CHALLENGE | SPRINT

Losing your finance lead

Whoever was holding the finance function together just left, and the business runs on what was in their head, not what's written down.
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The risk isn't just the vacancy. It's what was never documented: which reports actually get read, which numbers the bank cares about, where the workarounds are. A rushed replacement inherits the gaps along with the job. Diagnosing what's actually missing, before hiring for it, is what stops the same thing happening again.
Challenges
WHAT THIS MEANS

Losing your finance lead is when the person who understood the numbers, the systems, and the quirks of how the business actually runs is suddenly gone, and nobody else has the full picture.

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

You're about to hire a replacement without knowing what the role actually needs to cover

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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How Pillr helps

A Sprint diagnostic maps what the function actually needs to deliver, stabilises reporting in the gap, and hands you a clear brief, whether that's a hire, a rebuild, or an ongoing partner.
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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The knowledge, captured

What was in one person's head, written down and handed over, so the next person isn't starting from nothing.

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.

What if we don't know what the role should even cover?

That's exactly what the diagnostic is for. Most businesses only find out what the role actually needed once it's empty.

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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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