Your Virtual Finance Office

As your business grows, your finance needs grow with it.

At some point, a once-a-year accountant, a part-time bookkeeper – or you doing everything yourself – just isn’t enough.

You don’t just need “someone on the numbers” anymore.


You need a proper finance function.

That usually means a mix of roles, such as an accountant or financial controller, someone managing the purchase ledger (paying suppliers), someone looking after sales ledger/accounts receivable and someone handling the day-to-day bookkeeping and data entry etc

Hiring that in-house is expensive and risky. You’re trying to find a superhero who can “do it all”, or you’re building a whole team with multiple salaries, pensions, holidays and HR headaches to manage.

Our Virtual Finance Office gives you the whole team without the overhead.


What You Get With Our Outsourced Finance Function

We build a bespoke finance team around what your business actually needs. That can include:

  • Day-to-day bookkeeping & data entry
  • Paying the bills and managing purchase ledger
  • Invoicing and credit control (accounts receivable)
  • Financial reporting so you understand your numbers, not just record them
  • Cash flow management so you’re not surprised by bumps in the road
  • Budgeting and forecasts to support growth and decision-making
  • Strategic finance support to help you scale, not just keep up
  • Tax and compliance handled by a chartered certified firm of accountants

You get exactly what you need – no more, no less.


Who This Is For

This service is designed for businesses that are growing and scaling, typically:

  • Turning over £1m+
  • Feeling the strain of “making do” with basic accounts support
  • Considering hiring an in-house finance team, but unsure where to start (or how to afford it)

If you’re at the stage where you know you need more than a bookkeeper, but you don’t want the cost and complexity of building an internal finance department, this is for you.


The Benefits: Cost, Capacity & Scalability

1. Huge cost savings vs hiring in-house
To build a full in-house finance team – accountant, financial controller, purchase ledger, accounts receivable – you could easily be looking at £200k–£400k+ per year in salaries alone.

With our Virtual Finance Office, you get access to that level of capability at a fraction of the cost.

2. A whole team, not one person
You’re not relying on a single employee’s skills, mood or availability. You get a blended team with the right skillsets in the right seats.

3. No HR headaches
No worrying about:

  • Holidays
  • Sickness
  • People leaving
  • Employment contracts
  • Pensions and benefits

We handle all of that. You just get consistent, reliable delivery.

4. Built to scale with you
As you grow, your finance needs change. With a team of over a dozen people behind the scenes, we can flex and scale your finance function as your business evolves – without you having to constantly recruit and retrain.


Next Step

If you’re serious about scaling and you know you’ve outgrown basic bookkeeping and year-end accounts, our Virtual Finance Office could be the bridge between where you are now and a fully-fledged finance department.

👉 Get in touch and we’ll map out what your ideal finance function could look like – and what you could save by outsourcing it.

What does a typical Finance Function / Virtual Finance Office look like? 

1. Accounts receivable

Responsible for invoicing and collecting cash from customers 

2. Accounts Payable

Responsible for paying suppliers and employees

3. Financial reporting and control

Responsible for implementing the systems into which the data is entered and extracted in the form of management accounts for analysis 

4. Working capital management

Responsible for managing cash flow and setting up systems for stock management 

5. Forecasting and budgeting

Responsible for setting up budgeting and variance analysis between actual and budget 

6. Strategic and financial planning

Responsible for giving meaning to the figures, tracking KPi’s and managing the business’ financial risk 

7. Tax and compliance

Responsible for compliance with tax and regulatory bodies like HMRC and Companies House. 

8. Strategic Business Support

Using the foundations of a solid finance function to help the business meet its strategic goals.

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