ABOUT PILLR

A strategic finance firm with a point of view.

Pillr exists because most scaling businesses outgrow their finance setup before they notice. We fix that, as a firm of operators who have run finance functions for real.

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OUR BELIEFS

What we believe

Belief 01

Diagnosis before hiring

Most businesses that think they need a CFO need a diagnosis first. Hire before the real problem is found and you pay twice.

Belief 02

Finance shapes what happens next

A finance function that only reports what happened is a cost. One that shapes what happens next is an asset.

Belief 03

Outcomes, not days

The fractional CFO model is structurally broken. Selling days of someone's time doesn't align incentives with outcomes.

Belief 04

Experience in the seat

A significant proportion of fractional FDs and CFOs have never actually held the seat in a real business. There is a difference, and founders eventually feel it.

Belief 05

Finance is not back office

Finance is no longer a back office function. The advisors who haven't noticed are already behind.

OUR OPERATORS

"Decades of running finance functions across SME and VC/PE-backed businesses. Experience that includes the hard rooms: bank pressure, investor scrutiny, and turnarounds under real strain."

"He wasn't just reporting the numbers; he was in the detail of the business making things work."

CEO, CONSUMER GOODS BUSINESS

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HOW WE ENGAGE

Four ways we engage

HOW WE ENGAGE

Four ways we engage

Four defined engagements, each built around what you get rather than the time spent. The scope and the outcome are fixed before anything is signed.

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THE DIAGNOSTIC

Sprint

A fixed-duration diagnostic to find and unblock what's holding the business back. The default first step when something needs to change and you can't yet name what.

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THE INFRASTRUCTURE

Build

The systems, controls and reporting a scaling business needs and doesn't have yet. Build turns the diagnosis into a finance function that works.

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THE PARTNERSHIP

Scale

An ongoing strategic finance partner in the room for the big calls. Senior finance judgement at board level, without a full-time hire.

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THE TRANSACTION

Deal

Finance infrastructure built for the room you're about to walk into: a fundraise, an exit, a refinance, an acquisition. Ready before the process starts, not during it.

Experience & Proof

Experience under pressure

We've run finance functions through turnarounds, exits and the moments where the numbers really matter. We know what the hard calls look like from the inside.

OUR APPROACH

Getting started is simple

Get in touch and we'll set up a short call to talk through where things stand. If a Sprint is the right next step, we'll scope it there and then. If it's Build, Scale, or Deal, we'll tell you that too, and why.

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