Vanessa Firth In 60 Seconds
Vanessa Firth is a highly experienced CFO with over 30 years of expertise in helping entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses. She specializes in optimizing people, systems, and processes to deliver reliable, actionable financial data that drives informed decision-making.
Before joining The CFO Centre, Vanessa served as the CEO of an accounting firm, partnering with product-based and SaaS entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals. Her entrepreneurial spirit extends beyond accounting, having successfully operated her own ventures, including a hospitality venue and an e-commerce brand. Vanessa’s diverse experience equips her with a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by business owners across various industries.
Specialist Skills
Strategic Thinker
I see the bigger picture not just the numbers
Business Planning
Three way budgets that help owners achieve their goals
Cash flow Improvement
Have helped many owners out of cash flow crisis through to proper cash flow planning
Executive Coaching
I help owners achieve their goals through accountabilty and focus
Technology Evangelist
Tech is there to help us achieve our goals, I always look for the best way to do that
Track Record Highlights
- Growth in revenue 10x over 4 years as CEO of an accounting firm
- Built outsourced department utilising staff in India and Philippines to manage time zones
- Product based systems specialist, have rescued many inventory systems from disaster
- Created ecommerce brand, manufacturing in Indonesia
- Involved in many capital raises from PE and Crowd Funding to Bank Finance
Sector Experience
- Hospitality-tourism; Pubs and Clubs
- Retail-consumer-products; Ecommerce, retail - bricks and mortor
- Technology-media-telecoms; SaaS, Communications
- Services; Agencies, Professional
- Property-real-estate; Property Development
- Manufacturing-transport-logistics; Manufacturing