For creative & digital agencies
The finance team for independent agencies.
An outsourced finance team, led by an ex-agency FD, combining dependable accounting, clear financial reporting and experienced commercial advice.
Sound familiar?
Is finance holding your agency back?
Still doing spreadsheets at 10pm?
You used to manage the finances around everything else. Now there are more clients, more people and more decisions — and keeping on top of the numbers is taking time you need to run the agency.
Has your agency outgrown your accountant or bookkeeper?
The support that worked when you were smaller no longer gives you what you need. Keeping the books up to date isn't enough: you need to understand how the agency is performing and what lies ahead.
You're working hard. But where's the profit?
The team is busy and the work keeps coming, but the effort isn't translating into profit. You need to know which clients and projects make money, where margin is slipping and what to change.
Do you know what the next six months look like?
Without reliable forecasts, you're making decisions about hiring, spending and growth without knowing what the agency can afford.
Whatever brought you here, you need finance support that fits the agency you run today — and understands where you want to take it.
What we do
Your finance function. Designed for your agency.
One joined-up finance team that takes care of the day-to-day, gives you a clear picture of how your agency is performing, and helps you make better commercial decisions.
01 — Foundations
Numbers you can trust
Bookkeeping, accounting and tax handled properly, so you can rely on the numbers behind your decisions.
- Outsourced Finance Team
- Bookkeeping, Accounting & Tax
02 — Insight
Know where you stand. See what's ahead.
Clear management reporting, meaningful KPIs and cash flow forecasts that help you understand performance and plan ahead.
- Management Reporting & Forecasting
03 — Leadership
Better commercial decisions
Experienced Fractional CFO support to improve profitability, manage growth and navigate the decisions that matter.
- Fractional CFO
- Commercial Finance for Agencies
Mike AlmandrasFounder / MD
Why we're different
We've been on your side of the table.
Mike has spent nearly 20 years working in senior finance roles across the creative and media industries, both in-house at agencies and client side with CMOs.
Before founding Empowered Finance in 2019, Mike was Finance Director at Cognito, giving him first-hand experience of the commercial and financial challenges agencies face.
Today, he brings that experience to independent agencies, combining sound financial management with the practical commercial advice that comes from having been on the inside.
In their words
Finance off your plate. Clarity on your desk.
“Having worked with Mike for a number of years, he is very experienced at helping agencies improve their financial processes and performance. He is trusted counsel for leaders and a source of pragmatic advice for those running agencies.”
Tom Coombes — CEO, Cognito
Contact
What's your biggest finance headache?
Tell us a little about your agency and what's on your mind. We'll get back to you to arrange a conversation and see how we can help.