Services

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CFO Services

CFO Services

Ongoing financial leadership to strengthen reporting quality and investor readiness

Services

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CFO Services

CFO Services

Ongoing financial leadership to strengthen reporting quality and investor readiness

Services

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CFO Services

CFO Services

Ongoing financial leadership to strengthen reporting quality and investor readiness

Our Approach

Our CFO Services provide companies with senior-level financial leadership without the need for a full-time in-house CFO.

Our outsourced CFO services help growing companies turn accounting records into decisions. We prepare cash-flow forecasts, budgets, profitability analysis and management reporting, with a scope tailored to your finance team. For groups operating in the U.S., UK and Turkey, we align reporting periods, account mappings and intercompany balances to present a consolidated view. Our team works with QuickBooks and Xero on monthly close, bank reconciliations and reporting; local tax and statutory requirements remain with the relevant specialists.

Agreed outputs can include a 13-week cash-flow forecast, budget-versus-actual dashboard, consolidated management pack and financing scenario model. We connect working-capital needs with bank discussions, investment-round preparation and M&A readiness.

See our cash-flow planning guide and CFO and M&A guide. Discuss your reporting and cash-flow priorities with our team.

Scope of Services

Financial Infrastructure & Reporting

  • Map existing finance processes and reporting requirements

  • Establish reporting calendars, ownership and review routines

  • Define management reporting packs and key financial measures

  • Align data sources and controls for dependable reporting

Finance Function Design & Governance

Objective:

Define a finance operating model with clear responsibilities, controls and decision rights.

  • Assess current finance roles, workflows and decision points

  • Define responsibilities across internal teams and external advisers

  • Establish approval, control and escalation processes

  • Design practical month-end and management review routines

  • Identify priority process improvements and implementation steps

  • Coordinate finance activity with business leadership

  • Review governance needs as the business develops

Deliverables:

  • Finance operating model

  • Governance and responsibility matrix

Outcome:

A finance function structured to support the company’s current stage and priorities.

Stakeholder & Team Management

Objective:

Improve financial communication and alignment among management, teams and key stakeholders.

  • Clarify finance responsibilities for management and operating teams

  • Set regular financial review meetings and decision rhythms

  • Translate financial information into actions for non-finance stakeholders

  • Support management in prioritising financial issues and trade-offs

  • Coordinate input from internal teams and external finance providers

  • Create feedback loops around budgets, forecasts and performance

  • Maintain focus on agreed financial priorities

Deliverables:

  • Stakeholder communication plan

  • Finance meeting and action cadence

Outcome:

Clearer financial ownership, dialogue and follow-through across the organisation.

Cash Flow, Treasury & Banking

Objective:

Strengthen cash visibility and create disciplined processes for liquidity and banking activity.

  • Build short-term and medium-term cash flow forecasts

  • Monitor cash movements, working capital and funding requirements

  • Establish cash approval and payment control routines

  • Review banking arrangements and account administration

  • Support liquidity planning around operating priorities

  • Coordinate treasury information with finance reporting

  • Identify cash risks requiring management attention

Deliverables:

  • Cash flow forecast model

  • Treasury and banking control checklist

Outcome:

A clearer view of cash needs and a more controlled approach to treasury operations.

Budgeting, Planning & Performance Management

Objective:

Build a planning process that connects financial targets, operating assumptions and management decisions.

  • Develop budgets linked to business priorities and operating plans

  • Define planning assumptions and key performance measures

  • Prepare rolling forecasts and scenario-based updates

  • Review performance against plan and explain material variances

  • Link financial plans with operational actions and accountability

  • Support management discussions on priorities and resource allocation

  • Refresh plans as conditions and business needs evolve

Deliverables:

  • Budget and forecast model

  • Performance review framework

Outcome:

A focused planning rhythm that helps management monitor progress and adapt to change.

Commercial Finance & Profitability Analysis

Objective:

Provide management with a clearer understanding of commercial performance, margins and profitability drivers.

  • Analyse revenue, margin and cost drivers across the business

  • Review pricing, customer and product profitability where relevant

  • Identify financial implications of commercial initiatives

  • Develop practical profitability and contribution analyses

  • Highlight trends, variances and areas requiring attention

  • Support management decisions with commercial financial insight

  • Connect operational performance with financial outcomes

Deliverables:

  • Profitability analysis framework

  • Commercial performance review pack

Outcome:

Sharper financial insight to support practical commercial and operating decisions.

Management & Board Reporting

Objective:

Enable management and boards to review the business through concise, relevant and timely financial information.

  • Define reporting needs for management and board audiences

  • Prepare concise financial and operational reporting packs

  • Present performance, cash position, risks and key decisions clearly

  • Establish reporting timetables and information ownership

  • Improve the quality and consistency of management information

  • Support preparation for board and stakeholder discussions

  • Track agreed actions arising from financial review

Deliverables:

  • Management and board reporting pack

  • Reporting timetable and action log

Outcome:

A reporting approach that supports oversight, accountability and informed discussion.

Audit, Tax & Compliance Management

Objective:

Coordinate financial compliance activity so management has greater visibility over requirements, timing and responsibilities.

  • Maintain a calendar of financial compliance requirements and deadlines

  • Coordinate audit preparation and responses to information requests

  • Support communication with tax and accounting advisers

  • Review reporting processes for completeness and control awareness

  • Monitor key tax, statutory and governance-related actions

  • Clarify internal ownership of compliance documentation

  • Escalate material timing or information issues to management

Deliverables:

  • Compliance calendar and responsibility matrix

  • Audit and adviser coordination checklist

Outcome:

A more organised approach to financial compliance and adviser coordination.

Leadership

Michael Lewis

Board Advisor

Cenk SÖNMEZYALÇIN
Michael Lewis

Board Advisor

Cenk SÖNMEZYALÇIN
Michael Lewis

Board Advisor

Cenk SÖNMEZYALÇIN

Let’s discuss your next step

Discuss your financial reporting, cash flow planning and CFO support needs with our team. We will help you identify the priorities for your business and its next stage of growth.

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