We show owner-led recruitment agencies what their numbers are really saying, then fix what is holding profit back.
Senior finance and GTM leadership without the cost of a full-time hire.
Most owners come to us with one of these problems. Usually it's several.
We trace gross margin by desk, client and consultant to find where it disappears.
Overheads, subscriptions and headcount reviewed line by line against what each one earns.
We break activity down from leads to CVs, interviews, finals and placements to find the real bottleneck.
Margin, payment terms and effort by client, so you know who to grow and who to reprice.
A rolling forecast that covers contractor payroll, VAT, commission and slow payers.
A break-even model first: how many placements each hire needs, and by when.
We reconcile pipeline data to the ledger so your reports match reality.
Every subscription mapped against usage and the revenue it supports.
Pipeline conversion and sales process reviewed end to end.
Senior support for a few days a month, with numbers you can put in front of a board or lender.
We work with recruitment agencies and nothing else. NFI, desk-level gross profit, contractor margins and commission structures are everyday language.
Hard truths with a plan attached. We tell you what the numbers say, even when it is uncomfortable, then work out what to do about it.
Senior finance and commercial leadership at a fraction of the cost of a full-time Finance Director.
Dashboards and monthly reviews built around the few metrics that move profit, not forty charts nobody reads.
Senior finance leadership for a few days a month. Cash flow forecasting, budgets, scenario modelling and board or investor reporting, so hiring and investment decisions rest on numbers, not instinct. See cash flow forecasting.
Read more →Opening a new desk, vertical or market? We define the target client, pricing and revenue model, sales process and the early metrics that tell you whether it is working.
Discuss this →Gross margin by desk, client and consultant. Productivity per head. Forecast versus actual. The few KPIs that show where profit is made and lost, in one place.
Read more →Find unnecessary cost and low-return spend before you cut headcount. Cost structure analysis, productivity benchmarking, process fixes and a review of your tech stack.
Read more →Month-end close, management accounts, budget tracking and compliance, handled by people who understand contractor margins, commission and fee income.
Discuss this →Retained executive search for senior roles, run on a dedicated basis. For the hires where you cannot afford to get it wrong.
Discuss this →We talk through your numbers, goals and where it hurts
Priorities built around the problems costing you most
Flexible monthly or project-based delivery
Improvement you can see in the numbers
Three situations we see often, and how we work through them.
We break the funnel into leads, CVs, interviews, finals and placements. The bottleneck is often not where owners assume it is.
We build the break-even model first: how many placements each hire needs, by when, and what happens to cash if they take longer to ramp.
We map every subscription against usage and the revenue it supports, then keep what earns its place.
Floscale Growth Partners is a fractional finance and commercial partner for owner-led recruitment agencies. We help owners find the numbers, bottlenecks and unnecessary costs that are stopping the business growing profitably.
We partner with founders and leadership teams who want:
No generic consulting. No fluff. Straight answers and practical fixes.
Shihan is a finance and operations specialist with deep experience in the recruitment industry. He works directly with owners and leadership teams, and he will tell you plainly what the numbers say.
A senior finance professional who works with your agency for a set number of days or hours each month instead of full time. You get forecasting, margin analysis, KPI reporting and decision support without the cost of a full-time hire.
Common signs are revenue growing while profit isn't, not knowing which desks or clients actually make money, unpredictable cash, or planning to add several consultants. Many owner-led agencies need this level of support well before a full-time hire makes sense.
Owner-led recruitment agencies, from early-stage businesses to multi-office firms. We work with recruitment businesses only, so NFI, desk-level gross profit, contractor margins and commission structures are familiar ground.
Yes. Our accountant and bookkeeping service covers month-end close, management accounts, budget tracking and compliance, delivered by people who understand recruitment.
It depends on scope: a monthly retainer for ongoing support, or a defined project. We agree it on the free discovery call so there are no surprises.
We talk through your numbers, goals and biggest frustrations, tell you where we think the opportunities are, and whether we can help. There is no obligation.
Plain-English thinking on recruitment agency profit, cash and growth.
Book a free call. We'll go through your numbers and tell you where we see the biggest opportunities.