Leota.

Finance & business systems consulting

The finance function your business needs, without the full-time hire.

Leota works with small businesses that are too complex to run on spreadsheets and goodwill, but not yet large enough to employ someone to manage finance and systems. We design and run the reporting, systems and processes that let you make decisions on reliable numbers.

Talk to us What we do

Who we work with

Growing businesses that have outgrown the basics

Our clients usually recognise at least one of these.

  • Several revenue streams, sites, entities or currencies, and no single view of how the business is performing.
  • A month-end that depends on one person, a stack of spreadsheets and a lot of re-keying.
  • Decisions on hiring, pricing or investment made without a reliable cashflow forecast.

Services

Finance, systems and processes, joined up

Most consultants cover one of these. The value comes from treating them as one job, so the numbers, the software and the routines that produce them all fit together.

Finance leadership

Part-time CFO support for owners who need senior finance input without the senior salary.

  • Monthly management reporting and KPIs
  • Cashflow forecasting and budgeting
  • Pricing, margin and investment analysis
  • Board, lender and investor reporting

Business systems

Choosing, implementing and connecting the software your business runs on.

  • Accounting and ERP system selection
  • Booking, sales and payment platforms
  • Integrations that remove manual re-keying
  • Data migration and user training

Processes & controls

Back-office routines that run reliably, whoever is doing the work.

  • Month-end close and reconciliations
  • Purchase approvals and payment controls
  • Documented procedures and checklists
  • Back-office design for growth

Approach

How an engagement works

  1. Diagnostic

    Fixed price

    A structured review of your finances, systems and processes, ending with a prioritised plan of what to fix first and why.

  2. Implementation

    Per project

    We deliver the plan: setting up systems, building reporting and putting processes in place, scoped and priced one project at a time.

  3. Ongoing support

    Monthly retainer

    Regular finance leadership and system upkeep, so reporting stays accurate and the processes keep working as you grow.

Experience

Finance leadership grounded in systems and operations

Leota is led by Oliver Scott, a fractional CFO with more than a decade of experience across finance, technology and operations, from established manufacturers to owner-run service businesses.

  • Board-level finance and ITDirector-level responsibility for finance and IT at an established UK manufacturer.
  • ERP implementationProject management of ERP rollouts for nine-figure businesses, including Microsoft-based business systems.
  • Fractional CFOFinance leadership for owner-managed businesses, including rebuilding the finance function, reporting and booking systems of an international hospitality business.

Tell us where the business is now.

A short call is usually enough to see whether a diagnostic would be useful.

oliver@leota.cy