Tag: CFO

Why do UK businesses approaching a sale, acquisition or exit benefit from a fractional CFO specifically, rather than relying on existing leadership or waiting to hire a permanent CFO — and what does that engagement actually deliver? M&A and exit processes are among the most …

What does a fractional CFO actually cost in the UK — and how should businesses think about the return on that investment rather than just the fee? The fractional CFO market has matured significantly over the last five years. What was once a relatively niche …

What makes the family office CFO or FD role genuinely different from senior finance leadership in a corporate business — and what does the hiring process need to look like to find the right person? Family offices are among the most distinctive finance leadership environments …

Why is the CFO now the senior executive most often accountable for digital and finance transformation — and what does leading it well actually look like in practice? Over the past decade, digital and finance transformation has moved from being an IT-owned technology programme to …

What does CFO value creation actually look like inside a PE portfolio company — and how does it differ from senior finance leadership in an owner-managed business? Private equity ownership creates a specific operating context that reshapes the CFO role. The timeline is defined (typically …

What does strategic leadership actually look like at CFO level — and how is it different from running a finance function well? The Chief Financial Officer role in the UK has changed more in the last decade than in the three decades before it. Traditional …

By Adrian Lawrence FCA — Founder, FD Capital | Fellow of the ICAEW Metrics, budgeting, and forecasting are what separate finance functions that inform decisions from finance functions that just record them. Any accountant can produce last month’s results; a CFO produces the information that …

By Adrian Lawrence FCA — Founder, FD Capital | Fellow of the ICAEW The businesses that come through crisis well almost always share the same trait: they had a CFO who had been in crisis before, and who acted early rather than reactively. The CFOs …

By Adrian Lawrence FCA — Founder, FD Capital | Fellow of the ICAEW Scaling breaks businesses more often than starting them does. The transition from £1m revenue to £10m, or £10m to £50m, is where most commercial ambitions either compound into durable success or unravel …

By Adrian Lawrence FCA — Founder, FD Capital | Fellow of the ICAEW The question we hear most often from UK business owners: “Does my business actually need a fractional CFO yet?” It is the right question, and the honest answer is that for many …