Operations · Finance · AI

Ask better questions. Run your business better.

I help businesses across the UK and Crown Dependencies use AI to run tighter operations. You get fixed-scope packages with clear outcomes, built by someone with a background in finance and operations.

How we work together

01 · Diagnose

We map how the work actually gets done, find where time and money leak, and agree what success looks like in numbers.

02 · Build

I design and deploy the AI workflows and systems, fitted to the tools you already use, for a fixed scope and a fixed fee.

03 · Run

An optional monthly retainer keeps everything working, measured and improving as your business and the tools change.

Services

Packages priced on outcomes, not hours

Each package has a defined scope, timeline and result, so you know what you're buying before we start.

AI Opportunity Audit

Find out where AI will pay back in your business before you spend on it.

  • Your key processes mapped with volume, time and cost
  • Every use case scored on value, feasibility and risk
  • ROI model and 90-day roadmap for the top opportunities
  • Board-ready readout and session
2 to 3 weeksQuote on request

Build Sprint

One workflow built end to end inside your systems: an automation, assistant, agent or dashboard, such as a business intelligence layer over Jira, your CRM or your finance platform.

  • Baseline measured before any build work
  • Working solution in production, with runbook and training
  • Before-and-after results report signed off by your process owner
  • 30 days of post-launch support
4 to 6 weeksQuote on request

Fractional AI & Operations Lead

Someone who owns your AI and operations roadmap month after month, without a full-time hire.

  • 1, 2 or 3 days a month on a rolling three-month term
  • Roadmap reviews, improvements and small builds
  • Monthly value report against your baseline
  • Quarterly board paper on the highest tier
MonthlyQuote on request

AI Governance Pack

For regulated and professional firms whose staff already use AI and whose board needs a clear position.

  • AI acceptable-use policy tailored to your firm
  • AI tool and use-case register, with a risk assessment for each use
  • Board paper and a 60-minute staff briefing
  • Annual review schedule
2 weeksQuote on request

Team Enablement Workshop

Practical AI skills for your team, built around their own documents and tasks.

  • Role-specific exercises, half day or full day
  • A prompt and workflow library your team keeps
  • Session recording and a 30-day follow-up Q&A
Half or full dayQuote on request

Automation & Reporting Care Plan

Keeps the dashboards and automations we build working, monitored and improving.

  • Monitoring and hosting
  • A monthly allowance of small changes
  • Break-fix response within an agreed time
  • A short monthly health note
MonthlyQuote on request

Most clients start with an Audit, a Governance Pack or a Workshop. Every Audit ends with a costed proposal for the build, and every build comes with the option of ongoing support.

Who I work with

Process-heavy, detail-driven businesses where accuracy, controls and auditability matter as much as speed.

Telecoms — wholesale operators and network businesses
Corporate & fiduciary services — including the Isle of Man and Crown Dependencies
Growing SMEs — teams that have outgrown spreadsheets and manual reporting

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Stephan Kuhn, Director of SK Business Ventures

About

Hi, I'm Stephan.

I'm an operations and AI consultant with a background in finance and operations. I work with businesses across the UK and the Crown Dependencies, helping them put AI to work where it makes a measurable difference.

I can talk about payback, controls and audit trails as easily as prompts and workflows. That's what gets AI projects past the pilot stage and into day-to-day operations.

As a qualified accountant, business owner and operations consultant, I have built my career around finding operational excellence while prioritising results.

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