Insight Associates

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We believe our approach is exceptional, if not rather unconventional.

Not burdened by concerns about independence, keeping our distance, or being an ‘advisor’… our approach is driven by involvement and adding value.

Our aim is to always become an integral part of the businesses in which we operate – not just another advisor. The extent to which we become involved is highly dependent upon each individual client situation and the boundaries are set according to each particular case. However, we continually find that most assignments often become long term relationships.

Typically, we would anticipate becoming a part of the businesses day-to-day management, working with the existing management team, as well as providing the business support that our financial management and accounting skills give. We fill the role of ‘Finance Director’ (whether formally or informally) for a number of clients.

We will overhaul and develop the financial and management information systems within the business, and establish the means to provide timely, accurate and relevant facts to the management team. Then help you, by either training your existing staff or recruiting new people for you, to be able to run those systems yourself.

Our aim is to be able to fill a role where we can add significant value by encouraging best practice in strategic and business planning, supported by a firm base of information, where we can act as a catalyst for debate, discussion and development.

Our relationships with our clients often follow the pattern shown in the chart ...

Diagram showing the changing involvment over time as we work with clients

Our initial involvement (the red area) is in building the base, the systems processes and controls, to produce good quality information and ensure best practice financial management and control. With this foundation we can add value (the green area) through working with the management team in developing the business often in a “quasi finance director” role.

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After 10 years of successful trading a Braintree based HR consultancy firm hit financial difficulties. Due to changes and re-structuring within the Learning and Skills Council, severe delays occurred with cash-flow, causing major problems.

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Jessica wins our cash count competition

23 June 2010

Environmental business consultant Jessica Ward from Bishop’s Stortford will be taking off on a thrilling champagne balloon flight after winning our popular ‘guess how much money is in the jar’ competition at the recent Harlow Business Exhibition.

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