Interim CFO
Senior Financial Management - On an interim or contract basis
Negotiating your business through these difficult and turbulent times can be stressful and problematic. Careful and focused attention to your organisation's financial management is critical to ensuring that you weather the storm. And not simply so that you survive, but so that you are in a position to identify and take advantage of opportunities which will arise as the economic conditions improve.
In the meantime, careful financial management and planning needs to be undertaken, often on a day-to-day basis. You need to be comfortable that if potential crises appear, there is enough time for corrective action to be taken. You don't want to end up on the rocks!
You may believe that this type of financial expertise is too expensive for your business. The cost of employing a fulltime senior financial manager may be out of your reach.
Associates in Business can assist you by giving you regular access to an experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Our service will be tailored to your needs.
We place a great deal of importance on working with your accounting and bookkeeping personnel, both to minimise cost, and to develop their professional skills. We see our role as complementing your existing external accountants, by providing an operational and strategic focus to your financial management.
Our CFO can help you by:
- Conducting an initial review of your financial management and reporting systems
- Preparing an income and expenditure budget, plus a cash forecast
- Carrying out business analysis and planning
- Developing and implementing management reporting and internal control systems
- Being available to talk through the hard decisions
- Reminding you of your goals, and helping you to stay focused on them
Remember that we have had many years experience in business, so we can offer you a combination of professional qualifications and hands-on experience. We understand the balancing act that business owners constantly face; between cash flow pressures and working capital requirements, between the demands of the business and the need to have a personal life, between the desire to expand and grow, and the availability of resources.
