Taking the financial headache away from SMEs

A recruitment business specialising in the financial sector has experienced rapid growth after developing a solution to a classic problem for SMEs.

The Finance People help small and medium sized enterprises to scale up by providing them with senior financial expertise often on flexible working contracts.

It takes a headache away from small business owners who often struggle to cope with the financial requirements that come with growing a business.

Since the company launched in May last year it has already placed more than 60 senior finance professionals with SME clients and has doubled in size over the past six months.

The Finance People was created by a team of experts, led by highly experienced financial professional Anita Tweats, who use their experience to help companies find the right senior finance staff.

Working predominantly with SMEs the agency takes a “deep dive” approach to ensure companies get the people they really need.

Founder and CEO Anita Tweats said: “SMEs face many challenges as they gear up for growth, not least the pressing issue of how best to manage money to optimise growth.

“Many would benefit massively from a senior professional with years of financial sector experience to help them manage their money and position them for further growth.

“Unfortunately many SMEs hold back on making this kind of appointment because they fear making a bad hiring decision or find the costs prohibitive.

“We offer these growing businesses a unique solution to this problem. We are not simply recruiters, we are finance people, as the name suggests.

“We all know the importance of getting the financial management of your company right, and understand the challenges involved in this, because we’ve lived it.

“We go into companies and do a full deep-dive to assess what they really need. They might come to us and say ‘we need a finance director’ when actually what would suit them better is a Financial Controller.

“We use our expertise to help companies move forward and grow. It’s about so much more than just simple recruitment. It’s a consultative approach.

“We build a relationship with the businesses that employ us, and it’s our aim to become their long-term partner of choice.”