Take the Path to Business Growth and Profitability
Every business owner or manager, whether in the “start-up” phase of the business, or established and looking to grow, looks for any and every opportunity to find efficiencies and reduce costs. They may speak to other business owners, read business advice in newspapers or on-line, canvass suppliers and customers, but often they forget to ask the one source they have that is right under their nose – their accountant.
Why does this happen? Maybe because accountantsdon’t bother too much with long-winded titles or flamboyant displays of materialism, and just get on with keeping track of the business finances. Owners and managers tend to fthink of them of the people who balance the accounts, supervise the administration staff and have everything ready for end of financial year.
In larger businesses that can justify having their own accountant on staff, this is their primary role, but their training extends beyond these boundaries and, if given half a chance, they can play a strong strategic role to grow and improve business. When they work together with Affinity Accounting Plus, an external accountant specialising in business improvement, they combine their inside knowledge of the operational issues with the objective view of the specialist to create dynamic changes.
“We have got enormous satisfaction from seeing our plans turn into results. Previously, we had attempted to do things to improve our business but something would always get in the way. This time we had the right focus and assistance to get through the sticking points and actually see some fruits of our efforts.”
If the business is too small to employ an in-house accountant, but needs this type of professional expertise to expand, Affinity Accounting Plus offers a business advisory and improvement program that focuses on the top six issues of business improvement. During this process the business systems will be streamlined as, sadly, these often don’t keep pace with the changes taking place in the external business environment.
”When we first got our report, we were shocked to see how disjointed our affairs were. Now we have a comprehensive system of checking everything is in its right place and set up taking into account what we want. It’s great to be able to see that everything is covered now.”
Whether the focus is on business growth, increased profitability, improved cash flow, asset protection or other priorities, Affinity Accounting Plus will work with the business owners or managers to review systems, supply chains, inventory, payroll, in fact, every part of the business operating systems to identify opportunities for reducing waste and increasing productivity.
“It was really hard at first, we are only a small business and it was hard to see that it would happen. We hadn’t really had that type of service before but I knew what we were doing was not the answer. In the end I’m glad we took the leap. We’ve been happy with the results.”
Affinity Accounting Plus is a SME specialist. Without the distraction of servicing large corporations and public companies, their expert accounting staff can concentrate on the issues that are unique to small business. Either as the only accounting support for the business, or as an advisor to an in-house accountant, Affinity helps business owners stretch their imaginations to see the full potential of their business, and establishes the plans they need to reach their goals.
