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Make better decisions with clarity & insight on your financials.


Fractional Finance Director and Outsourced Finance Team Services for SME’s in the UK.

Optimising Your Efficiency with The Smart Team’s Finance and Accounting Outsourcing.


The Smart Team specialises in providing a fully managed outsourced finance team, covering all the basics as well as dedicated fractional finance directors, to small and growing businesses in the UK. Our outsourced finance team delivers access to commercially experienced finance leaders and a comprehensive core finance team, tailored to meet your specific business needs.

Smart Team Backpack
Flexible and Cost-Effective Finance Solutions

As your partner for finance and accounting outsourcing, we offer you a dedicated part-time finance director and finance team without the burdens of full-time employment. Our team integrates seamlessly into your business, offering actionable financial insights alongside your fully customised operational finance support.

Bespoke Services Tailored to Your Needs

Our finance and accounting outsourcing model ensures you only pay for the services you require. This provides you with access to experienced and highly skilled financial leadership at a fraction of the cost. The Smart Team finance professionals work flexibly within your business, delivering accurate financial information and bespoke support that aligns with your strategic goals.

Enhancing Business Performance and Profitability

With your finance operations in our capable hands, you can focus on building your business. Our virtual and fractional finance directors add strategic value by enhancing your understanding of critical success factors, profit drivers, and key performance indicators (KPIs). This deeper insight leads to better decision-making and improved business outcomes.

Integrated Virtual Finance Team

We provide high-performing, cost-effective finance teams that become an integral part of your business. Our virtual finance directors and portfolio FDs bring a wealth of commercial experience, ensuring you benefit from a strategic finance focus that boosts your business's profitability and operational efficiency.

By choosing The Smart Team for your finance and accounting outsourcing needs, you gain a trusted partner dedicated to enhancing your business's financial health and strategic direction. Our services are designed to provide flexibility, expertise, and value, empowering you to concentrate on what you do best - growing your business.

What our customers said...


“All the Smart Finance Team have added value for us. Tracy with her sometimes-brutal honesty, Zal bringing the initial plan and structure together and Caroline with her calm and efficient way of working. Kasia is a diamond, incredibly productive and has great understanding of her profession which is evident in the way she explains sometimes quite complex accounting treatments in layman’s terms.”
Geoff Turral,
Director Car Cloud Community (Midlands)
“We have built a really strong relationship with Tracy. I trust her and can talk to her about all business matters. They offer a great solution for innovation led businesses looking for more than just bookkeeping. I especially value the financially based business thinking which Tracy brings to our executive team.”
Alan D Roth,
CEO Oxford Drug Design Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“They redesigned our management accounts, which are now both easier to read and produced in a timely manner. Subsequently, this highlighted improvements we could make to our fee rates, and when we reviewed these in detail, it led to a positive impact on our profit margins.”
Mark Lindsay,
CEO – WeDo Finance Ltd (Manchester)

“The most thorough answer to any question I’ve asked an accountant”

