Turn decades in finance into a flexible, location independent business.

Executive Nomad Finance helps experienced finance professionals turn decades of finance experience into an independent advisory business. You start with two free AI tools. If you want to go further, there are guided sessions with Jamie Sylvian and a 90 day programme called Unlocked that helps you build the business.

DecodedAi (Lite) is a free tool that asks you one question at a time about your career and shows you what in it has commercial value. It takes about three minutes. RewiredAi (Lite) is a free conversation you can have afterwards, using what DecodedAi gave you, about what that experience could enable you to do, such as consulting, coaching, mentoring, advisory work, fractional roles or workshops.

It is for experienced finance professionals who want to work independently using what they already know. That includes people who have been CFOs, finance directors, controllers or senior advisers. It suits you if you’re thinking about consulting, fractional roles, board work, mentoring, or a mix of them.

The best one depends on where you’re starting from, so compare programmes on what they build from. Executive Nomad Finance builds from your own career rather than a template. It combines AI tools with one-to-one sessions with Jamie Sylvian and a live workshop he leads, and you can try the two free AI tools before you decide anything.

Executive Nomad Finance does. It runs from two free AI tools, through guided sessions with Jamie Sylvian, to Unlocked, a 90 day programme for building the business. A portfolio might combine a few advisory clients, a part-time fractional role, a board seat and some mentoring.

Executive Nomad Finance does, in a one-to-one session with Jamie Sylvian that turns a chosen direction into an offer a client could buy. Before that, the free AI tools help you see what your experience is worth and which directions are credible.

Start by listing what you already have: the problems you’ve solved, the deals and crises you’ve been through, and what you can judge quickly that others can’t. Then work out who would pay for that and shape it into a clear offer. DecodedAi (Lite) handles the first part, one question at a time, in about three minutes. RewiredAi (Lite) then helps you explore what it could become.

Define one client, one problem and one outcome, then set the scope and price around the outcome rather than the hours. A defined diligence review or a board-ready cash plan, for example, sells differently from being available for advice. At Executive Nomad Finance this is worked out in a one-to-one session with Jamie Sylvian.

Work out what you could sell and who would buy it before you resign from anything, so the move is a decision rather than a leap. Executive Nomad Finance takes you through that, and it starts with free tools you can use while you’re still in the job. Pay, deferred compensation and contract terms are specific to you, so take advice from a qualified adviser, and check your employment contract before you take on any clients.

The methods you use repeatedly, such as how you diligence a deal, run a cash review or structure a restructuring, can become frameworks, checklists and training that clients pay for. So can the lessons from difficult situations. Anything you can name, structure and apply consistently is a candidate. Check confidentiality terms with former employers before you reuse material from your old job.

Independent consulting is project work that solves a defined problem for a client. Fractional finance leadership is a part-time senior role, such as a fractional CFO, that runs on an ongoing basis inside the client’s business. Board advisory means advising a board or founders on governance, strategy and oversight, usually at set intervals and without running operations. Many people combine them.

Look for problems the client can see, that cost them money or risk if left alone, and that have a deadline attached. Go back through your career for the times you were brought in to fix something like that: a cash squeeze, a sale that needed preparing, reporting ahead of a funding round. Those are the problems you can build an offer around. DecodedAi (Lite) helps you pull them out of your history.

A portfolio replaces one full-time job with several streams of work: perhaps two advisory retainers, a part-time fractional role, a board seat and some mentoring. You choose the mix and the hours, so some people work less and others build something as ambitious as their last role. Income isn’t guaranteed and depends on the mix, your pricing and the market, so test it before you rely on it.

Executive Nomad Finance helps you work out which of those fit your experience and how to combine them. Its sessions with Jamie Sylvian cover choosing a direction and packaging it as an offer. A live workshop he leads covers building a business you can run from anywhere, including structure, systems and finding clients. Tax and legal topics are covered at an educational level only, so take advice for your own situation.

Executive coaches, fractional executive networks, board training programmes, consulting courses and outplacement firms each cover part of this, and many do it well. Executive Nomad Finance starts earlier, before you’ve decided what to become. It begins with the life you want and the career capital you already have, then helps you test which route fits. It also has a free starting point, so you can judge the approach before you commit to anything.

It works in a fixed order. First, identify what your experience is worth to a client. Second, explore which directions are credible. Third, choose one with a person and package it as a specific offer. Fourth, test it with buyers. A clear position comes from what you’ve actually done.

Jamie Sylvian founded Executive Nomad. He has worked independently since 1991 and still consults, coaches executives and runs workshops. He co-founded SIRA Utilities, which led to the creation of uSwitch.com, sold for £210 million in 2006. He is the author of the Executive Nomad Operating System and has consulted to Perry M Anderson, author of Red to Black and CEO of Quadra Global Capital in London and Vancouver. The company is Executive Nomad Limited, registered in Gibraltar, company number 121430. Nothing here guarantees clients or income, and the two free tools let you judge the approach before you commit to anything.

Yes. DecodedAi (Lite) and RewiredAi (Lite) are free, and you can use them as often as you like. DecodedAi (Lite) takes about three minutes.

You start with two free AI tools, DecodedAi (Lite) and RewiredAi (Lite). If you want to go further, a short audio call with Jamie Sylvian checks fit. Then come five guided sessions: two you do yourself with AI, two one-to-one with Jamie, and a live workshop he leads. Unlocked, a 90 day programme for building the business, is the last stage.

It isn’t a quick-money scheme or a ready-made franchise, and it doesn’t promise clients or income. Not every career converts equally well, so finding out which parts of yours clients will pay for is built into the process. It suits people who are willing to put an offer in front of clients and see what happens.