Creating Future Opportunities
Our financial experts work from within a business, become part of your team and focus on the future to make sure its brighter. They differ from Audit & Tax Accountants who work externally and report on historic performance many months after the end of the accounting year. To use a sporting analogy, we become part of your team to help win the game rather than writing about the result when the whistle is blown.
Our Leadership
See who is behind our award winning practice and put a face to the name of your CFO Partner. Our team has years of experience and will offer you the best service available to ensure you succeed.
Shane O'Toole
Partner
Shane O’Toole is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, lectures on several Masters Programs and the author of the bestselling book on family finances titled ”Fit Money”.
Having gained initial experience in a mid-sized accountancy practice Shane moved to industry and has held senior positions for a number of indigenous and global companies including CFO for IBM Desk Top Software. Shane is unique in having excelled not only in driving business improvement from within companies but also in educating others as to how to achieve better results. These skills have enabled business turnaround and cost savings of tens of millions. Shane is responsible for the daily operation of the practice and involved in all client accounts to ensure maximum value add.
Bernadette O'Leary
Partner
Bernadette holds an Honours Degree in Business & Marketing from Limerick University, Diploma in Human Resources from the Institute of Public Administration and a Diploma in Psychology form the National University of Ireland.
Bernadette’s speciality is people. Combining a strong academic background with practical experience as HR Manager for a number of companies Bernadette is ideally placed to support our client’ s recruitment and performance appraisal needs. In addition Bernadette ensures we attract and retain the best people at Part Time CFO Solutions to maximise client value.
General Questions
Audit & Tax Accountants do very important work in providing shareholders and government with assurances that the company has complied with the law for the historic period being reviewed and paid the appropriate taxes.
A Part-Time CFO is a finance expert that is concerned with how the company is performing currently and how to deliver improvements going forward. To use a sporting analogy the CFO is a player on your team delivering the goals to win the match rather than writing a report on the event which would be more akin to an Audit & Tax Accountant.
Have you got?
- Accurate reconciled accounts.
- A timely monthly reporting pack.
- Meaningful key metrics.
- Insights on driving increasing return on investment going forward.
- Continuous improvement based on using existing management information systems.
If you do; why not benchmark yourself with our 10 point finance assessment template to see how you compare to the competition. If you don’t; we strongly advice you benchmark yourself to identify areas for improvement.
To avail of our free template simply submit a request through our contact function and provide: company name & location code, your name & title, your email & phone number.
We have been delivering results to small , medium and large businesses for decades and we know when candidates are overselling themselves. This can be difficult for a non CFO to spot initially and we are frequently called to help in situations where someone has gotten in over their head. Normally we can mentor and monitor staff to provide a solution but it may be best to avoid the problem in the first instance.
Our value proposition is to provide you with a financial expert for a small fraction of the fee that such knowledge would normally command. We frequently review businesses and enhance reporting whilst reducing cost by aligning resources where they are most needed. Why have a CFO performing reconciliations or a Controller doing data input? Why not hire the appropriate skill on an as needed basis?
The simple answer is that we document everything and constantly review performance to ensure deliverables are in line with the agreed plan. Whether our financial experts have been engaged to work on specific projects or to provide ongoing business support everything is managed through our 3 P’s Model. Namely; Agree Plan, Implement Process, Measure Performance.
What our Clients Say
When Part Time CFO Solutions was contacted with an urgent need to backfill our CFO we received a highly trained professional who not only quickly strove to understand our business drivers but improved the quality and effectiveness of the strategic, financial and business information we needed to manage our growth. I highly recommend Part Time CFO Solutions to any business that is in need of quality strategic and functional financial leadership.
Siobhan Crowley
Managing Director
Part Time CFO Solutions have been providing outsourced CFO services to a rapidly growing portfolio company for a number of years. Shane and his team have been exceptional in supporting the business through a period of substantial change and strong growth through various actions including enhanced reporting, staff mentoring, internal auditing services and strategic insights. Shane was highly committed to the success of the business at all times, providing considerable strategic value with the utmost integrity. I have no hesitation in recommending their services
Robert Burns
Partner
Our business was growing rapidly and we were not sure if we needed a CFO but frequently had significant business decisions which our Auditor had not experience of. Part Time CFO Solutions reviewed our business and provided an invaluable report identifying exposures and opportunities for growth. Additionally they provided John an experienced CFO on an as needed basis (which turned out to be a couple of days a month) to help us grow the business to a new level. I would highly recommend Part Time CFO Solutions to anyone who wishes to improve their business.
Jimmy Collins
Owner
Our company was growing rapidly and from speaking to other business owners it became apparent that we could benefit from establishing an internal management information system. We spoke to our Auditor with whom we had a great relationship but their services didn’t include an internal perspective of analysing performance or creating forecasts for the future. We engaged Shane and his team to carry out an assessment of our existing structure. They produced a detailed report of areas we could focus on in the short and medium term to help the business run more efficiently. Part Time CFO Solutions were very cost focused and created metrics that we maintain ourselves on a monthly basis with a quarterly review being carried out by one of their team. Introducing us to an outsourced model where key skills are hired on an as needed basis led to a fundamental shift in our business and growth in profitability. Not many businesses can justify having a top level CFO on their payroll but its amazing to have their insight and knowledge on an ongoing basis.
Siobhan Gavigan
Managing Director
