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YOU DON’T NEED MORE REPORTS.
YOU NEED CLARITY ON WHAT’S ACTUALLY DRIVING YOUR BUSINESS.

How I help

I turn messy reporting into clear decisions.

You’ll understand where your cash is going, what’s coming in, and what’s actually safe to spend.

No more guessing. You’ll know what’s working, what isn’t, and where to focus.

About Phil

EXPERIENCE

Experience supporting brands including Purplebricks, TalkTalk, GSK, O2, Toshiba, Johnson & Johnson, General Motors, John Lewis / Waitrose and Lipton / Unilever.

25+ years helping businesses and funders improve clarity, cash flow and decision making across global brands and growing businesses.

I’m Phil Flanagan FCMA, a Fractional Finance Director with 25+ years’ experience helping businesses and founders improve clarity, cash flow and decision making.

I’ve worked across PE-backed businesses, global brands and growing companies where finance needed to become more commercial, more usable and more focused on supporting decisions.

My focus is simple.
helping founders understand what’s really driving profit, cash flow and decisions.

Based in Cheshire, supporting founders across the UK.

Testimonials

Phil brings a rare combination of strong technical accounting knowledge and genuine commercial insight.

He translates financial information into clear, practical decisions that help management move the business forward.

Stuart Bartlett
CEO, Purplebricks

Phil stepped in and built a fully integrated financial model from scratch.

He takes something complex and makes it simple and usable.

Michelle Kehoe
Founder, Leaf Organics

Based on the work and outcomes Phil delivered at Sterling Relocation, I brought him into assignments at Unilever and recommended him into GSK.

Phil’s structure, attention to detail and calm approach helped stabilise difficult situations under significant operational pressure.

Daniel Sen
Group Financial Controller, Sterling Relocation
Transformation Director, Unilever
Finance Transformation Lead, GSK

Phil was key in helping us through a period of major change, building processes that delivered cash flow, meaningful reporting and stability.

There are many finance professionals, but few combine strength, humility and a focus on delivering the right outcome the way Phil does.

Mark Simmons
Group Finance Director, Toshiba

Contact

If your numbers don’t feel clear, let’s have a conversation.

Phil Flanagan FCMA

Fractional Finance Director

phil@bensonfinance.co.uk

linkedin.com/in/philbensonfd

Cheshire, United Kingdom

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