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Custom Finance Team™

03 · Custom Finance Team™

Don't build a finance department. Build the finance team your business actually needs.

The goal isn't more people. It's more finance capability.
You don't necessarily need ten people. You don't necessarily need one. You need the right finance capability for the way your business works.
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What it is

A finance team designed around your business, not an organisation chart.

We design the team around your:

Business→Complexity→Transactions→Systems→Reporting→Controls→Growth

Then we build the people, responsibilities and review structure around it.

  • The usual approach: Job title → Hire a person → Assign work
  • Our approach: Business need → Finance capability → Responsibilities → People → Process → Review
Start with the work, not the job title

We don't ask "How many accountants do you want?" We ask "What does your finance function need to do?"

We look at:

  • What finance work exists today
  • What is done internally, and what isn't done at all
  • Where work gets delayed
  • Where management lacks visibility
  • Where the business depends on one person
  • Which systems are used
  • Which controls are needed
  • What management expects from finance
  • Where the business is going next

Then we design the team.

Your business. Your team.

There is no standard finance team.

A growing company may need

Accountant + MIS + senior review.

A larger business may need

Accounts + receivables + payables + payroll + MIS + Finance Manager.

A multi-entity business may need

Entity accounting + consolidation + controls + reporting + finance leadership.

A business preparing for its next stage may need

Finance operations + planning and forecasting + working capital + CFO capability.

What's included

What your finance team can cover.

Accounting

General accounting, month-end closing, reconciliations, financial reporting.

Accounts receivable

Invoicing, collections tracking, customer ageing, cash conversion.

Accounts payable

Vendor management, invoice processing, payment scheduling, expense controls.

Payroll

Processing, inputs, records, reconciliation, reporting.

MIS and business finance

Margin analysis, customer profitability, budget vs actual, working capital, cash flow.

Finance management

Review, planning, forecasting, analysis and management support.

Designed around what your business needs, not a predetermined package.
One team. Clear responsibilities.

How a group of people becomes a finance function.

Every role knows:

What

What am I responsible for?

Why

Why does it matter to the business?

When

When must it be done?

How

What process do I follow?

Who reviews

Who checks the work?

What next

Who uses the information?

The team behind the team

Depth, not dependency.

  1. Finance operationsHandle the day-to-day work.
  2. Senior accounting and reviewCheck the work and handle complex matters.
  3. Finance ManagerOwns the wider finance function, where needed.
  4. Fractional CFOProvides strategic finance capability.
  5. Partner and specialist supportExtra judgement or expertise, where needed.
Different levels. Clear accountability. Better continuity.
What we build

We aren't filling vacancies. We're building a finance function.

  1. Finance organisation design
  2. Role definition and responsibilities
  3. Recruitment and team sourcing, through our group company VRecruitFirst
  4. Onboarding
  5. Process design, SOPs and documentation
  6. Systems and technology
  7. MIS, reporting and finance calendar
  8. Review structure and ongoing improvement
People + Process + Systems + Review = Finance Capability

MBRICKS™ keeps the team connected to management. Your team doesn't just close the books. Every month it helps keep the business moving: review, results, insights, controls, key actions and stakeholder connection.

How it works

Flexible by design.

Onsite · Remote · Hybrid · Part-time · Full-time · Project · Ongoing

You don't have to replace your existing team. Sometimes the right answer is to keep your team and add capability. Sometimes it's to restructure responsibilities, add senior review, build missing functions, take over specific activities, or build from scratch.

The assessment decides the answer.
What if someone leaves?
Backup→Documentation→Review→Transition→Replacement
The aim isn't to pretend turnover never happens. It's to make sure turnover never becomes a business crisis.
Who is this for?

A Custom Finance Team may be right when:

  • One accountant is no longer enough
  • Your finance workload has grown
  • You have several entities
  • Finance responsibilities have become fragmented
  • Management needs better MIS
  • You need backup and continuity
  • You're scaling quickly
  • You want senior capability without building a large internal department
  • You're building finance from scratch
Where it sits in the journey
  1. Business Accountant™
  2. Business Accountant + Backup™
  3. Custom Finance Team™(you are here)
  4. Senior Accountant / Finance Manager™
  5. Fractional CFO™
  6. Complete Finance Function™
The right question isn't "How big should my finance team be?" It's "What finance capability does my business need at this stage?"

Your business is unique. Your finance function should be too.

Tell us how your business works. We'll understand what your finance function needs, then help build the right team around it.

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Let's understand your business before we recommend anything.