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What to include in a Dataroom finance leadership founders fundraise Feb 06, 2023

I don’t know about you, but now in early 2023, I’m not preparing for as many big fundraising rounds as I was this time last year.

However, I’m still preparing for top-up rounds...

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5 Ways to Kick Imposter Syndrome finance leadership founders imposter syndrome Jan 30, 2023

You’ve worked hard to get where you are today. You might have studied hard and invested in your professional growth in a number of junior positions, where you gained the knowledge, resilience...

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5 Steps to Get the Promotion You Want finance career finance leadership Jan 23, 2023

This week, I'm going to talk about the 5 steps you can go through to get a promotion in your workplace. Whether your an Fin Mger, wanting that F/C or Head of Finance role. Or you're Group F/C and...

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How you can demonstrate that your valuable before youā€™re a CFO finance leadership imposter syndrome relationships Jan 16, 2023

For me, living in the Northern Hemisphere in January = clear out.  Are you the same?!

It’s cold outside. Half of my social circle are doing dry January.  The Christmas / holiday...

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Journaling & Goals for the year finance leadership imposter syndrome time management Jan 09, 2023

Happy new year!  I hope that you managed to have a break from the chaos that is fast growth businesses and start-ups!

I was lucky enough to spend 3 weeks in Australia after a long gap and...

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How and when to do a tax or audit tender finance leadership founders Dec 05, 2022

It’s amazing how quickly a task can sound so daunting and then after you have done it a few times you aren’t phased by it at all!

A company I have only just started working with needs...

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3 steps to Upgrade your Management Accounts finance leadership management accounts Nov 28, 2022

Yesterday I held a workshop on how to upgrade your Management Accounts, so you can establish your leadership qualities and add value to the business.

Thanks to those who managed to attend –...

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Why the Management Accounts need your focus finance leadership Nov 21, 2022

As you may already know, I'm running a free workshop on Thursday 24th November that is all about upgrading your Management accounts. 

This may seem like an odd topic to choose, especially as...

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5 ways to Find your Voice in business meetings finance career finance leadership imposter syndrome Nov 14, 2022

One of my biggest stumbling blocks when moving from that Management role to Finance Leadership role was to find my voice.

I all too often sat in a meeting that had more than 5 people and hardly...

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What is Business Partnering & how it gets you a seat at the decision-making table finance leadership relationships Nov 07, 2022

I was introduced to the concept of Business Partnering while I was a Finance Director at Funding Circle.  I was already conducting elements of Business Partnering, but once I learned the...

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Budgets and getting out of the weeds budgeting Oct 31, 2022

I don’t know about you, but I find that when I build a budget model or growth model for a business, I really understand the details of the business and their Commercial and Operational plans....

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THE Most common type of Business Fraud I've seen founders risks Oct 22, 2022

Not the most ground-breaking topic, but a necessary one!

The most common fraud I see is when a “supplier” requests to change their bank details.

It’s so common, that I have seen...

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