Lindsay Brown,
Director Summertown Garage Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“Its clear that they have the relevant experience and can stand back and see if the figures “look right”
Holt Wong,
COO Qdot (Oxfordshire)
“I like their approach, their aim to avoid surprises as well as help us to position ourselves to maximise commercial opportunities.”
Mark Lindsay,
CEO – WeDo Finance Ltd (Manchester)
“I would recommend working with The Smart Finance Team if you want to feel in control of your finances and would welcome systems and processes to help you get into a flow to calm the chaos down.”
Geoff Turral,
Director Car Cloud Community (Midlands)
“I trust you guys so much to help me resolve this. Thank you for helping me sort it out”
Lindsay Brown,
Director Summertown Garage Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“The drive, honesty, and passion to develop the team, along with all the other skills a seasoned FD has, make Tracy someone really good to work with.”
Thomas Greatorex,
Head of Global MI
“By working with The Smart Team, we now have more clarity on the impact some of our operational processes have on financial reporting and controls, and we are implementing better control processes to help the handover of information from the Ops team into Finance.”
Mark Lindsay, Director,
WeDo Finance (Manchester)
“I have really valued the feeling of being prioritised. It feels like they will do whatever it takes, and they have made us feel like we are their only clients”
Geoff Turral,
Director Car Cloud Community (Midlands)
“Technically very able, Tracy has the rare skill of turning Finance into something real and meaningful that everyone can buy into.”
Matt Tombes,
Global Finance Business Partner Bibby Financial Services
“It’s great to have Janet, Sarah and Caroline dedicated to the finance and grant admin work, bringing their experience, improving efficiencies, and completing the work as the main purpose of their role. It would have been impossible for me to manage everything without them, given the increase in the volume of transactions as our R&D has accelerated.”
Holt Wong,
COO Qdot (Oxfordshire)
“It was quite scary because I couldn’t visualise the solution Kasia wanted to implement. I couldn’t see the path and I had to really trust her. She was incredible, and I immediately started to feel huge relief that everything was being addressed and she very clearly knew what she was doing.”
Lindsay Brown,
Director Summertown Garage Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“The financial information she provided supported decision making throughout the planning and implementation of a major restructuring.”
Rob Daniels,
IT Consultant (Oxfordshire)
“I really value how Janet gives an unvarnished opinion but in a constructive way.”
Holt Wong,
COO Qdot Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“The difference they have made so far isn’t just business related. The biggest difference is that I can sleep at night. I don’t worry about what might go wrong because I am confident, they have it all under control. That means my personal life is better. I’m not as stressed, and that’s good for all the family.”
Lindsay Brown,
Director Summertown Garage Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“Tracy quickly understands the big picture whilst also appreciating the detail. Tracy is driven to deliver to deadlines, collaboratively finding solutions when issues arise.”
Ian Freeth,
Head of Finance, Business Partners UK
“Handing over the finances for our family business was a big decision and I wasn’t going to take that lightly. I checked out the website, and Tracy’s profile on Linked In. One of the things which helped me take the first step was watching some of her videos where I think her authenticity and desire to really help her clients comes across.”
Lindsay Brown,
Director Summertown Garage Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“It feels as though things are becoming more organised and controlled, which gives us confidence that we are ready for the next stages of our business’ growth.”
Mark Lindsay,
CEO – WeDo Finance Ltd (Manchester)
“The team are super responsive, and I really enjoy working with them.”
Holt Wong,
COO Qdot Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“The ability to demystify and explain things in a way we understood gave us the confidence to get started”
Geoff Turral,
Director Car Cloud Community (Midlands)
“They have helped us with control processes, management reporting and budgeting as well as the more strategic leadership aspects which come with participating in Board Meetings, reviewing Funding Agreements, and help with Acquisitions and Due Diligence.”
Mark Lindsay,
CEO – WeDo Finance Ltd (Manchester)
“Tracy has impressed me in her capacity as Outsourced Finance Director for the business. She is a finance professional who adds so much more than just the compliance activities you would typically expect for an FD in a small business.”
Alan D. Roth,
CEO at Oxford Drug Design (Oxfordshire)
“I really like how the team are so responsive and eager to solve issues for us.”
Holt Wong,
COO Qdot Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“I wouldn’t ask them to change anything, and it doesn’t matter what stage your business is, working with The Smart Finance Team is a No Brainer!”
Lindsay Brown,
Director Summertown Garage Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“Tracy brings many years of commercial experience to our leadership group. This adds another dimension to her skillset. She understands our business model well, and regularly brings a new perspective, and valued new ideas or approaches for the team to consider.”
Alan D Roth,
CEO Oxford Drug Design Ltd (Oxfordshire)
“If you are a start-up company needing to add financial expertise and grant admin to your team, I would have no hesitation in recommending them.”
Holt Wong,
COO Qdot (Oxfordshire)
“I particularly like how we get access to the different skills and specialities each of them bring to our team as we grow our business.”
Mark Lindsay,
CEO – WeDo Finance Ltd (Manchester)
“The monthly reporting they deliver means that our board meetings work more effectively. We have structure, a process and a plan. The reports have become the platform for us to discuss how the historical performance will influence and guide the future”
Geoff Turral,
Director Car Cloud Community (Midlands)