You're looking for one finance professional. You may need a finance team.
Behind one vacancy there is often work of several kinds: day-to-day finance, month-end close, controlling, reporting, and cash and forecast. Sometimes that fits one employee. Sometimes it calls for several areas of expertise side by side.
It often starts with one job description.
That's not just one role.
That's a finance function.
What starts as one vacancy often combines accounting, financial control, reporting and business control. That does not mean one employee is unsuitable: it depends on the volume per area and on the level you need in each. It is the question worth answering before you start recruiting.
One finance hire or Finable?
An internal employee can work alongside your bookkeeper or accountant. With Finable we agree capacity, onboarding and cover up front. Which setup fits best depends on your organisation.
Your finance handled. By one team.
From day-to-day administration to close, controlling and reporting. Together we agree what Finable takes over and what stays in-house.
What stays with you, what Finable takes over?
Finable takes responsibility for the agreed parts of your finance function. Together we decide what our team runs, what stays in-house and how the two fit together.
Finable carries out
You keep
You have one fixed point of contact in the Netherlands. The delivery team works from India. Before the start we set out who does what, who gets which access, which checks are part of the work and how we work together. If the situation changes, the split changes with it.
Finable may be a better fit when…
An internal hire may be a better fit when…
A combination also happens: someone internal for the work that has to sit close by, and Finable for the parts that call for expertise or continuity. The question is not whether outsourcing or hiring is better, but which setup fits the finance work your organisation actually needs.
Can Finable replace a finance hire?
Sometimes, sometimes not. It depends on the work behind the vacancy, not on the job title: the same title covers mostly bookkeeping at one company and mostly controlling and reporting at another. If that work calls for several kinds of expertise, a team is often a more logical answer than one broad role. If there is structurally enough work for one full internal role, hiring someone fits better. So we start with the work and the volume, and only then with the form.
What if we want to hire someone later?
That's possible. Your finance setup doesn't have to stay the same forever. As your organisation grows, responsibilities can move in-house or the Finable scope can change. The aim is to organise finance around what the business needs at each stage.
Who actually does the work?
The work is handled by finance professionals within the Finable team. Different responsibilities can be handled by different people depending on the expertise required, while you maintain one clear point of contact.
How much capacity do we get?
Finable isn't sold as a fixed number of employee hours. We agree on the finance scope and organise the team around the work required to deliver it. The exact setup depends on the workload and complexity of your organisation.
Does Finable work in our existing systems?
Where possible, yes. We first look at the systems and processes you already use. What works can stay. If changes would materially improve the finance operation, we'll discuss them as part of the setup.
What happens if someone is ill or on holiday?
Because the work is organised across a team, you're less dependent on the availability of one individual. That only works where processes are documented and knowledge is transferable, which is part of the setup rather than something that happens by itself.
When is hiring someone internally the better option?
An internal hire can be the better choice when you have enough work for a clearly defined full-time role, need someone deeply embedded in the organisation every day or want to build and manage the finance function internally.
Discuss your finance vacancy
Book 30 minutes with Tim to talk through what you're looking for in a finance hire and whether a Finable team could be a logical alternative.
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