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Signals you’re in it

Nobody else can explain how last month's numbers were actually put together

Reports keep going out late because one person's process left with them

A forecast has been wrong more than once in the last few months

SITUATION

The Situation

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What usually happens

The business either rushes a replacement into a role built around one person's habits, or limps along without one. Both leave the same gap: nobody has actually looked at what the finance function needs, only at who used to do it.
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What usually happens

The forecast gets patched after the fact, once the gap is already visible, instead of catching it early enough to act.
CHALLENGES

How we get you ready

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Reporting, stabilised

Month-end and board reporting kept running while the gap gets fixed properly, not papered over.
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What the role actually needs

A clear brief for what the next hire (or the ongoing setup) actually has to cover, based on what the business needs, not the old job description.
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A verdict on the forecast

Whether it holds up or needs rebuilding, named clearly. Any rebuild is scoped in the Sprint and delivered through Build.

Questions we get asked

How quickly can you step in?

Fast. A Sprint diagnostic can start within days, and stabilising reporting is usually the first thing we fix.

Do you replace the role permanently?

Not by default. Sprint diagnoses what's needed first: sometimes that's a hire, sometimes it's an ongoing Scale partnership, sometimes it's fixing the process so the gap doesn't reopen.

How quickly will we know where the forecast stands?

A Sprint runs for a fixed duration agreed up front, typically a small number of weeks. In that time we review the current forecast and scope any rebuild, which Build then delivers.

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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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