CFO Advisory

Financial leadership with the judgment of someone who has already sat in the CFO's chair.

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Most businesses reach a point where the numbers are accurate but nobody is telling them what the numbers mean. Filings go out on time, the books close, and yet pricing is still set by instinct, cash is forecast on guesswork, and the board pack takes too long to assemble.

Compliance was never meant to answer strategic questions. We do. This practice exists to close that gap — financial leadership delivered with the rigour of a Chartered Accountancy firm and the judgment of someone who has run finance from inside a business.

CFO Advisory

End-to-end financial leadership support for businesses that need CFO-level rigour without a full-time hire, and for finance teams looking to raise their game.

  • Virtual, fractional and outsourced CFO services
  • Financial planning, budgeting and rolling forecasts
  • Cash flow management and working capital optimisation
  • MIS design, dashboards and board-ready reporting
  • Fundraising support
  • Investor relations and investor reporting
  • Cost structure review and profitability analysis

Strategic Consulting

Advisory support for the decisions that change the shape of a business, rather than the ones that merely record it.

  • Business strategy, growth planning and market entry strategy
  • Financial and commercial due diligence
  • Business and share valuation services
  • Competitive benchmarking and industry analysis
  • Enterprise risk assessment and mitigation planning

Finance Transformation

Redesigning the finance function so it runs efficiently, scales with the business, and produces reliable information on a predictable schedule.

  • Finance function assessment
  • ERP selection, implementation support and system integration
  • Process automation, digitisation and workflow redesign
  • Policy, SOP and internal controls framework design
  • Record-to-report and order-to-cash process improvement
  • Cost optimisation and shared services design

Business Transformation

Broader organisational change that goes beyond the finance function — helping businesses restructure, modernise and perform.

  • Organisational design and restructuring
  • Change management and transformation programme support
  • Performance management systems and KPI frameworks
  • Digital transformation advisory and technology roadmaps
  • Turnaround strategy and business restructuring advisory
  • Post-merger integration support
Who this is for03 scenarios
How we engage04 steps
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    Discovery call

    A conversation about where the business is now and what is actually creating friction — not a sales presentation.

What you receive

a monthly reporting pack built around your business rather than a template, a maintained cash and forecasting model, board and investor materials on an agreed cadence, and direct access to the partner on your engagement.

Why work with us03 reasons

  • Experience from inside the business, not just across the table

    This practice is led by a Chartered Accountant with over two decades in corporate finance leadership roles — owning P&Ls, running strategic planning cycles, and leading systems transformations at global organisations. That is a materially different starting point from advisory built on audit experience alone.

  • Technical rigour behind every number

    The commercial judgment sits on top of a Chartered Accountancy foundation, so the analysis you act on is built on numbers that will stand up to an auditor, a lender or an acquirer.

  • One team across the full finance stack

    CFO advisory, accounting, tax, regulatory compliance and assurance run through a single firm, so the strategic advice is never disconnected from the compliance reality underneath it.

Frequently asked questions05 questions

Common questions, answered directly.

The queries that come up most often on cfo advisory engagements — answered plainly, without the hedging.

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What is the difference between a virtual CFO, a fractional CFO and an outsourced CFO?
In practice the terms overlap. Virtual describes the delivery model — the CFO works remotely rather than from your office. Fractional describes the commitment — a defined share of a senior person's time rather than a full-time seat. Outsourced describes the relationship — the function sits with an external firm rather than on your payroll. We scope engagements around the level of involvement your business actually needs and are not precious about which label it carries.
How is this different from hiring an accountant or a controller?
A controller keeps the books accurate and the filings on time. A CFO reads what those books mean for the decision in front of you — pricing, hiring, capital structure, whether a contract is worth signing. Both matter. This service sits above the accounting function rather than replacing it, and works alongside your existing accountant or ours.
Can you attend board and investor meetings?
Yes. Board pack preparation and presenting at board or investor meetings are a standard part of most engagements. The reporting cadence is built into the monthly cycle so board materials are a by-product of the normal process, not a scramble in the week before.
Do you help with ERP selection and implementation?
Yes, under our finance transformation work. Neeraj Thakur has led enterprise-wide ERP and systems transformations in-house at large multinational organisations, including a Platinum Award-recognised SAP implementation at Honeywell, so this is an area we advise on from direct operating experience rather than from a vendor's brochure.
What size of business does this suit?
Typically businesses that have outgrown a bookkeeper but cannot yet justify a full-time CFO — usually somewhere between the first serious revenue and the point where finance headcount reaches five or six people. We are equally often engaged by established businesses whose finance function works but is not producing decision-grade information.

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