Part-Time Director

Your Business Friend & Advocate

Anyone who runs their own business knows that it can be a lonely place to be. Who do you share your ideas and plans with? Who challenges you and highlights areas of improvement in your business? A Secantor business expert can be the perfect friend for you and your business. Listen to our clients talk about the value of having an independent business expert in their team.

“It’s a very cost-effective way for us to have high-level management and strategic help” - Helen Pattinson, MD & Co-founder of Montezuma’s Chocolates

Lonely at The Top

Your business may be where you've spent the majority of your working life, so you have probably learnt many of your leadership skills as you’ve grown your business. Perhaps no one has trained you to be a Director and instead, you’ve worked it out yourself along the way. You probably have a team of staff around you but you can’t develop your vision, strategy and ideas for the business with them until it is a confirmed plan. Additionally, they rarely challenge you or follow up on your outstanding actions because you’re their boss.

Life can be rather isolating at the top and both you and your business can suffer as a result. So who can keep the business sharp other than you?

This is where an independent business expert in the form of a Part-Time Director comes in. A Part-Time Director is a seasoned professional who has a wealth of experience in running businesses. Sometimes referred to as a Non-Executive Director or NED they specialise in helping business owners and directors to develop and implement strategies. Being independent, they bring a fresh perspective gained from working in dozens of businesses, of all shapes and sizes, across a variety of industries.

With a Secantor Director as part of your management team, you have this experience and expertise on tap. Our priority is making sure that decisions and actions have your company’s best interests at heart, so you will find that we very quickly become a trusted friend and advocate for your business.

“Secantor has been instrumental in helping us secure our future, bringing great insight, experience and expertise to the management team. Our Secantor Executive has integrated perfectly into our senior team and with a fresh approach and external perspective has helped us transform the business.”

Mark - Managing Director, Manufacturing Company

What Does a Part-Time Director Do?

A Secantor Part-Time Director is an independent member of your board. They are available when you need them be, so you get the Director level advice and support you need but you only pay for what you use. Usually, this includes us facilitating your monthly board / management meeting to help you review your business performance and set actions that ensure you achieve your business goals. A Secantor Director can play a number of key roles in your business including:

Acting as a sounding board for your ideas.

Developing strategic plans and supporting you as you action them.

Bringing fresh ideas, methods, advice & experience to help you scale your business.

Helping you evaluate business options and make the best decisions.

Supporting you with setting business goals and objectives.

Mentoring you and your team to strengthen leadership and management skills.

Bringing specialist and complementary skills to enhance the team.

Helping you to implement effective team management strategies.

Asking tough questions and hold you to account in delivering your plans.

Providing expert help to turn around a struggling business.

Introducing you to a network of expert professionals.

Acting as a diplomat where there is tension or disagreement amongst Directors.

How Do I Recruit a Part-Time Director?

Organising Part-Time 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 Finance Director, Chief Financial Officer, Operations Director and Management Accountant services too, so why not take a look at the other pages of our website to see how we can provide full boardroom support for your business?

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.

Want to Boost Your Business Profits?

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Inside this guide, you'll discover how to:

✓ Create a budget that works for you

✓ Identify profit hotspots (and tackle any losses)

✓ Maximise sales while keeping costs in check

✓ Master the difference between 'Mark-up' and 'Margin'

…and so much more!

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Ways Secantor Will Help You

Develop & Implement A Successful Plan

Optimise Your Finances

Develop A Strong Accountable Team

Build Value In Your Business

Improve Operational Efficiency

Exit Your Business Successfully

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

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Our Services

We help you make strategic decisions

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.

✓ Strategic business planning

✓ Support strategic decision-making

✓ Set business goals and objectives

✓ Rejuvenate struggling businesses

✓ Manage growth effectively

✓ Implement best practice

✓ Sounding board for your ideas

✓ Set and communicate vision

✓ Hold you & your team to account

✓ Build an effective management team

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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.

✓ Expert financial advice

✓ Interpret financial results a support decisions

✓ Develop & oversee your finance team

✓ Improve profitability & control costs

✓ Prepare management accounts

✓ Create 3-5 year financial plan

✓ Budget setting

✓ Source appropriate funding

✓ Cashflow forecasting & management

✓ Prepare reports & commentaries for your bank

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Operations Director

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

✓ Develop strength in your management team

✓ Establish key performance indicators (KPIs)

✓ Hold people accountable to achieve results

✓ Process and quality improvement

✓ Help you delegate effectively

✓ Create clear job descriptions

✓ Identify and recruit talent

✓ Implement robust operational systems

✓ Establish clear goals and expectations

✓ Enable your team to achieve excellence

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Your Business Friend & Advocate

Lonely at The Top

Why Should I Use An Independent Part-Time Director?

“Secantor has been instrumental in helping us secure our future, bringing great insight, experience and expertise to the management team. Our Secantor Executive has integrated perfectly into our senior team and with a fresh approach and external perspective has helped us transform the business.”

What Does a Part-Time Director Do?

How Do I Recruit a Part-Time Director?

What Our Customers Have To Say

Want to Boost Your Business Profits?

Ways Secantor Will Help You

Develop & Implement A Successful Plan

Optimise Your Finances

Develop A Strong Accountable Team

Build Value In Your Business

Improve Operational Efficiency

Exit Your Business Successfully

Free Business Review

Talk To Paul About Your Business Goals

Paul Gibbins

Read Our Latest Case Studies

Achieving the Dream Business Exit

The Value of an Interim Finance Director

Resolving Boardroom Conflict

What Does It Take to Build a Successful SME?

“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”

Read Our Latest Blog Posts

Has Your Business Growth Stagnated? Here's How to Recover.

Thinking Of Exiting Your Business: What Are Your Options?

The Blueprint For Success: Why Every Business Needs To Write A Plan

Our Services

We help you make strategic decisions

Non-Executive Director

Finance Director

Operations Director

Free Business Review