Outsourced Finance Director - Secantor Business Services
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Outsourced Finance Director

High-Calibre Finance Directors to Transform Your Business


Expert Financial Advice And Support

Financial clarity is essential for running a successful business, whatever its size.  However finance and accounting are specialist areas so it’s important to ensure your business has the right level of expertise.  This is where Secantor’s Outsourced Finance Director comes in to bring a combination of financial and commercial acumen to your senior leadership team.  Often referred to as Part-Time CFOs, Part-Time FDs, Virtual FDs or Fractional FDs, our team of experts will give you confidence that you have every angle of your finances covered enabling you to focus more time on other areas. If you’re looking for cover for the absence of your permanent FD, or to carry out a specific financial project then please visit our Interim FD page.

Financial Power Source On The Inside

Every business has an accountant to produce their annual statutory accounts.  But it’s what happens in between times that really matters to your business.  Whilst your accountant probably works externally to your business, a Secantor Finance Director gets to know you and your business from the inside.  By becoming part of your management team we understand the everyday commercial, operational and people aspects of your business meaning that we can provide bespoke financial reporting and advice to help you make business decisions.

Why Use An Outsourced FD?

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Whilst it is essential that your business has someone with strategic financial expertise within the team, the cost of employing a high-calibre FD on a full-time basis is very high for small to medium-sized businesses. But the good news is you only need this specific skill at key points within the month so employing an Outsourced FD is the ideal solution. You only pay for what you need, which might be as little as a day per month but you have the flexibility of being able to call on your FD at any point for help and advice. And because we have a wide range of experiences working in many industries with lots of other businesses, you benefit from a broader perspective and the sharing of best practice from elsewhere.

“Secantor provided the senior business & financial support my fellow director & I needed at a very critical time for our company. I cannot recommend the incredible service we received highly enough”


CEO £30m Turnover Recruitment Company


What Does An Outsourced FD Do?

A Secantor FD will take care of every aspect of finance in your business from the ground up. They’ll ensure your internal finance function provides you with everything you need to grow your business profitably and at the same time will take responsibility for financial strategy so your business can meet your plans.  We provide a full range of financial services that can be adapted to suit the needs of your business including:

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  • Creating an effective in-house finance team.

  • Recruiting, training and developing your finance staff.

  • Providing technical financial support & oversight to you and your team.

  • Producing 3-5 year financial forecast models to show how your finances would look under various scenarios.  These models include Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cashflow predictions to show you the financial health of your business.

  • Producing and reporting your monthly management accounts.  We report your monthly figures against the financial forecast model so you can see if you are on track with your plans or not.  We will interpret the results for you and help you make management decisions in light of them.  By discussing your management accounts we can help you to identify and understand the business reasons behind the figures and take corrective actions where necessary.  This is the benefit of having us on the inside; part of your management team.

  • Undertaking profit margin analysis to reveal where profit is made or lost.  We will analyse profit across a variety of variables depending upon what is meaningful for your business including profit by customer, region, product / service, sales person etc.

  • Working with you to identify and take actions that will improve profit.

  • Helping you to identify funding requirements, source suitable products / providers and produce a financial forecast model to help justify to the bank.

  • Producing cashflow forecasting models and keeping a focus on future cash.

  • Helping you and your team to manage customer and supplier debt positions.

  • Reporting on expenditure and identifying / actioning cost control plans.

  • Turning around struggling businesses.

  • Providing best-practice financial governance for your business to give you peace of mind.

  • Leading specific finance-related projects such as: preparing a business for merger, acquisition or sale; migrating to new accounting software; or carrying out complex financial investigations or problem solving.

  • Acting as an Interim Finance Director providing full-time, or near full-time cover whilst your own FD is out of the business for a prolonged period (e.g. maternity or sickness), or while you are recruiting a new full time FD.

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Managing Your Finances

As experts in managing business finances, we are perfectly equipped to develop & oversee your finance team, and implement systems and processes to provide consistent and secure control. We can take care of all your financial reports & KPIs, interpret results and prepare management accounts, while providing support and advice so you can make informed decisions. Our experienced FD will produce a cashflow forecast to give you peace of mind that you’re not going to get any nasty surprises around the corner.

Planning Ahead

Our professional Finance Directors can look at each area of your income and expenditure, assisting to find ways to control costs, keep within budget and boost your bottom line. However, it's also our job to look to the future, to make sure that profits, cash and balance sheet value are healthy going forward. We can achieve this by helping with setting budgets, cashflow forecasting and management, as well as creating expert financial plans for the next 3-5 years to show the profit and cash consequences of your business plan. Those businesses looking to expand can also rely on our professional Finance Directors to help source appropriate funding, and prepare and present clear financial justifications to your bank to make it easier for them to lend to you.

Those businesses looking to expand can also rely on our professional Finance Directors to help source appropriate funding, and prepare and present clear financial justifications to your bank to make it easier for them to lend to you.

Free Business Review

No two businesses are the same. This is why we offer a free business review. We can arrange an initial chat with one of our experts to get things started. Then a couple of our team members will visit you to listen to the story of your business. From this meeting, we’ll be able to provide you with some interesting insights into your business from our independent experience. This will allow you to see how we work and help us to select the right expert for your business. Contact us to book a free consultation.

Why not read one of our short case studies to learn about Secantor's impact.

“We will never forget your huge contribution to Montezuma’s and your constant support, encouragement and all the board room laughs. Thank you for everything!” - Helen Pattinson, MD & Co-founder of Montezuma’s Chocolates

How Do I Recruit an Outsourced Finance Director?

Organising Outsourced Finance Director services with Secantor is easy - simply get in touch and we'll manage the rest.  As well as providing expert financial services, we can improve your business with part-time Management Accountant, Non-Executive Director and Operations Director services too, so why not take a look at the other pages of our website to see how we can help you in more ways than one?

What Our Customers Have To Say

Over the years we have helped hundreds of businesses take control of their finances.  By working closely with owners and directors we become an integral part of the management team and as a result have long-standing relationships with our customers, many of whom have relied on our expert knowledge, advice and guidance for many years.  Why not review some of our case studies or listen to what our customers have to say.

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  • How we can help you achieve your business goals

  • How you can improve the value of your business

  • And get useful, actionable tips & advice

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“Secantor has made a world of difference - we are now in control. It's a very cost effective way for us to have high level management and strategic help”


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Our Services

**Secantor provides expert financial and management support to SME owners and directors. Our commercially experienced team covers the following roles**

 

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Strategic support and experience to guide you as you make decisions and build value in your business. A NED acts as a sounding-board for your ideas, improves business performance, holds you and your team to account and helps you achieve a successful exit

FINANCE DIRECTOR

Expert financial leadership from a commercially experienced, qualified accountant. An FD will create financial plans, report your monthly performance against budget and interpret the figures to help you make sound decisions & improve profitability

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Strategic operational leadership to transform your people and business processes to improve efficiency and profitability. A Operations Director helps you build a strong management team, delegate operational actions and improve business performance

 

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