Finance Leadership Blog

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...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

There are many different ways to become a Finance Director / CFO of a start-up or Fast Growth business, and my story isn't too dissimilar to potentially yours, I'm sure.

I got my accounting...

Working for a start-up or fast growth business is exactly that, fast paced. And so it’s really hard to get things done.

I’ve certainly been in this place before and can sometimes find...

I've delivered two Finance Leadership workshops over the last 2 months and met quite a few of you afterwards and there have been some common "ah-ha" moments that have come from these conversations,...

Today, I want to talk about internal promotions – both for you and for your team.

I personally spend a lot of time upskilling finance professionals both for my corporate clients, but also...