Virtual Finance Director Services In London

A virtual Finance Director is an experienced Finance Director who works with you on site and online, as a member of your management team. It does not include bookkeeping or outsourced accounts, which stay with your bookkeeper or accountant.

No. A virtual Finance Director is a working member of your team who answers for the finance function and takes part in the decisions that shape the business, as a director would. The work is delivered on site and online, and they stay to see it through.

No. We meet you in person to begin and at regular points, and support the work in between by video call and shared reporting. We agree the mix with you.

Typically regular days with you, a review of the month end figures, video calls as needed and a named contact between sessions. The pattern is agreed with you and can change as the business does.

The experience and accountability are the same. A virtual Finance Director gives you that senior judgement part time, with less travel and no recruitment or employment costs.

Many SMEs reach a stage where decisions on cash, funding and profit get more complex but a full-time Finance Director is not yet justified. A virtual Finance Director gives you that expertise when it counts. Our article on why every SME should have a Finance Director explains more, and our guide to increasing profitability shows what better finance can deliver.

That depends on the business. We settle the days with you at the outset, and you are free to increase or decrease them.

Yes. Many of our Finance Directors also act as Non-Executive Directors, bringing commercial experience and governance expertise to the board.

Yes. They build the forecasts lenders and investors expect, take part in those conversations and help structure the funding.

Yes. Your accountant covers compliance, tax and statutory accounts. A virtual Finance Director provides strategic financial leadership from within the business, and will often manage the relationship with your accountant so their advice is acted on.

We typically work with owner-managed businesses with turnover between £3 million and £50 million, including ambitious smaller businesses and larger ones. If decisions on finance are getting more complex, a virtual Finance Director can bring clarity and control.

We can often introduce an accredited Finance Director within days, depending on the advisor you choose and your timetable.

The easiest way is to book a call with one of our advisors. We learn about your business and scope your requirements, then meet you and match you with a Finance Director, or more than one if you would like to choose. There is no obligation.