Chris Dicker

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ABOUT CHRIS DICKER

Welcome!I’m a part-time Chief Financial Officer for the CFO Centre, the world’s number 1 provider of senior, highcalibre part-time CFO\'s / FD\'s.If you are an entrepreneur, CEO or Managing Director running an ambitious company with fastgrowth potential and looking to build your company to ensure you get the very highest price for itwhen/if you decide to sell, our ‘part-time CFO model may well be of interest to you…Ambitious companies looking to grow quickly need to build a quality finance function led by a seniorFD / CFO with ‘big business’ experience, but that person does not necessarily need to be fulltime.Our business model means that growing businesses can take on a top quality CFO for afraction of what it would cost to appoint one on a full-time basis.Our goal is to help busy CEOs and MDs free up time to grow their businesses while we take on themanagement of the finance function.We introduced this model to the UK back in 2001 and each year more and more business owners arechoosing a part-time CFO over the full-time alternative.When we engage with our clients we perform a detailed review using our unique 12 BoxArchitecture which helps us to understand the areas of vulnerability (as well as the areas of strength)in your business before designing a comprehensive implementation plan.As an overview, we can help with:1. Manage cash flow2. Improve profit3. Tighten up internal controls4. Create reporting infrastructure to improve visibility5. Plan for an exit6. Manage risk7.(Re)design the business plan and create an implementation timetable8. Find investment/funding9. Become compliant10. Maximise tax efficiency11. Advise on outsourcing12. Manage the relationship with the bankI welcome the chance to have a quick conversation with you, please do not hesitate to get in touchwith me via LinkedIn or through our website (which has a great 3-minutevideo on how we can help).CFO - Chief Finance Officer