Transforming

Finance Functions

into Strategic Partners

Founded by Lola Goggins, a seasoned Finance executive with over 30 years of experience, Pivotal Finance brings a wealth of expertise in Finance function management and executive leadership. Lola has a unique background in transforming Finance organisations within the Re/Insurance, Technology, and FinTech industries. She has consistently taken on distressed and underperforming teams, turning them into effective units recognised for their success both internally and externally.
“At the helm of Pivotal Finance, I am committed to transforming Finance functions into proactive strategic partners that drive value and growth. By leveraging multidisciplinary expertise, I help finance organisations navigate change confidently and achieve sustainable success.”

Her proven track record includes:

  • Regulatory Compliance
    Successfully addressed threats of regulatory license or business permit loss.
    Managed multijurisdictional regulatory inspections with positive outcomes.
  • Audit Excellence
    Turned around failing statutory audits.
    Resolved historical audit qualifications, restoring stakeholder confidence.
  • Tax Delinquency Resolution
    Identified and resolved complex tax delinquency issues, mitigating penalties and litigation.
    Set up effective processes to ensure future compliance.
  • Data Integrity
    Led clean-ups of historical data.
    Corrected legacy accounting decisions to ensure accurate and compliant statutory reporting.
  • Financial Planning
    Established robust budgeting and management reporting processes.
  • Process Simplification
    Streamlined Finance processes and operations to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
  • Distressed team leadership
    Turned around underperforming teams into value adding strategic partners through fostering team harmony and growth.
  • Technology Implementation
    Identified and integrated suitable systems and automation solutions.
Her proven track record includes:
Regulatory Compliance

An interactive, collaborative workshop facilitated by Pivotal Finance to examine the business strategy to establish the Finance organisation's future state vision.

Audit Excellence

Turned around failing

statutory audits. Resolved historical audit qualifications,

restoring stakeholder confidence.

Tax Delinquency Resolution

Identified and resolved complex tax delinquency issues, mitigating penalties and litigation. Set up effective processes to ensure future compliance.

Data Integrity

Led clean-ups of historical data. Corrected legacy accounting decisions to ensure accurate and compliant statutory reporting.

Financial Planning

Established robust budgeting and management reporting processes.

Process Simplification

Streamlined Finance processes and operations to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Distressed team leadership

Turned around underperforming teams into value adding strategic partners through fostering team harmony and growth.

Technology Implementation

Identified and integrated suitable systems and automation solutions.

“I have a reputation for achieving results - this is the proposition of Pivotal Finance.
We are proudly a solutions-based company, and our operating model is to deliver actionable results while being an integral part of your team.”
Professional Affiliations
Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Registered member of the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA)
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About us

At Pivotal Finance, we specialise in transforming Finance functions into strategic partners that drive sustainable value and growth. In today's rapidly evolving business environment, establishing an effective Finance organisation requires multidisciplinary expertise and a deep understanding of the forces shaping business transformation. Leveraging broad industry knowledge and insights, we help Finance leaders optimise people, processes, and technology to enhance efficiency and scalability.

Experts predict that the future of Finance is digital—embracing touchless transactions, self-service solutions, and artificial intelligence to improve sustainability and scalability for Finance teams and their stakeholders. As organisations seek to innovate in 2025 and beyond, reevaluating the Finance function is imperative to stay ahead of the curve.

Overview
  • Industry:
    Business Consulting and Services
  • Company size:
    0-1 employees
    1 associated member
  • Founded:
    2024
  • Specialties:
    Finance Transformation, Interim CFO and Leadership Support, Startup Financial Advisory, Risk Management and Compliance, and Non-Executive Director Services