Large companies have a qualified, experienced accountant as their Finance Director. Smaller and growing businesses often cannot afford or do not need such a Director full time. A part time Finance Director provides a cost effective solution.

Benefits of appointing a part time Finance Director include

• Use and pay for the skills only when you need them
• Improved credibility with bank and other finance providers
• Gain a trusted advisor who will give you an unbiased opinion
• Access a great deal of experience and expertise gained over a large number of years with different industries of different sizes
• Get excellent advice, perceptive insight and hands on support only when needed
• Gain access to a larger network of specialist contacts
• Your FD can take care of financial issues when you are under pressure and need to concentrate on your core business
• Services can be provided on a flexible basis whether it be one day a month or 5 days a week

What can a part time FD do for your business?

• Forecast and manage cash flow for growth
• Obtain good finance deals
• Use their reputation and skills to access funds and negotiate with banks and other financial institutions
• Analyse business performance
• Provide guidance on the best way forward to achieve goals
• Highlight areas for improvement
• Improve profitability
• Highlight business risks before they become problematic
• Ensure that opportunities and threats are dealt with on a proactive basis
• Planning for growth, acquisition, exit
• Support the management team
• Review reward structures

Why Fife Business Services?

• Our Finance Directors have been there and done that.
• They have vast knowledge gained from the real world; hands on experience
• They have been Directors in business
• They are qualified
• We have a network of Professionals that we work with to provide a variety of different services including Legal and Financial Services
• We have good contacts with banks and other lenders
• We have experience in gaining funding from many different sources including RSA, EFG, SE SEED and Co-Investment Funds, Business Angels, DSL, Co-Operative & Community Finance and Business Loans Scotland.

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