Virtual Financial Controller
Month end discipline, useful dashboards and stronger controls.
Business Growth
Month end that closes on time with numbers you can trust
Month end discipline, useful dashboards and stronger controls.
A Virtual Financial Controller tightens the reporting cycle, cleans up reconciliations, and ensures the management accounts actually reflect reality. Month end closes on schedule, controls hold, and the numbers the board sees are the numbers that matter.
- Month end close process that completes on the same date every period.
- Balance sheet reconciliations and control environment review.
- Management accounts produced with meaningful variance analysis.
Our approach
How we deliver virtual financial controller
Month end process assessment
We review the current month end close process, identify where delays and errors occur, and map the steps needed to get reconciliations and management accounts produced reliably within a defined window.
Process redesign and implementation
We redesign the close process, set up reconciliation templates, establish approval workflows and agree the management accounts format and timetable with the team.
Live management and ongoing support
We manage the month end close each period, produce the management accounts to the agreed format, maintain the control environment and escalate any issues that require management attention.
Who this is for
Businesses and individuals that need
01
Businesses with unreliable month end
Management accounts arrive three weeks after period end, contain errors and do not support decisions. The finance team is overwhelmed and the close has no consistent structure.
02
Post acquisition or post merger businesses
Two finance teams or two charts of accounts combined without a clean close process being established. Reports do not reconcile and the control environment is unclear.
03
Scaling businesses
The finance team has grown but the processes have not kept pace. Month end takes longer as the business gets bigger, which is the opposite of what should happen.
Client feedback
“Month end went from three weeks to five working days. We now have management accounts before the next month has started, which changes every discussion we have.”
Client review Recruitment business, Hampshire
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a VFC and a VFD?
A Virtual Financial Controller manages the operational finance function month end close, reconciliations, controls and management accounts production. A Virtual Finance Director sits at the strategic level advising on commercial decisions, investor relations and long range financial planning. The VFC is often a stepping stone to or a complement to a VFD relationship.
How many hours does a VFC typically need?
It depends on the volume and complexity of transactions and the state of existing processes. Most VFC engagements run between two and six days per month. We assess the requirement during the initial review and agree a scope before starting.
Do you work on site or remotely?
Most VFC work is delivered remotely using cloud accounting software, shared documents and video calls. We visit client offices for the initial setup, periodic reviews and any situations where on site presence adds clear value.
What software do you work with?
We work primarily with Xero and QuickBooks, and can support other cloud accounting platforms. If a system change is needed to support better reporting, we can advise on the options and manage the migration.
Ready to take the next step?
Book an introductory meeting to discuss your business growth needs with a specialist.