Own Your Numbers® is a financial scorecard designed for CEOs and owners of startups and early-stage businesses.
See how you’re doing, then take on our remedies to run it more effectively. Start now by discovering your Flash Score with our 20 simple questions. It’s free, and there’s no data needed.
Plug in your data (from Xero, Excel or other sources) and our quarterly scorecard shows where you’re doing well, and not so well.
We then provide concrete actions, to help safeguard your business and personal finances, until you’re ready for a full-time FD.
With the right processes and alarms in place, you can sail close to the wind… and still sleep at night. Whether you’re a startup or early-stage business, finances are getting more complex.
It’s too early to employ a Finance Director, so you need to Own Your Numbers®. It’s key to your success.
How much do you really know about your business finances? Your Actuals? Forecasts? Cashflow? Are you in control? Up to speed? Nervous?
There’s no data needed, just some honest reflection. You’ll receive a free initial scorecard, and can add a bespoke commentary video too.
A quick, simple reflection that shows where the gaps are in your financial armour. It’s free, and we also provide a video to drill into the details.
Calculations and benchmarking for more detail. This reveals trends, insights and remedies to improve your score and help provide financial control of your business.
Complete your financial picture by tracking your personal financial health. This provides steps which also complement your business plan. And it’s no extra cost.
After 12 years in strategy and finance roles with Hutchison Whampoa, Three and Carphone Warehouse, Ciaran was inspired to work with remarkable entrepreneurs and start-ups.
He founded Virtual FD in 2010, on a mission to help new businesses who needed that level of advice, but weren’t ready for a full-time position.
In the last 10 years, he’s advised over 50 start-ups and fast-growth businesses, leading him to be named CFO/Finance Director of the Year, British Accountancy Awards 2019. Own Your Numbers distills that experience, and is using it to help even more businesses. Like yours.
Jonnie is a scale-up-finance director for fast growth businesses. He’s a Chartered Accountant on paper and first worked with Ciaran on Carphone Warehouse’s £370m acquisition of AOL Broadband back in 2007. He champions clean, polished and jargon-free financials!
Connect on LinkedInMatt runs a marketing agency on the beautiful Isle of Wight and specialises in telling stories that engages audiences. Matt also advises several companies and non-profits on their marketing and content strategy. He also uses OYN to run his business!
Connect on LinkedInEdith is an indispensable bookkeeping, financial admin and matriarch resource for early stage companies. Ciaran and Edith have worked together since 2008 - her knowledge and analytical skills are a perfect fit for OYN clients!
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