Real examples of strategic finance support in action.
Leask Advisory Solutions supports owner-managed, growth and international businesses when they need more than bookkeeping, compliance or historic accounts.
These case studies show how Julia Leask FCMA, CGMA helps businesses strengthen financial visibility, improve reporting, manage cashflow, prepare for scrutiny, support UK operations and build finance foundations that make better decisions possible.
Different businesses. Different challenges. Same goal: clearer numbers, stronger control and more confidence in what comes next.
Proof across investment, international operations and business structure.
Njord Survey
What was happening: Swedish-owned marine survey business needing trusted UK finance visibility, forecasting, budgeting, cashflow support and governance.
What Julia helped with: Julia became a trusted UK finance partner, supporting reporting, forecasting, governance, adviser coordination and practical UK business matters.
Helped make the UK business easier for overseas leadership to understand, trust and manage from Sweden.
Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv
What was happening: Swedish sustainable construction business needing to rebuild UK finance structure after disruption.
What Julia helped with: Julia helped restore UK finance structure, reporting, banking, HMRC coordination, adviser communication and back-office control.
Helped turn a disrupted UK finance picture into a more structured, trusted operating foundation.
Neurofenix
What was happening: Healthtech business preparing for US expansion, investor scrutiny and a Series A funding round.
What Julia helped with: Julia helped build and lead the UK, US and group finance function, supporting due diligence, cashflow planning, board reporting and investor-facing financial information.
Helped Neurofenix build the finance foundations behind a successful £5.5m Series A investment and a finance function that could later be handed over to a permanent FD.
Strategic finance is not just about producing numbers.
Across these examples, Julia’s role was to help leadership teams understand the numbers, trust them and use them.
Senior finance judgement
CFO-level interpretation, challenge and decision support.
Better reporting
Clearer information for owners, boards, investors and overseas leadership.
Cashflow and forecasting visibility
Earlier sight of pressure, risk, runway and future funding needs.
Finance structure
Stronger processes, controls, reporting routines and handover-ready foundations.
International understanding
Support across UK, US, Swedish-owned and group finance situations.
Practical delivery
Working alongside accountants, bookkeepers, outsourced providers, banks, HMRC and advisers to get the right things done.
What clients value is the confidence that comes with clearer finance.
“She became an extension of the management team in the UK.”
Martin Wikmar
CEO, Njord Survey
Trusted UK finance leadership for an overseas-owned business
“She built that up from a complete mess to a really, really good structure.”
Richard Alm
Former CEO, Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv
Finance structure, recovery and practical control
“She is an expert at building out a smoothly operating finance function that can be easily handed over to an in-house finance hire when the time comes.”
Guillem Singla Buxarrais
CEO, Neurofenix
Finance function maturity, growth support and handover readiness
Start with the story closest to your situation.
Investment readiness, board reporting or Fractional CFO support
Neurofenix
US expansion, group finance or investor scrutiny
Neurofenix
UK finance support for an overseas-owned business
Njord Survey
Marine, surveying or specialist technical business support
Njord Survey
Finance structure, recovery or back-office control
Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv
Project-led, construction or sustainability-led business support
Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv
The work shown in these case studies connects to Leask’s core services.
Fractional CFO & Strategic Finance Partner
Senior finance leadership before a full-time FD is viable
Investment Readiness
Funding, due diligence and investor scrutiny
Cashflow & Profitability Improvement
Cashflow, margin and forecasting visibility
International Finance Support
UK finance for overseas-owned businesses
Governance, Reporting & Board Support
Board, investor and management reporting
Finance Systems, Reporting & Controls
Stronger finance processes, routines and controls
Business Value Review
Business value, transition and future options
See something familiar in these stories?
If your business needs stronger financial visibility, better reporting, clearer cashflow, investment readiness or practical senior finance support, Leask can help you understand what needs attention next.
The first step is a conversation about where the business is now, what has become harder to manage and what needs to be stronger for the next stage.