You are here! So thanks for coming. I am assuming you are interested in what I have to say as you have gone to the effort of either clicking through from Linkedin or searching on the internet.

Without any evidence I can not very confidently say that #FinOps is the secret sauce to agency growth but I can say that by following a few principles you will know more about your business, your people and your future than those that continue to listen to other advisors about cashflow and timesheets.

What the hell is FinOps?

Great question. It’s where finance and operations overlap on a Venn diagram. It’s aligning what happens in delivery to the numbers, and also the other way. It’s about connecting dots to provide commercial decision making easier.

It’s understanding how your rate card works, why your team are busy but you are making no money and its way more than just timesheets and cashflow. It’s how you should be running your finance function.

If you want to out find more, get in touch and I can chat through what it might mean to you and your business and whether you even need to do anything. Because there is no point being an advisor who helps you make more profit whilst screwing you over on costs for things you don’t need…trust me when I say those people exist.

Services

  • You don’t know what you don’t know. So I provide clarity on FinOps within your Agency as well as ongoing Slack support for when you have a question you need answering and it can’t wait until the end of month board meeting

  • A fixed fee review of FinOps within your Agency followed by recommendations on priorities and quick wins

  • These are often bespoke to the problem you need to solve in your Agency but the more comments projects are:

    • Rate card creation and review

    • Revenue recognition implementation

    • Forecast/Budget setup and implementation

  • Monthly retainer to provide guidance and support to ensure your reporting is accurate, insight provided and you are doing the right things to support sustainable growth within your Agency

  • For those agencies that have a Finance Manager but no Senior Finance support, I provide mentoring and advice to the FM as well as the SLT. The aim is to bridge the gap between the FM and the SLT and upskill both sides. Alongside Slack access for those people to ask questions when they need help

  • "Rich brings clarity, rigour and foresight to revenue recognition, utilisation, budgeting, weekly forecsting and monthly board reporting"

    Nigel - CCO, Cohaesus Group

  • "Rich doesn't just deal in spreadsheets, he helps connect financial strategy to day-to-day decisions, enabling us to plan with more confidence and grow more sustainably"

    Jenny - CEO, Sunshine: the social agency

  • "Rich has smart opinions, insights and ideas that can help any founder/agency leader. Not only that, but he's a great coach for my growing finance team and me."

    Carrie Rose, Rise at 7

Independent Agency FinOps support for Agency owners who want to make decisions faster, grow sustainably, make more profit and not hate the person who tells them how to do it. From someone who has actually worked in an Agency, in a finance team none the less…