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AS Colour: more capacity for a global finance team
AS Colour CFO Cameron Irons describes how dedicated offshore professionals helped expand finance capacity and extend operational hours across a global business.
By Ramp RemoteUpdated Last checked Oct 9, 2026
For AS Colour, the challenge was capacity in the back office finance team. The business operated across New Zealand, Australia, the US and the UK, and needed dedicated support for its next stage of growth.
Cameron Irons, CFO of AS Colour, described how working with Amped helped the team extend its operational hours and increase output. Amped HQ is the team behind Ramp Remote; the testimonial below describes that client experience in Cameron’s own words.
The challenge: finance capacity across markets
Supporting a business across four markets can put pressure on the working day. In AS Colour’s case, Cameron identified capacity constraints in back office finance as the issue that needed to be addressed.
The approach: dedicated people and a longer operating window
According to Cameron, Amped hired dedicated professionals who extended the team’s operational hours beyond a traditional 9-to-5 schedule. His account highlights both additional capacity and the dedicated support needed for business growth.
What Cameron reported
“As a global company operating across New Zealand, Australia, the US, and the UK, we struggled with capacity constraints in our back office finance functions. Amped hired dedicated professionals who strategically extended our operational hours beyond the traditional 9-to-5 schedule. The results have been outstanding – we've increased output significantly while gaining the dedicated support needed for business growth”
Cameron Irons
CFO, AS Colour
This is a client-reported outcome. The testimonial does not specify a headcount, a measured output percentage or an implementation timeframe.
Planning a finance hire for your team
If your finance team faces a similar capacity problem, start with the work and coverage you need. A useful brief identifies the recurring tasks, accounting tools, reporting deadlines, working-hour overlap and who will review the work. These are planning suggestions, rather than a description of AS Colour’s internal process.
- List the tasks that repeatedly wait for someone to pick them up.
- Agree which decisions stay with your finance lead.
- Set the working hours and handover points before you begin hiring.
Read our accounting and finance hiring guide, explore the bookkeeper role, or tell us where your finance team needs support.