A modern take on a regulated finance practice
The Lumen Collective places experienced finance leaders directly into your business, alongside the owners and leaders running it, and backs them with specialists and technology so they deliver. If you are a founder or owner manager, you are probably carrying the financial decisions yourself, or leaning on an accountant who keeps you compliant but is not beside you on the calls that matter. We put a finance leader there to do exactly that.
It is hands-on, pragmatic and technology driven. A service built for founders and owner managers, not a report from the sidelines.
How we work
A finance leader from our panel steps into your business, gets close to what you are trying to build and works alongside you to get there. They are senior, they have done it before and they take the numbers and the hard conversations off your plate, whether that is your board, an investor, the bank or HMRC.
Behind that leader sits the rest of the practice. Specialists across tax, accounting, treasury, financial modelling and deal support are there when the work calls for them, and our platform Chasq takes on the heavy data work so the leader spends their time on judgement and on you
What we are built for
We are at our best on the complex work. That might be raising money, buying or selling a business, getting the structure of a deal or investment right, turning a struggling business around or just coming in to sort out a mess. These are the projects where senior judgement, the right specialists and good technology matter most, and where a regulated practice standing behind the work gives owners the confidence to move.
Why it works
A full-time finance director is a big salary and often more than you need. A lone consultant rarely has a practice behind them to go deep. We sit between the two. You get a senior finance leader for as much or as little time as the work needs, inside a regulated practice with specialists and technology on hand.
Our values
Curious. A desire to keep learning.
Determined. A drive to reach the result and keep improving.
Pragmatic. A practical mindset that delivers rather than delays.
Forward-thinking. An innovative outlook and a clear vision for the future.
Personable. A genuine wish to build strong relationships and work well with people.
Get in touch
Tell us what you are working on via our contact page and we will take it from there.
If you are a finance leader who wants to work this way, see Work with us.