Our Freelance Finance Director Service

As your business grows, the pressure mounts. And as owner-manager, you find out very quickly the buck stops with you. And that includes the things you hate doing but nobody else wants to know about. Things like making sure cash flow isn’t slipping behind, the bank manager is kept “sweet” & the bookkeeping system is robust & accurately reflects your performance – amongst other things!

And how often does it seem that good profitable trading opportunities are lost because you are tied up with financial admin?  Well, the solution is at hand.....

Enter the freelance FD....

• Progressive companies who have not yet reached the stage where they need a full-time finance director. 
• Larger companies who have a finance director but require an additional skill set.
• Any trade, industry or profession.
• A part-time appointment is tailored to your needs.

• Improve profits & cash flow, reduce overheads & make the best use of your money. 
• Planning – we can help you prepare your strategic plan, your business plan or, if appropriate, both.
• Help you implement those plans. 
• Help you raise finance – with a well founded, well researched plan in your possession, your bank manager will have more confidence in you.
• Review the adequacy or otherwise of your management reporting systems & accounts.

We have many years of experience working with major plc’s as well as owner-managed businesses & with nearly every trade, industry & profession.

If you would like to see whether the introduction of that external perspective could be of value to you & your business, please contact us by calling Ian Thurgood on 07785 222054 or by e-mailing ian@thebusinessexplorer.com.
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STRATEGIC PLANNING

You deserve better – for your business – from your life. What could your business achieve if everyone involved worked as hard as you? With your commitment & determination to succeed? With everyone pulling in the same direction?

Even though you’re busy just trying to keep the show on the road, it’s vital to find the time to look up & see where you’re going – or whether you’re even on the right road.

A strategic plan will give you & your business direction, dynamism & purpose. Shared targets & objectives everyone can focus on. It puts you in control.

Strategic Planning is not text book theory. Nor is it just for big business & governments. It’s an essential ingredient for success in owner-managed businesses & at Empower we provide that ingredient. If you don’t have a plan, how can you know where you’re going? That’s not textbook theory, it’s plain commonsense.

Benefits
An strategic planning day with us will help you take a long hard look at :-Where your business is currently going

• Where you want it to go
• How it will get there

Using a tried & tested approach, we can help you:-

Identify your personal & business goals & opportunities

• Explore alternative marketing strategies
• Look at alternative financial models
• Relate your goals to the final financial model & translate them into a detailed action plan

This all culminates in a full colour printed document which all the business owners have agreed & committed to – possibly for the first time. In every way & for everyone in the business, it is a plan for:-

• Improved profitability
• Personal fulfilment
• Feeling in control
• Releasing potential
• More productive working relationships

In other words, nothing less than a dynamic new future for you & your business.

See if you think your present accountant or business adviser measures up to helping your business move forward by completing our “Entrepreneurs’ Requirements Test”

What to do now
If you think a strategic planning day will benefit you, your colleagues & your business, please contact us by calling Ian Thurgood on 07785 222054 or by e-mailing ian@thebusinessexplorer.com .  What have you got to lose?