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What a finance function is supposed to produce, and how often.

September 2, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

What should a finance department deliver monthly? Finance is the only function in most businesses with no defined output. This article sets out the full schedule — daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual — with what each item is for, and the reader test that removes everything on the list which nobody actually uses. IN...

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You are not hiring an accountant. You are buying a finance function

August 27, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Should I hire an accountant or outsource accounting? The vacancy is usually written before the requirement is. This article sets out what a finance function actually consists of, what an employed hire really costs once it is loaded properly, and why most Caribbean businesses end up with a hybrid rather than a choice between the...

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Your books are ready in March. Your decisions were needed in January

August 26, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

How long should it take to close monthly accounts? Nine working days is achievable. Thirty to seventy-five is what most Caribbean businesses actually run. This article sets out where the difference comes from, what the delay costs, and how a digitally delivered finance function closes the gap. IN SHORT A monthly close should take nine...

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The Quiet Risk: Why Reserve Adequacy Decides an Insurer’s Future

June 22, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Reserves are the largest number on most insurers’ balance sheets and the least understood by their boards. Getting them wrong is rarely loud — until, suddenly, it is catastrophic. On the balance sheet of almost any insurer, the single largest figure is also the one the board understands least. It is the provision for claims...

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QuickBooks Live vs a Full-Service Finance Partner: What You Actually Get

June 19, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Intuit’s in-house service is convenient and affordable — but its scope is narrower than many leaders realise. Here is how to compare on value, not just price. QuickBooks Live is Intuit’s own bookkeeping service, priced in 2026 from about US$50 per month for expert-assisted help to US$300–$700 per month for full-service bookkeeping. It is a...

From Start-Up Culture to Scale-Up Architecture: The Caribbean’s Next Innovation Challenge

May 12, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Executive Summary Across the Caribbean, entrepreneurship is widely celebrated. Governments, universities, business incubators, accelerators, chambers of commerce, development agencies, and private-sector leaders have all encouraged start-up creation. This is positive and necessary. However, the next stage of Caribbean economic transformation requires more than start-up activity. It requires scale-up architecture. A start-up culture helps people launch...

Bank-Plus-Bond-Plus-Guarantees: Building a Resilient Caribbean Capital Source Mix

May 8, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Caymas Holdings Limited — the name is composite, the structure is real and recognisable across the regional conglomerate landscape — is a Caribbean integrated consumer-goods enterprise that has been my advisory work intermittently over a number of years. The group sits at approximately US$280 million in consolidated revenue and operates across three principal business lines....

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ESG That Is Not Financed: Aligning Sustainability Commitments with Capital Architecture

May 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Reserve Bay Hospitality Group — the name is composite, the events are real — is a Caribbean integrated hospitality enterprise I have spent considerable time advising. The group operates four properties across two territories: a five-hundred-and-twenty-room flagship resort on a Jamaican north-coast site, a smaller boutique sister property at one hundred and forty rooms on...

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The Liquidity Stack: Why Cash Alone Is Not a Liquidity Strategy — and the Five-Tier Architecture That Replaces It

May 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Tidewater Maritime Group — composite name, real engagement — is a Caribbean integrated shipping and logistics enterprise we have advised through three iterations of its capital structure. The group operates a fleet of seven container and break-bulk vessels covering inter-island routes between Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and the Eastern Caribbean, plus terminal handling operations at three...

Covenants Were Not Designed for Hurricanes: How to Stress-Test Loan Covenants Before They Stress-Test the Enterprise — and the Heat-Map That Surfaces the Dangerous Ones

May 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Valley Green Agriproducts — the name is composite, the events are real — is a Caribbean integrated agribusiness group I have spent considerable time advising. The group operates approximately twelve thousand acres of fresh produce and tree-crop cultivation across two territories, runs three primary processing facilities, employs roughly six hundred and twenty staff at...

What a finance function is supposed to produce, and how often.

You are not hiring an accountant. You are buying a finance function

QuickBooks Live vs a Full-Service Finance Partner: What You Actually Get

From Start-Up Culture to Scale-Up Architecture: The Caribbean’s Next Innovation Challenge

Bank-Plus-Bond-Plus-Guarantees: Building a Resilient Caribbean Capital Source Mix

ESG That Is Not Financed: Aligning Sustainability Commitments with Capital Architecture

The Liquidity Stack: Why Cash Alone Is Not a Liquidity Strategy — and the Five-Tier Architecture That Replaces It

Covenants Were Not Designed for Hurricanes: How to Stress-Test Loan Covenants Before They Stress-Test the Enterprise — and the Heat-Map That Surfaces the Dangerous Ones

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