Free Webinar · 16 June, 2026

The Finance Function Gap: Why Growing Businesses Hit a Ceiling.

A practical 45-minute session for founders and MDs who know their finances need to keep up with the business, but aren't sure what the next step looks like.

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It's free. No pitch. Just useful.

We'll send a calendar invite and the joining link.

Does This Sound Familiar?

The Signs Your Finance Function Has Fallen Behind the Business.

Most growing businesses operate with a combination of a bookkeeper, an external accountant, and the founder's personal oversight. That setup works until it doesn't. And the point at which it stops working is usually well before anyone recognises it.

Management accounts arrive late, or not at all

When was the last time you saw a P&L within ten working days of month end?

Cash flow is a best guess, not a clear picture

You know roughly what's coming in. The next 60 days? That's a feeling.

Compliance is managed by hope

If HMRC called tomorrow, would everything check out? Honestly?

You're checking the books at 11pm on a Sunday

Founder time is going to financial admin instead of running the business.

Growth is creating drag, not just opportunity

Every new client, hire, and project adds friction the existing setup can't absorb.

Hiring an FD feels premature and expensive

£70k+ for someone whose first day is months away. There has to be another way.

If two or three of these sound familiar, this session is for you.

Who's Running It

A Conversation with the People Who Do This Every Day.

Punit Jain walks through the structural gap most growing businesses hit, the symptoms to look for, and the practical options for fixing it. Ash Bennett hosts the session and runs the live Q&A.

PRESENTER

Punit Jain

CEO, Corient

Punit has spent more than two decades building finance and accounting operations for UK businesses. He leads E2E Accounting, which provides a fully managed finance function for growing UK SMEs, combining skilled people, modern technology and operational rigour to deliver the kind of structured financial capability businesses need as they scale.

HOST

Ash Bennett

Sales Director, E2E Accounting

Ash works with growing UK SMEs across recruitment, IT services, property management and beyond. He spends most of his week in conversation with founders and MDs who are wrestling with the gap between what their business needs financially and what their current setup can deliver. He'll be hosting the session and running the Q&A.

What You'll Walk Away With

A Clearer Picture of Where You Stand, and What to Do Next.

Who This Is For

Built for Founders
and MDs of Growing UK Businesses.

If you run a UK business between £1m and £10m turnover and you're personally involved in financial operations, this session is built around the problem you're already living with.

Particularly useful if you've ever thought "we need to sort the finances out" but aren't sure where to start.

Save Your Spot

Stop Carrying the
Finance Function on Your Own.

A 45-minute session. No sales pitch. Just a clear-eyed look at a problem almost every growing business hits, and a practical framework for what to do about it.