VIRTUAL FINANCE OFFICE
A finance function that grows with your business.
Bracknwell Partners provides a Virtual Finance Office for businesses that need reliable finance operations, clearer reporting and scalable support without building a full in-house finance team.
A growing business needs accurate records, timely reporting, reliable payroll, clear VAT processes and useful management information. The challenge is that building a full finance team can be costly and difficult before the business is ready. Our Virtual Finance Office provides the finance infrastructure, people and reporting routines you need on a flexible basis.
What this service covers
We provide outsourced finance support that can cover core finance operations, reporting and cloud accounting.
- Bookkeeping and financial records
- Bank reconciliations
- Transaction processing
- VAT returns
- Payroll processing
- Employment tax support
- Management accounts
- KPI reporting
- Cash flow forecasting
- Budgeting and performance analysis
- Board reporting support
- Cloud accounting setup
- Cloud accounting optimisation
- Finance process improvement
- Automation of routine finance tasks
- Real-time reporting dashboards
- Document sharing and task tracking
- Multi-entity finance support
- Group reporting support
- Support for internal finance teams
When this helps
You need more than bookkeeping
You need regular reporting, better processes and a finance function that supports decisions.
You do not want a large in-house team
You want finance support that is professional, scalable and cost effective.
Your records are not reliable enough
You need transactions, reconciliations, VAT and reporting brought under better control.
Reporting takes too long
You need management accounts, dashboards and KPIs that give you timely visibility.
Your finance systems need improvement
You want cloud accounting, automation and better processes to reduce manual work.
Your team needs extra capacity
You have an internal team, but need additional support, structure or specialist input.
How we work
Understand the current finance setup
We review your records, systems, reporting cycle, VAT, payroll, management accounts and the support your business needs.
Build the right finance rhythm
We agree the right monthly routines for bookkeeping, reconciliations, payroll, VAT, reporting, review points and communication.
Improve reporting and systems
We help improve cloud accounting, dashboards, management information and finance processes so leaders have better visibility.
Scale support as needed
As the business grows, we can add management reporting, forecasting, fractional finance leadership, AI-enabled insight and specialist support.
What you get
Reliable finance operations
Bookkeeping, reconciliations, payroll, VAT and records kept under better control.
Clearer management information
Monthly reporting that helps owners and management teams understand performance.
Better systems
Cloud accounting and finance processes that reduce manual work and improve visibility.
Scalable support
Finance support that can grow as the business becomes more complex.
Cost control
Professional finance capability without the cost of building a large internal team.
Connected advice
A finance office that can link into Bracknwell's wider tax, CFO advisory, AI and governance support.
Who this helps
- Startups needing finance infrastructure
- Owner-managed businesses
- Growing SMEs
- Fast-scaling companies
- Businesses without an in-house finance team
- Businesses with stretched finance teams
- Multi-entity businesses
- Businesses modernising finance systems
- Businesses needing better monthly reporting
- Businesses needing payroll, VAT and bookkeeping support
- Businesses preparing for growth, funding or operational change
Virtual Finance Office or Fractional Finance?
Virtual Finance Office is the outsourced finance function. It focuses on the regular finance work that keeps the business running properly, including bookkeeping, reconciliations, VAT, payroll, management accounts, cloud accounting and reporting routines. Fractional Finance is senior finance leadership. It focuses on FD and CFO level judgement, cash flow, forecasts, investor reporting, board support, funding readiness and business performance. If you need the finance engine to run properly, start with Virtual Finance Office. If you need senior finance leadership around growth, funding or major decisions, add Fractional Finance.
Virtual Finance Office
- Bookkeeping
- Reconciliations
- Payroll
- VAT
- Management accounts
- Cloud accounting
- Dashboards
- Day-to-day finance operations
Fractional Finance
- FD and CFO support
- Senior finance leadership
- Forecasting
- Cash flow strategy
- Board reporting
- Investor reporting
- Funding readiness
- Growth and performance support
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Speak to Bracknwell Partners about building a Virtual Finance Office that gives your business better records, clearer reporting and scalable finance support.