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

Which Board-Level Roles Suit Maidenhead Businesses?

The right role depends on the problem you want solved first. Four situations are common.

• Busy but not profitable. A Part-Time Finance Director sorts out reporting, forecasting and cash, while a Part-Time Operations Director builds accountability.
• Decisions bigger than the business. A Part-Time CFO leads funding, planning and preparation for a sale.
• A board without an outside voice. A Non-Executive Director brings independent judgement.
• Figures you cannot trust. A Part-Time Management Accountant is the first step.

If a Finance Director leaves or a deal lands suddenly, an Interim Finance Director or Interim CFO can start at short notice. Fractional vs Part-Time vs Interim CFO compares the models.

How Have We Helped Owner-Managed Businesses Like Yours?

From a sudden collapse in trade to a business plan the bank backed

A long-established, family-run engineering manufacturer had been strong and profitable until a sudden fall in demand in its main market halved its revenue.

A Secantor Non-Executive Director guided the management team through immediate action to protect the business: tight cash management and forecasting, close control of debtors and creditors, a rewritten financial forecast and a cost reduction plan. A strategic review then led to a plan to right-size the business: revised forecasts for worst and realistic cases, margin analysis to target better work, a move to smaller premises saving around £400,000 a year, and the sale of machinery to raise £300,000 as production partly moved outside.

The bank backed the plan and the management team with a second loan, its relationship manager calling it one of the best business plans it had seen. The financial model shows the smaller business making more profit than it did on twice the revenue, and Secantor's Non-Executive Director remains part of the management team.