Combining your passion with our agency expertise
We're proud to have partnered with some wonderfully ambitious and diverse people, helping them to grow and evolve their agencies through working together as a team.
Greenhouse PR
Strategic finance support to maximise impact
The challenge
Greenhouse PR is a mission-driven communications agency growing at a fast pace to meet the growing needs of the climate emergency. They needed strong financial leadership underpinned by robust systems, processes and management information to navigate the opportunities and challenges that come with success.
How we tackled it together
Working closely with the Founder, we quickly understood where we could add value, developing a virtual finance team providing support from strategic insight and planning through to setting up processes that would liberate their team. This partnership has helped Greenhouse’s leadership team build confidence in their strategic decisions and plan for growth. Our service also extended to hiring, training and supporting a new Finance Director, and ensuring that the entire finance function ran smoothly and supported the Founder, MD and the wider team.
“The Sapphire8 team took the time to really understand the business and our values, and their ability to run our finances in a professional and supportive way has been a godsend. As a fast growing business owner, I have found Carrie insightful, supportive, positive, and well-connected to people and skills that we may need to move the business forwards. A delight and a pleasure to work with."
Anna Guyer – Founder Greenhouse PR
Luna 9
Freeing up creative time with a virtual finance team
The challenge
Moving from being a start-up to a scaling business is tricky, with team members often wearing many different hats and battling through a never ending to-do list. Luna 9 needed help seeing the wood from the trees to help them realise their potential.
How we tackled it together
The key to helping Luna 9 was sharing the load. After a consultation to establish their pain points and how we could help, we implemented a range of processes to make life easier for Michael and the rest of the team. Automating a lot of the financial tasks meant we could start reporting and forecasting more accurately, and working with our Virtual Finance Team has meant the Luna 9 team has a much clearer picture about how to increase their positive impact.
“Working with the Sapphire8 team has helped the start-up fog to lift! Knowing the bookkeeping is being handled so expertly means I’ve got more headspace to focus on what I’m passionate about.”
Michael Green – CEO, Luna 9
Glimpse
Taking the next big steps with confidence
The challenge
Glimpse started off as an experiment – applying positive thinking and commercial flair to charities. The experiment definitely worked but in order to grow and develop, the organisation needed financial stability and the right processes in place.
How we tackled it together
Sapphire 8 developed a bespoke financial and resource structure that allows Glimpse to understand its forecasting, staffing and ultimately guide the strategy for the organisation to grow sustainably.
“The Sapphire8 team’s effect on the organisation has been instant. We don’t know how we managed before! They marry seasoned financial experience along with a real passion for the kind of work we at Glimpse do.”
Zac Schwarz – Co-Founder The Glimpse Collective
