Board-Level Finance Director, CFO & NED Services In Basingstoke

Which Board-Level Roles Suit Basingstoke Businesses?

Start with the problem that costs you most. Four starting points are common.

• Profit that lags behind activity. A Part-Time Finance Director brings reporting, forecasting and cash control, and a Part-Time Operations Director tightens accountability.
• Decisions beyond the owner's experience. A Part-Time CFO takes the lead on funding, planning and preparing for a sale.
• A board with no outside voice. A Non-Executive Director brings independent judgement.
• Numbers you cannot rely on. A Part-Time Management Accountant is the place to start.

Where a Finance Director has gone or a transaction is close, an Interim Finance Director or Interim CFO can step in at short notice. Not sure which model fits? Read Fractional vs Part-Time vs Interim CFO.

How Have We Helped Owner-Managed Businesses Like Yours?

From a business in distress to a successful sale

A long-established family-owned retail group with its own manufacturing arm was referred to Secantor by its bank's support unit. It was losing around £2m a year and did not have the cash to cover the following month's payroll for several hundred staff.

Secantor acted as Finance and Turnaround Director. Daily cash forecasting gave four months' visibility, creditors were managed personally, a detailed strategic review was agreed with the directors and the bank, the board was restructured, and the stores and the production site were put under clear management accountability. The business moved from a £2m loss to a £250,000 profit the following year and £1.5m the year after, and in year three Secantor guided its sale to a national group for £14m. Read the full case study.

From reactive selling to a proactive sales team

A specialist hire business serving venues and events depended on two sales directors for around 40% of its sales, with no targets, no prospect lists and little structured account management. A Secantor Strategic Business Review exposed the pattern.

Secantor helped the directors co-create targets with the sales team, build a prospect pipeline, plan customer contact, reframe selling as solving customers' problems and lead the team through regular one to one reviews. Within twelve months sales were above target, the team was more motivated and the directors were leading rather than firefighting. Read the full case study.