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Founder · BlackpeakCFO™

Stuart Wilson

A chartered management accountant who’s spent the last seven years as Group Finance Director for a portfolio of small businesses — and now runs that same finance function for yours.

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Stuart Wilson, ACMA CGMA — Founder of BlackpeakCFO
ACMA
CGMA Chartered
Management Accountant
7Years as SME Group FD
12+Years CIMA Chartered
2Markets — US & UK
1:1You work with Stuart

Why I built this

Big-company finance, built for a small business.

For 24 years I worked in places where the numbers were never in doubt — Citigroup, ABN AMRO, private-equity fund reporting. Teams of people, real-time dashboards, nothing left to chance.

Then I started paying attention to how small businesses actually live with their finances. The owner doing the books at 11pm. The accountant who appears once a year with a bill and a shrug. Software that promised simplicity and delivered a second job. Most owners I met couldn’t answer one simple question — did I actually make money last month? — and none of it was their fault.

That gap is the whole reason BlackpeakCFO exists: the same financial clarity a large institution takes for granted, built for a small business, at a fixed price you can plan around — and run by me, personally, not a faraway team.

Most owners don’t need more software. They need someone to take the finances off their plate — and tell them the truth about the numbers. Stuart Wilson, ACMA CGMA

The 24 years

From global banking to your back office

  1. BlackpeakCFO™

    Founder
    2025 – Present

    Bookkeeping, accounts, MTD and fractional finance leadership for owner-managed small and mid-sized businesses across the US and UK. Plain-English monthly numbers, fixed-price, delivered by the 5th.

  2. Clyde Blowers Capital

    Group Finance Manager
    2024 · East Kilbride

    Group FP&A, budgeting and forecasting at a private investment group — tightening budget accuracy, finding cost savings and streamlining the finance processes that run across the portfolio.

  3. Portfolio of SMEs · London

    Group Finance Director
    2017 – 2024

    Seven years running the finance function for a portfolio of small and mid-sized businesses under private ownership. Designed and built the accounting infrastructure for a buy-and-build strategy, ran web-based invoicing across the group, supported acquisitions and lifted revenue-recognition accuracy by ~10%. This is the work BlackpeakCFO is built on.

  4. Bancroft Private Equity GMBH

    Finance Director · Portfolio Company FD
    2017 – 2018 · Vienna

    End-to-end finance management for a European private-equity firm and embedded into its portfolio companies as their on-the-ground Finance Director when they needed one. Investment due diligence (including the Rubik’s Cube brand acquisition), treasury, board-level reporting and a successfully navigated regulatory audit.

  5. Arle Capital Partners

    Financial Controller
    2012 – 2014 · London

    Financial reporting, treasury and regulatory compliance at a UK private-equity house. Built a Python-based financial forecasting model that improved budgeting accuracy by 15% and cut planning time by 20%.

  6. Earlier career

    Fund Accounting & Control
    2005 – 2012 · Edinburgh & London

    Specialist fund-accounting and control roles at Bancroft Private Equity LLP, EHM International Private, ABN AMRO Mellon, Citigroup (Edinburgh) and Blue Planet Investment Management — the foundation of a career in regulated, audit-grade finance.

Credentials

Qualified to look after your numbers

ACMA CGMA

Chartered Global Management Accountant — the joint AICPA & CIMA designation. The global standard for management accounting.

AICPA Member

Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants — US GAAP-compliant reporting and advisory.

US & UK

Qualified and fluent in both markets — US GAAP, UK FRS 102 / FRS 105, IFRS and MTD. One firm, both sides of the Atlantic.

Zero Audit Findings

24 years in professional finance with zero material findings from Big 4 reviews — Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG.

What it’s like to work with me

No jargon. No surprises.
Just your numbers, handled.

You’re hiring a person, not a portal. Here’s exactly what that means.

  • 01

    You deal with me

    Not a call centre, not a junior, not an offshore team. The person doing your numbers is the person who answers your email.

  • 02

    Plain English, always

    You’ll never get a report you can’t read. Every number comes with what it means and what to do next.

  • 03

    A fixed price, up front

    No hourly meter, no surprise invoices. You know exactly what it costs before you say yes.

  • 04

    On time, every month

    Your numbers land by the 5th — not six weeks late, when the decisions have already been made.

Let’s sort your finances out.

Send your details in a one-minute form. I read every one personally and reply within one business day — no jargon, no obligation, no phone calls unless you specifically want one.

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