C Shawcross Business Consultancy
LS26, Leeds
(3)
LS26, Leeds
(3)
I am a Business Consultant supporting and mentoring my clients to reach their strategic aims, whether that is to launch a start-up business or to grow an established business. I have 20+ years accountancy experience. I am a fully qualified Chartered Global Accountant and I have extensive experience Finance Business Partnering with various senior stakeholders to help drive businesses forward.
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3 customer reviews
Marc Hughes
Working with Catherine Shawcross has been an absolute pleasure and a crucial turning point for our business. Her expertise in accountancy procedures is unparalleled, and she did an incredible job of overhauling our entire system to make it more efficient, streamlined, and user-friendly. The business finance training she provided was insightful and tailored to our needs, empowering us with the knowledge to make informed financial decisions. Catherine's work on our financial projections and the redevelopment of our reporting process has been invaluable, giving us a clear roadmap for our business's future. Her attention to detail, professionalism, and dedication to our success have made her an integral part of our team. We highly recommend Catherine Shawcross to any business in need of top-notch financial consulting services. More...
Lesley Howard
Consultancy was definitely the direction I needed for my business. The partnering understanding of the business and progression advice have proved valuable to myself and colleagues. We are looking forward to the ongoing reviews and further benefits I am sure they will provide. More...
Sabina
Fantastic service. Professional and accurate advice. Friendly and understanding owner providing high quality of service. Highly recommend.
What do you love most about your job?
I love being able to walk into any business and quickly get to know how it operates to get a good understanding of how the numbers should tell a logical story of that operation. I like to discover what the strategic plans are of where a business wants to be and then logically filter down to what it’s operations and numbers are like currently. I love then being able to bridge the gap to improve and drive the business forward to reach its strategic aims.
What inspired you to start your own business?
I have worked within companies for many years now and gained so much experience in various different industries. The time came for me to start my own business so I could utilise all of my skills and not just the financial stuff to help businesses improve. I like that I am able to help more than one business flourish by working with several different businesses.
Why should our clients choose you?
I am a highly experienced fully qualified Chartered Global Accountant with several years of experience in Finance Business Partnering. I am a logical strategic thinker with a strong work ethic and desire to help my clients succeed in their business endeavours. My experience is varied within different industries which means I have learnt to easily adapt my skill’s to any business. I am a personable and friendly person to work with. I can easily adapt to various different personalities within a business. I can easily explain technical financial information to non finance people. I have mentored many people with varying different levels of finance knowledge to help them understand their numbers better and with no judgement of what they do not know, or how their current processes are looking - the aim is to improve thus understand any current issues. I like things to be done properly in the best way possible, therefore the quality of service I offer is high.
Can you provide your services online or remotely? If so, please add details.
I can provide my services online and/or remotely. It maybe necessary to be able to visit a site for a short period to understand how it operates. It will depend on the complexity of the business. I can travel to any destination within the UK.
What changes have you made to keep your customers safe from Covid-19?
My business commenced after Covid-19 and therefore this question is not relevant to my consultancy business.
Business Partnering
Supporting you and your business to reach its strategic aims, tailored to suit your needs and the needs of the business.
Strategic Planning
Financial planning together operational planning to reach your businesses strategic aims.
Gap Analysis
Analysing your businesses current operations, assessing the strategic aims and formulating a plan to bridge that gap.
Business Plans
Clear plans of how, when and how much it will cost for your business to reach its strategic aims.
Risk Analysis
Identifying risks such as financial risks, operational risks, HR risks and advising on how they can be minimised and/or mitigated.
Developing your finance function
Has your business grown to the point where it now needs an internal finance function?
Does your internal finance function need developing further to support the rest of the business with useful, relevant reporting?
Does your business need finance business partners for better financial communication throughout the company?
Are you in need of more budgeting, forecasting, analysis to help evaluate strategic decision making?
I can help put a finance team in place to suit the business need.
I can support with the recruitment process to ensure you have the best team in place.
I can mentor and develop your team further to help fill any knowledge gaps.
Improvements to Reporting
Do your reports need a revamp?
Are they informative, relevant, useful and easy to understand?
Could they be improved?
I can help ensure that the figures shown in your businesses reports show a clear informative, relevant and useful view of your businesses operations.
Finance Business Partnering
Finance is the hub of any business. The operations of every business is recorded within the finance function and it is vital that those operations are recorded accurately to use that historical financial data to successfully move that business forward.
Historical data is analysed to form the basis of the businesses budget and forecasts. Important strategic decisions are made using this data.
Finance Business Partnering ensures there is strong communication and understanding between finance and the operational areas of the business. It is a collaboration that will ensure your business moves forward in a financially secure, controlled manner to meet your strategic aims.
The benefits of finance business partnering are wide ranging for any business. I can introduce finance business partnering into your business. I can help with the recruitment of the business partner and I can help develop the business partner.
Process efficiencies
I help businesses make process efficiencies which save time and money.
Often businesses carry on doing the same old processes as "they have always been done that way" - is it time for your processes to be looked at with a fresh perspective?
Cost Reductions
I can support your business by reviewing your costs to see where any reductions can be made.
Cashflow evaluation
Could your cashflow be improved?
Do you have a grasp on what is being paid out of your bank account and when? Is this inline with the timing of your business income?
I can help review this and suggest improvements for better cashflow management.
Sales Growth
Do you need a fresh perspective on how to grow your business?
Do you know how to grow the business but need support to do so?
I can offer my services to evaluate and support you with the businesses growth strategy.
