Fixing finance functions for ambitious businesses
Blulotus is a finance transformation partner for ambitious and PE-backed businesses that are buying, scaling and dealing with the complexity that comes with it. We work with CFOs, finance leaders and executive teams to fix the problems holding finance back: reporting that's late or unreliable, cash and revenue leaking out of the business, forecasts that miss, and acquired businesses still running their own way.
We work across six core capabilities, each with a set of outcome-led, pre-built playbooks to solve a specific problem.
Six ways we help
Finance Transformation
Your finance function needs to be driving the business forward. If it isn’t, something needs fixing. We rebuild how your finance function works, from design through to change and systems, so you get insight you trust, forecasts that flex and clear cashflow visibility.
Lead to Cash Transformation
Lead to cash touches every part of your business, from winning a customer to getting paid. Friction causes revenue leakage, hits cashflow and damages customer experience. We map the end-to-end journey and rebuild your processes and systems.
Mergers, Acquisitions & Carve-Outs
Bringing two businesses together or separating one out is hugely complex, and a deal is only as good as its integration. We align your processes, systems, data and people so the business moves forward as one - or stands alone with confidence.
Technology Optimisation
Systems bought to solve problems often create new ones: data that doesn't reconcile, bolted-on workarounds and a stack the business has outgrown. We start with the outcome you need, then select, implement and integrate the system around it.
Programme Management
Complex programmes need governance, rigour and senior oversight from someone close enough to catch problems before they become crises. Whether you're setting up a programme from day one or need a fast recovery, we have a product for both.
Change Management
Systems go live and processes change to plan, yet six months later people are back to the old way, because the change itself was never planned or supported. We plan the change before delivery starts and stay with your people through implementation.
Why blulotus
Most firms tell you what's wrong and leave you to fix it. We stay and do the work.
We solve the real problem
We look beyond the brief to find what is actually holding finance back. We keep asking why until we are fixing the cause and not the symptom.
Pre-built, outcome-led products
Every engagement is outcome-led, with a known output before we start. Our playbooks mean we move faster and the quality is proven - not reinvented from scratch each time.
Senior people stay close to the work
The people who understand the problem remain hands-on throughout. Not just at the start, but through every stage of delivery.
Finance, systems and change in one team
We bring finance expertise, technology, data, programme delivery and change management together. No need to co-ordinate multiple suppliers - we have all the relevant skillsets in one business.
What we've delivered
Our track record
Finance Transformation
Fast Close
A FTSE 100 drinks supplier wanted to align to best practice and cut its close from 7 days to 5, giving the board faster visibility of performance. We worked across every market to identify blockers, with fixes including automated manual journals and intercompany postings and shifted payroll timings, to get there.
Lead to Cash Transformation
Reduce Aged Debt
A PE-backed company had £30m in aged debt, putting loan repayments and covenant compliance at risk. We set up a tiger team to analyse debt by value, ageing and dispute status, with fixes including a workflow for disputed items and a sales incentive plan, reducing aged debt by 66% to £10.5m in 3 months.
Mergers, Acquisitions & Carve-Outs
Merger Integration
A PE-backed company merged with a similar-sized SaaS business, but the two had completely different models, one built on a few high-value products, the other on many low-value ones. We aligned go-to-market first, then moved both onto a new Salesforce instance, to unlock cross-sell across both customer bases.
Technology Optimisation
System Implementation
A PE-backed company wanted an end-to-end business transformation to increase value ahead of a planned exit in 3 years. We transformed processes and implemented: Salesforce as CRM, NetSuite as ERP, OpenAir for PSA, ServiceNow for customer service, and Anaplan for reporting, integrated through Boomi.
Programme Management
PMO Set Up
A FTSE 250 company was running a large-scale change programme, but resources were stretched thin across too many projects, delaying the benefits as focus was spread too wide. We stood up a fast track PMO in 4 weeks to manage resourcing, issues, and plans, giving leadership one view of how change was progressing with benefits back on track.
Change Management
Change Mobilisation
A privately owned construction business was going through a business-wide transformation, implementing Oracle Fusion, but had little maturity in delivering change. We set up a change function from the outset, aligning leadership, agreeing outcomes, and building a change network of key SMEs across the workstreams.
Not sure which service fits your situation?
Let's talk about what's happening. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and which product makes most sense to start with.
