Finance, data and automation experience for real business processes.

4th Revolution is built by people who understand the work behind the numbers: finance processes, operational pressure, fragmented systems, manual controls and the reality of spreadsheet-based working.

We help knowledge workers use data skills, no-code tools and AI to automate work, create insight and move important processes into governed enterprise workflows.

Team expertise

Chartered accountants with finance, data and automation experience.

A blend of finance leadership, recruitment sector knowledge, data platforms, workflow automation and enterprise governance.
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Joe Paget

FCA LinkedIn

Experienced FD and MD with deep finance leadership experience in private-equity backed businesses.

Experienced FD and MD within PE-backed businesses
Two successful exits
Leader of 250+ team members across financial services, operations and payroll
Strong understanding of the recruitment and staffing sector
Specialist in finance process automation
Alteryx Core Certified
Location: Frodsham, Cheshire
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Brian Millrine

ACA LinkedIn

Chartered Accountant and experienced CIO, focused on data platforms, automation and AI-enabled business processes.

Chartered Accountant and experienced CIO
Early member of the Alteryx Advisory Board
Expert in using APIs and automation to connect business systems
Implemented modern data platforms to streamline reporting and BI
Speaker at Gartner BI and Data conferences
Strong advocate of democratising data for knowledge workers
Location: Hale Barns, Cheshire
Chartered accountant-led Finance leadership experience Recruitment sector knowledge Data platform delivery Workflow automation AI-enabled process design Enterprise governance Citizen developer enablement
Why this matters

The right solution needs more than technical delivery.

Business automation succeeds when the people designing it understand the process logic, operating model, commercial context and control environment. That is where finance-led automation has a major advantage.

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Finance process expertise

We understand the pressure of month-end, reporting, reconciliations, controls, judgement and spreadsheet-based processes.

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Chartered accountants

4th Revolution is led by finance professionals who understand business accountability, controls and operational delivery.

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Automation specialists

We help turn manual, repeated and spreadsheet-heavy work into repeatable workflows that can be shared, scheduled and governed.

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Data and integration experience

We connect data across systems using APIs, databases, files and cloud platforms to create trusted workflow foundations.

Our difference

Finance-led automation, not technology for its own sake.

We start with the process: what the business is trying to control, calculate, reconcile, report or explain. Then we design the data foundation, no-code workflow, AI step or insight layer around that business outcome.

We understand the business process, not just the technology.
We know where manual work, spreadsheet risk and key-person dependency sit.
We design around accountants and knowledge workers who understand the work.
We combine data foundations, no-code automation, insight and embedded AI.
We focus on practical adoption, not theoretical transformation.
We build governed workflows that can scale beyond one person’s spreadsheet.

Talk to people who understand both finance and automation.

Whether the problem is reporting, reconciliations, commissions, commentary, data quality, internal controls or AI-enabled workflows, we can help map the process and identify where automation can create value.

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