Growing
Grow with numbers that stand up: in front of your bank, your investor, your partner.
A credible business plan, financial leadership when you need it, accounts audited to international standards. For business owners who want to grow without losing control of cash.
“A well-built financial plan helps you see the impact of your decisions before it is too late.”
Michele Collini · ACCA MemberFirst step
Bankability check-up
A focused review of financial statements, cash and plan, with a written outcome.
When to call me
When you need it
You need to present a plan to a bank or an investor.
The business has grown, but the numbers are no longer under control.
You need a finance director, but not full time.
Banks, shareholders or partners are asking for audited accounts.
What I do
Plan, lead, verify
Business plans for banks and investors
Business and financial plans built on real figures, with stated and verifiable assumptions: a document that holds up in front of whoever has to fund you.
PlanningPart-time CFO
Experienced financial leadership for as long as you need it: treasury, management control, banking relationships. Without the fixed cost of a permanent hire.
Interim CFOAudit & Compliance
Statutory and internal audit to international standards (ISA, IFRS). Audited accounts are the basis for raising finance and, one day, selling.
ACCABefore a sale, audited accounts increase the buyer’s confidence: see Selling or acquiring.
How I work
From first contact to results
1
Introductory call
30 minutes: you tell me your goals and situation, and together we work out whether and how I can help.
2
Analysing the numbers
Financial statements, cash and margins: the snapshot we start from.
3
Plan or engagement
Business plan, financial leadership or audit, depending on what is really needed.
4
Ongoing support
Support in meetings with banks and investors and regular updates of the numbers.
Experience
What I have done
Agriculture
Situation
Agricultural business needing a multi-year plan.
Intervention
Integrated three-year financial model: profit and loss, balance sheet, bank debt and sustainability ratios.
Outcome
Complete plan, balanced in every year.
Financial leadership
Roles
Group controller of an international group, interim CFO, CFO-as-a-service.
What it brings
Hands-on experience of treasury, management control and banking relationships, from inside the business.
Audit
Experience
Audit and due diligence in Italy since 2004, now also in the United Kingdom.
Standards
International Standards on Auditing (ISA), ACCA Member.
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