagements sourced by Grant & Graham sit under our client agreement; engagements you bring remain yours. Your book stays your book.
03 Exclusivity
Never required. Work with other firms, run your own direct practice, list on other benches. The only restriction is during an active G&G engagement with a specific client.
04 Invoicing & payment
We invoice the client, chase payment, and remit you net 14 from client receipt. Multi currency: GBP, EUR, USD or AED. Cross border tax and VAT mechanics managed by us.
05 Contracting
Master consultant agreement signed once; individual engagement letters scoped per mandate. NDAs, IP clauses and sector specific compliance handled by G&G counsel.
06 Termination
Your agreement with Grant & Graham can be ended at any time with 30 days’ notice after any active engagement. We never hold consultants hostage. The model only works when it works for both sides.
Current Priorities

Where we're looking hardest right now.

We accept applications from qualified senior operators at all times. These are the areas where we are matching against live or imminent client demand, and where a strong profile moves fastest through the process.

Priority Briefs

  • Interim CEO / MD, NetherlandsInvestor backed scale-up, SaaS or FinTech, post Series B
  • Fractional CFO, UKMid-market, experience with M&A exit preparation
  • Interim CTO, UK or NLAI native product build or platform modernisation
  • Fractional CMO, EUB2B SaaS growth and go to market experience
  • Channel Sales Leader, USAEstablished US channel networks, scale-up or enterprise
  • ERP Transformation Lead, NLSAP or Oracle, multi country rollout experience

Evergreen · Always Open

  • Interim C-suite executivesCEO, COO, CFO, CRO, CTO, CIO, CMO across sectors
  • Transformation & programme leadsComplex multi workstream delivery
  • Sector specialistsFinTech, SaaS, Healthcare, Aerospace, Energy
  • AI & digital transformation expertsFrom readiness assessment to delivery
  • M&A advisorsBuy side or sell side, transaction track record
  • Company formation specialistsLegal, tax or banking expertise in new jurisdictions
Don’t see your fit here? Apply anyway. We build the bench against future demand, not only against today’s briefs, and the market changes faster than any page.
The Application Process

Five steps. About two weeks from form to bench.

One online form, then real people. No algorithmic screening and no ghosting. Every application is read personally by Andrew Collins or one of his regional partners.

01
Day 0 · About 15 minutesYou

Complete the onboarding form

Tell us who you are, where you have delivered and how you want to work. The form covers everything we need in one go, so you never have to send the same information twice. It saves your progress as you go.

  • Your experience, sectors, specialisms, languages and availability
  • Your CV and a professional headshot
  • Two professional referees
  • How you contract and invoice, and your expected day rate
  • What you are happy for us to publish about you
Open the onboarding form →
02
Within 5 working daysUs

Review and introductory call

Your submission arrives with our onboarding team as a complete profile pack. If the fit looks right, we book a 30 minute conversation with one of our partners. It is two way: you interview us too. We talk work, calibration and geographic fit. If the fit is not there, we tell you plainly.

03
Week 1 to 2Both

Mutual NDA and references

We send our mutual non disclosure agreement for e-signature so we can both speak openly about clients and live mandates. Once it is signed, and only after we have let you know, we call your referees and cross check your track record.

04
Week 2Both

Calibration and agreement

We agree where you sit on the bench by sector, role and rate, and how we position you with clients. You sign our master consultant agreement once. Individual engagements are then scoped with their own engagement letter.

05
Week 2 to 3Us

Onboarding and go live

We build your presence on the bench: your profile page, your consultant CV in our house format and your Grant & Graham email address. Everything is sent to you for approval before anything is published. From that point you are matched against live briefs every working day.

After admission: your first engagement opportunity typically arrives within 30 to 90 days, sooner if your profile matches a brief already in the pipeline.
Your First Weeks on the Bench

What we set up for you.

Joining is not a listing in a database. Our team builds the materials that let us sell you properly, and you approve every word before it goes live.

Website

Your consultant profile page

A dedicated page on grant-graham.co.uk written around your sector, mandates and outcomes, built to be found by clients searching for your expertise.

Proposals

A house format CV

Your CV rebuilt in the Grant & Graham format we use in client proposals, downloadable from your profile page.

Identity

A Grant & Graham email address

Your own @grant-graham.co.uk address and signature, with a short setup guide, so you represent the firm consistently.

Senior team

A place on the senior team page

Listed alongside our 54 operators and searchable by region and specialty, where clients go to find the right person.

