ESF+ Lean Finance 2026

Course Fee

The fee for this course is €5000 per participant, €1500 for those eligible for Rural Food Skillnet ESF+ funding. To express your interest please complete the ESF FORM. This helps us check your eligibility before we send on registration instructions.

If you are not eligible for funding you can still register for the course directly by emailing:

Course Overview

Discovery & Diagnosis
Map out your current finance systems and workflows, so you know what’s working and what needs to change.

Tools Set-Up & Process Design
Implement the right tools, configure your system, and design step-by-step bookkeeping processes tailored to your business.

Knowing Where You Stand & Seeing the Big Picture
Learn what you actually need to know as a business owner or internal finance lead, so you can stop guessing and start acting with confidence.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• Finance systems and workflows aligned with your business goals
• Reports that actually make sense and support better decisions
• Smooth connections with your bank accounts and key platforms
• Simpler, smarter data entry with fewer mistakes
• A finance setup tailored to how you work
• Clear monthly routines to help you stay on top of everything
• Confidence around VAT, year-end, and handovers to your accountant
• A practical way to check if your finance team and tools are truly performing

Who is this training course designed for?

• Small business owners tired of messy systems and unclear finances
• Internal finance teams and bookkeepers looking for smoother, more efficient daily operations
• Supporting teams who want to collaborate better and avoid costly mistakesHygiene, quality, maintenance & operations managers

Course Format and Tutors

The course is delivered by SortMyBooks,  Accounting and Bookkeeping Software Systems, through a series of workshops, self-guided modules and ongoing mentoring taking you from set-up through to the end of your accounting year.