Scaling SMEs
Businesses growing faster than their finance function can keep up with.
Business Advisory & Finance
Virtual Finance Director / CFO Support
Flexible outsourced finance leadership for businesses needing strategic financial support without a full-time finance director.
Overview
How we help with Virtual Finance Director / CFO Support
Most growing businesses need finance director judgement long before they can justify a finance director salary. A virtual FD gives you the input where it matters and nothing where it does not.
We work with you on the decisions that carry real financial consequence: pricing and margin strategy, funding structure, investment appraisal, hiring plans, acquisition or exit preparation, and the reporting the board or lender actually needs. That comes with a defined rhythm: typically a monthly review plus availability between times.
The role sits above bookkeeping and management accounts rather than replacing them. Where those functions need building or fixing first, we do that as part of the engagement.
What's included
Everything covered in this service
This is an ongoing finance-leadership and decision-support role built on reliable underlying records and reporting. It is not day-to-day bookkeeping, routine compliance or appointment as a statutory director. The reporting layer may come from management accounts, forward planning from budgets and forecasts, and a focused margin project from profit-improvement work.
- Monthly or quarterly finance review with the owner or board
- Pricing, margin and profitability strategy
- Funding structure, lender negotiation and investment appraisal
- Board and investor reporting packs
- Finance function design, systems and controls
- Exit, acquisition and fundraising preparation
Who it's for
Built around how you actually operate
Founder-led companies
Owners who want a second, financially literate opinion in the room.
Businesses preparing for a transaction
Companies heading towards funding, sale or acquisition.
FAQs
Virtual Finance Director / CFO Support: common questions
How much time does a virtual FD involve?
Typically one to four days a month depending on the size of the business and what is happening in it. We agree the pattern in advance and flex it around specific projects.
Do we still need a bookkeeper and accountant?
Yes, the virtual FD role is strategic and sits on top of accurate records. We can provide the bookkeeping and compliance work too, or work alongside whoever does it now.
What does a virtual finance director deliver?
The agreed cycle can include management review, cash and forecast oversight, board-level reporting, decision analysis and coordination of finance priorities. It uses the underlying bookkeeping and management information rather than replacing them.
Does a virtual finance director become a statutory director?
No. This is an advisory and finance-leadership service. The company's appointed directors retain their legal duties, approvals and responsibility for decisions.
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Tell us the decisions facing the leadership team, the present finance capability and the reporting rhythm. We will agree priorities, attendance, outputs and clear boundaries with existing staff and advisers.
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