CFO & BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICES IRELAND
Big decisions rarely wait for the year end.
Around Finance provides business advisory, financial controller and fractional CFO support for growing Irish owner-managed businesses. We help you understand profitability, plan cash flow and prepare financial reports for lenders and investors.
For owner managed Irish businesses that are growing, changing or facing a decision they want to get right.
Richie Lennon, Founder
Finance Leader of the Year · Irish Accountancy Awards 2025
TRUSTED BY
THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE DECISION
A funding offer lands. A lease needs signing. An acquisition becomes possible. We get behind the headline numbers, test the assumptions and help you work out what to do next.
Compare the total cost, repayments and timing. Work out how long you can wait for another option and how much funding you actually need.
Model the full commitment, the income needed to cover it and the effect on cash. Know where your limit is before you negotiate.
Separate repeatable earnings from one off income. Test the assumptions behind the asking price and identify what needs checking before an offer.
Bring the forecast, cash position and immediate priorities into one clear view. Keep the supporting detail available when you need it.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Advice, financial clarity and support as the business grows.
“Around Finance has looked after us since the early days. We view Richie and his online team as an integral part of our business, which has supported our growth without the need to hire an internal accountant.”
Founder, Alice PR
“Richie and the team have been incredible at taking our accounting out of the dark ages. Our previous accountant wasn’t the most technically savy person which meant our accounting & finance was slowing down our business doing tedious and monotonous tasks. Around Finance have automated and streamlined everything for us saving huge amounts of time and headaches. They have also saved us a lot of money through great advice. Would highly recommend.”
Founder, Adhere Digital
ADVISORY ACROSS OUR THREE PACKAGES
From a quarterly check in to financial leadership, choose the input your business needs. These are starting prices for our complete monthly accounting packages, including the advisory support below.
FOUNDATION
From €350 a month
A quarterly conversation about performance, changes and what needs attention, alongside dependable monthly accounting. Ask questions and agree the next steps.
CONTROL
From €750 a month
A closer grip on reporting, financial controls and the quality of the numbers. Understand performance and keep financial issues moving.
Typical outputs: management accounts, a performance review and agreed actions.
STRATEGIC
From €1,500 a month
We take responsibility for financial strategy, profitability and cash flow, with external reporting and support for fundraising and financing.
Typical outputs: cash flow forecasts, budgets and scenarios, profitability analysis, and board, lender or investor reporting.
All package prices exclude VAT. Your fee reflects the agreed scope and complexity. Software subscriptions and initial catch-up work are confirmed separately.
HOW THE WORK STARTS
We look at the decision you face and the numbers in Xero or your existing system. What has changed? What is at risk? What needs a decision?
Strategic engagements can include weekly meetings where agreed in scope. Other engagements use scheduled reporting, a Loom walkthrough and follow-up conversations. The frequency and preparation are agreed in your fee.
A clear view of the numbers, the few things that matter and agreed next steps. Visual where it helps. Plain English always.
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THE DETAIL DEPENDS ON YOUR BUSINESS
Cash tied up in stock, funding the next order and first order profitability. Understand what is left after product costs, advertising, fulfilment, fees and returns, and what growth will need in cash.
Client and project profitability, retainers, team costs and freelancer spend. See whether pricing covers delivery and what a new hire or a large contract would mean for cash.
Recurring revenue, cash runway, hiring and the route to the next funding milestone. Connect the growth plan to what the business can afford and what investors need to see.
We help you assess bank loans, SBCI-supported lending through participating lenders, Microfinance Ireland loans and relevant Enterprise Ireland or Local Enterprise Office supports, subject to eligibility and availability. We also compare revenue based finance and merchant cash advances such as Shopify Capital. The work is understanding the cost, timing, eligibility and effect on cash, then preparing the numbers behind the application.
AGREED SCOPE
We agree your package around the decisions, reporting and financial responsibility you need, alongside your accounting requirements.
Any additional work is agreed before it starts.
We set out the financial responsibilities, reports, meeting rhythm and support included in your fee. We also agree how the work connects with your existing team or Around’s outsourced accounting service.
Fundraising and financing support can form part of the Strategic engagement. Specialist transaction work, legal advice and tax projects are scoped separately where needed.
Looking for regular performance reporting? See our management accounts service for the reports, review process and how it differs from CFO support.
YOUR QUESTIONS
A fractional or outsourced CFO gives you senior financial leadership without a full time appointment. Around’s Strategic engagement connects financial strategy, profitability, cash flow and external reporting to the decisions you need to make.
Accounting gives you dependable records and reporting. CFO support uses that information to guide financial strategy, profitability, cash flow and major decisions. Foundation, Control and Strategic provide different levels of involvement.
Foundation includes a quarterly “How’s business?” check in. Control and Strategic have a reporting and contact schedule agreed in the engagement. Meeting frequency and preparation are priced within that scope.
We agree who owns each action and what Around will prepare or follow up. We flag issues identified through the agreed reporting and review work, with the next steps and responsibilities made clear. Your engagement sets the contact arrangements between meetings.
We review your existing finance setup and the information available, then agree how the engagement will work. Any accounting or systems work needed to support reliable reporting is identified at the outset.
Yes. Strategic support can include financial forecasts, external reporting and the numbers needed for financing or fundraising. We agree the work involved, including any specialist input. Lenders, investors and grant bodies make their own approval decisions.
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Bring the decision you are wrestling with. In a 30 minute Finance Fit Call, we’ll discuss the business and the level of support that makes sense.