Sam Chown - Financial Advisor Director of Watson Associates

Sam is a Director at Sussex accountancy practice Watson Associates. Over the course of a 20 year career he has developed a wide range of skills advising and assisting individuals and businesses of all sizes from start up to large corporates on their business journey. 

Watson Associates comprises a team of over 70 finance professionals dedicated to client service delivery of high quality professional advice.

• The preparation of multi-year financial forecasts to assist a client raise funding for a significant capital project.

• Assisting with various Company sales by providing timely accurate and relevant financial information and advising on different projects to both the buy and sell sides of the transactions.

• The implementation of improved financial controls and management accounts for a high growth business and acting in an external FD capacity until the business grew to a size and scale where a permanent hire was the appropriate next step.

• Advising a start up in relation to a £250k SEIS/EIS fundraise and ensuring client compliance with HMRC rules.

• Assisting a client develop and implement KPI indicators so they can regularly monitor business performance.