Our Virtual Finance Office service offers a flexible, cost-effective alternative to hiring a full-time financial controller or finance manager.
Instead of committing to a permanent salary and the challenges of recruitment, you can access tailored financial expertise on a monthly subscription basis.
Together, we will build you a personalised VFO offering to help you drive maximum business value. By taking this approach, your VFO quickly becomes one of the most valuable assets in your business.
A VFO can operate as a standalone finance function or integrate seamlessly with your existing team. For example, you might use our VFO to produce accurate management reports, handle VAT submissions, or modernise your finance systems.
Startups benefit from strong financial foundations from day one, enabling them to focus on growth with confidence. Fast-growing companies can access the timely, sophisticated insights needed to scale efficiently, while established businesses can streamline processes and enhance decision-making with real-time data. Even in-house finance leaders use our VFO to take routine tasks off their plate, freeing time for strategic priorities.
At DSG, our VFO clients gain more than just outsourced finance. We integrate tax, accountancy, and consultancy expertise with cutting-edge technology, reshaping your finance function to deliver clarity, efficiency, and long-term value. Agile, affordable, and future-proof, our VFO keeps your business moving forward while making the future more certain.
Core financial management
We take control of the day-to-day finance operations that keep your business running smoothly. This includes bank feed set up, bank reconciliations, managing payables and receivables, expense claims, supplier payment runs and payroll journals. Alongside our dedicated tax compliance service, we also support you with your core VAT and CIS compliance needs as part of our VFO service.
Tech-driven intelligence
Our cloud-enabled finance services provide you with real-time visibility and control over your business costs and are fully aligned with Making Tax Digital requirements. We provide software migration (desktop to cloud), software training and support so that you can manage your business finances more efficiently.
Business clarity and forecasting
We turn complex financial data into financial clarity, and provide budget setting support, short term cashflow forecasting, bespoke management reporting, KPI and tailored dashboards and long-term cashflow forecasting. Our clarity enables your leadership teams to unlock the visibility they need to make confident financial decisions.
Tailored advisory
Building on our business clarity and forecasting service, we deliver more than just reporting and forecasting. Our tailored advisory supports your leadership teams with proactive guidance that drives long-term growth. Our experts interpret your data and work closely with you to shape your strategy and identify opportunities, mitigate risks and support critical decision-making.
Consultation
We’ll discuss your business goals, any barriers you’re facing and how we can support you to overcome them. We will build an offering with you that is tailored to your business, and will guide you every step of the way.
Onboarding
We will work seamlessly with you and any in-house teams to ensure a smooth transition to DSG.
Delivery
You will have a dedicated DSG contact who will provide continuous support and ensure your VFO function is a valuable asset to your business. We will continuously provide a 360-feedback approach to ensure you’re getting the maximum value from your VFO service
We provide a fully managed finance function, including bookkeeping, VAT, CIS, accounts payables and receivables, month‑end close, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and compliance support.
Yes, our service model is fully scalable. We can increase capacity, expand reporting, or introduce additional strategic support as your organisation evolves.
Yes, you’ll have secure, real‑time access to financial dashboards, reports, and key metrics via our cloud-based systems.
We deliver regular management accounts, P&L statements, balance sheets, cash flow forecasts, KPI reporting, variance analysis, and bespoke reports tailored to your business requirements.
Yes, every reporting cycle includes commentary, insights, and actionable recommendations to support decision‑making. This can be provided through dedicated meetings or included within the management reports themselves.
Whether you’re looking for compliance support, financial insights or strategic advice, our team want to hear from you.
