Emma Belsham

Emma partners with founders, investors and boards to support and provide outsourced finance functions, fractional CFO roles, secondment support during difficult or busy periods and valuable management information for scaling, established businesses and ultra-high-net-worth individuals

Experience

Emma leads the business outsourcing services teams in Cambridge and Birmingham.

With over 20 years of experience working in, and with businesses ranging from Life Sciences and Tech to Financial Services, Retail and Hospitality.

Emma believes by leveraging external expertise, companies can focus on their core strengths and drive innovation and growth. Giving the flexibility to add experts as needed to scale operations up or down.

Notable client work and achievements

Emma has spent time working with a scale up tech businesses building and managing their finance function in the UK from inception, ensuring that it is scalable and and provide clear insights into their current and future finances.

Emma has facilitated business leaders and their boards in the hospitality sector supporting them with their strategic decisions, reducing costs and improving their EBITDA.

Professional qualifications/memberships

  • FCCA
  • CPI
Business Exit Banners Outsourcing

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How business outsourcing services benefit the business exit journey

As more privately-owned and high-growth companies prepare for sale, the focus on reliable financial information, efficient processes and robust governance has intensified. For many founder-led organisations, this is where business outsourcing services become a critical part of the exit strategy.

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Payroll: What the 2026/2027 tax year has in store

April 2026 brings some of the largest and most radical changes in the payroll profession in years. Learn about the changes and what is required from employers.

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