I’m Ciaran, and I’m on a mission to help startups, entrepreneurs and fast-growing businesses.
Why? Because you’re interesting people with interesting financial challenges. You’re expanding, it’s causing growing pains … you need FD-level expertise, but you aren’t ready for a full-time FD.
Sound familiar? Let’s discuss how the Virtual FD could help your business.
I’m Ciaran, and I’m on a mission to help startups, entrepreneurs and fast-growing businesses.
Why? Because you’re interesting people with interesting financial challenges. You’re expanding, it’s causing growing pains… You need FD-level expertise, but you aren’t ready for a full-time FD.
Sound familiar? Let’s discuss how the Virtual FD could help your business.
Small businesses and startups often find finance the toughest problem of all. Before you can afford a full-time FD, you still need to know how you’re doing and where you’re going.
I’ll help you map the key aspects that underpin your vision: your growth plan or forecast, how you’re performing against it, the metrics you use to track it and the capital structure or investment needed to fund it.
By tracking key metrics, I’ll help you see and understand your key financials and the growth assumptions in your plan.
You might also need these for board meetings, with supporting layers for in-depth analysis. I’m here to make sure you’re fully equipped.
Wherever you’re based, screen sharing makes it feel like we’re in the same room, looking at the same thing. It’s the most effective way to talk through and bring your numbers to life.
Using cloud-based accounting technology, simple workflows and outputs, I’ll help you see financial information more clearly to make better decisions. This will help you manage relationships with key investors and other stakeholders.
Think of me as part of your team, working alongside you, your employees, your investors and your board to ensure everyone has a clear view of your financial position.
You’ll have regular dashboards to show how you’re doing. These extract data from your accounting and project systems, split by activity to provide insights and flag issues to address. A simple way to have the information you need to hand.
I work closely with specialists in tax, legal, patents, investment and bookkeeping. I also work with web developers, designers, brand experts and creatives who work with early stage businesses like yours.
I’m well used to asking ‘why’ to get to the answer or root cause of any issues you may have. It’s been helping my daughters get what they want for years.
As we’re mapping out what your business needs, asking ‘why’ helps me get to the answer or root cause of any issues you may have. It’s been helping my daughters get what they want for years.
I launched Virtual FD in 2010, on a mission to help new businesses who need some FD level of advice, but are not yet ready for a full-time hire.
I qualified as an accountant with ACCA in 1998, and spent 12 years at Hutchison Whampoa, Three and Carphone Warehouse – who all had very entrepreneurial beginnings.
Since then, I’ve advised over 100 ambitious startups and fast growth businesses. Almost all came through personal recommendations. I help them grow, prepare to sell, stay on track – whatever’s needed.
Thanks to this, I was named CFO of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards 2019 and an Accounting Excellence finalist in the Finance Director of the Year category in 2023 and 2024.
I’d love to hear about your business, and see what we could do together.
ciaran@virtualfd.co
I launched Virtual FD in 2010, on a mission to help new businesses who need some FD level of advice, but are not yet ready for a full-time hire.
I qualified as an accountant with ACCA in 1998, and spent 12 years at Hutchison Whampoa, Three and Carphone Warehouse – who all had very entrepreneurial beginnings.
Since then, I’ve advised over 100 ambitious startups and fast growth businesses. Almost all came through personal recommendations. I help them grow, prepare to sell, stay on track – whatever’s needed.
Thanks to this, I was named CFO of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards 2019 and an Accounting Excellence finalist in the Finance Director of the Year category in 2023 and 2024.
I’d love to hear about your business, and see what we could do together.
ciaran@virtualfd.co