LinkedIn

An introduction campaign

With your permission, a welcome announcement and a series of posts on the Grant & Graham company page presenting your expertise to our network.

Community

Live briefs and your peers

Matched against new interim and consultancy roles every working day, plus access to the consultant community for co-delivery and introductions.

What We Won’t Pretend

The honest counterweight to the pitch.

Every recruitment page tells you how great the firm is. Here is the other side: the things we won’t pretend about Grant & Graham.

We’re not a staffing agency.

We don’t have ten live briefs per week. Engagements come when they come, and we are selective about which ones we take. This is a bench for seasoned people who also run their own practice.

We can’t guarantee volume.

Consultants on our bench take engagements that suit their capacity, but we won’t promise a specific number per quarter or per year. Anyone who does is not being straight with you.

We don’t carry junior profiles.

We are not the right bench for people building their first independent practice or switching careers into consultancy. The quality bar is intentionally high and well understood by our clients.

We won’t sell you on joining.

If the fit isn’t there, whether wrong sector, wrong geography or wrong stage, we will say so in the first call. We don’t add people to a bench they won’t get work from.

Frequently Asked

Straight answers for senior applicants.

Is submitting the form a commitment?
No. The form is your application. Nothing about you is published or shared with clients until you have signed the mutual NDA and approved your profile. You can withdraw at any stage.
What do I need before I start the form?
About 15 minutes, your current CV (PDF or Word), a recent professional headshot, contact details for two professional referees, and your company or trading details if you invoice through a business. Your progress is saved in your browser, so you can come back and finish later.
How long until my first engagement?
Typically 30 to 90 days after bench admission, and faster if your profile matches a live brief already in the pipeline. We won’t pretend it is guaranteed. Engagements happen when they happen, and we would rather place you on the right mandate than a fast one.
Can I keep my own direct clients?
Yes, completely. Engagements you source independently stay under your own arrangement. Engagements sourced through Grant & Graham sit under our client agreement. Your book stays your book. We never ask consultants to route existing clients through us.
What’s the commercial split?
Agreed in writing before every engagement. You set your day rate, we add a transparent Grant & Graham margin, and both sides sign off before the client quote goes out. The percentage varies by client, engagement complexity and whether we run delivery admin. We discuss specific numbers in the introductory call rather than publishing ranges, because the context matters too much.
Do you require exclusivity?
No, not on the master agreement and not on your practice as a whole. You can work with other firms, other benches and your own direct clients. The only exclusivity is within a specific active engagement with a specific client, which is standard practice.
Do you handle my tax, IR35, VAT and cross border invoicing?
Yes. UK engagements route through our UK entity, with IR35 handled accordingly. Dutch and EU engagements route through our Netherlands entity. US engagements route through our San Diego entity. VAT mechanics, cross border withholding and currency are handled on our side, and you receive a net payment in your invoicing currency.
What happens if engagements slow down?
You are not an employee, so there is no retainer or minimum guarantee. During quieter periods you work on your own direct clients or other benches. We stay in touch through quarterly check-ins and send you live briefs as they come in. If the fit is still right, you stay on. If it stops working for either side, either side can end the master agreement with 30 days’ notice.
Do I need to be based in the UK or the Netherlands?
No. We have senior operators in twenty countries across Europe, the US, MEA and APAC. You need to be established as an independent consultant in your home market with the right to invoice us from there, and willing to travel for meaningful mandates.
Can I co-deliver engagements with other G&G consultants?
Often, yes. Larger mandates such as transformation programmes, multi workstream PMOs and GaaS engagements are usually staffed with two or more of us. Co-delivery is one of the real advantages of the bench: you can take on work a solo practice could not confidently scope.
What happens to the information I submit?
It goes directly to our onboarding team and is used only to assess your application, onboard you and propose you for engagements, in line with UK GDPR and EU GDPR. Your day rate is seen only by our leadership team. You can ask us to update or delete your data at any time by writing to jobs@grant-graham.co.uk.
Start Your Application

Ready to join the bench?
Fifteen minutes gets you started.

Every application is read personally by Andrew Collins or one of his regional partners. First reply within five working days.

Have these ready

  • Your current CV
  • A recent professional headshot
  • Two professional referees
  • Your company or trading details
  • Your expected day rate
  • Your availability date

Prefer to talk first? Email jobs@grant-graham.co.uk