When to Hire a Fractional Financial Controller: 7 Signs You’re Ready
When to Hire a Fractional Financial Controller: 7 Signs You’re Ready Understanding the Role of a Fractional Financial Controller Defining a Fractional Financial Controller A fractional financial controller is a finance professional who provides part-time, outsourced financial management services to businesses. Unlike a full-time controller, …
What Makes a Great Finance Director for a Private Equity-Backed Business?
What Makes a Great Finance Director for a Private Equity-Backed Business? The Role of Finance Directors in Private Equity Understanding the Private Equity Landscape Finance directors in private equity operate within a unique and dynamic environment. Private equity firms invest in companies with the goal …
10 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a Finance Director
Finance Director Interview Questions: An Employer’s Guide Interviewing a Finance Director is the hardest interview most businesses ever run, and for a specific reason: the person across the table is usually better at interviews than the person conducting them. FD candidates have spent years presenting …
Finance Director vs CFO: What’s the Difference and Who Should You Hire First?
Ask ten UK businesses what separates a Finance Director from a Chief Financial Officer and you will get ten answers, several of which contradict each other. The honest starting point is that in a great many British companies the two titles describe the same job …
How to Hire a Finance Director: A Step-by-Step Guide for Business Leaders
META TITLE (52 chars):How to Hire a Finance Director: A Step-by-Step Guide META DESCRIPTION (148 chars):How to run a Finance Director search: writing the specification, where candidates come from, what to test, the offer, notice periods and onboarding. URL SLUG:/how-to-hire-a-finance-director-a-step-by-step-guide-for-business-leaders/ (REWRITE in place — canonical …
The Importance of Finance Business Partnering in Strategic Decision-Making
Finance business partnering is widely endorsed and inconsistently funded. Most finance leaders agree it is valuable; considerably fewer can say what it returned last year, and a good many have appointed business partners who quietly reverted to producing reports within twelve months. This guide takes …
Key Skills Every Finance Business Partner Should Possess
Finance business partnering is the discipline where the gap between the skills listed on a job description and the skills that determine success is widest. Most specifications lead with modelling, analysis and systems — all real, all necessary, and none of them the reason business …
Interview Tips for Financial Planning and Analysis Candidates
Interview Tips for Financial Planning and Analysis Candidates Introduction to Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Interviews Understanding the Role of FP&A Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is a critical function within an organization that involves budgeting, forecasting, and analyzing financial data to support strategic decision-making. …
Relocating for Finance Roles: Is London Still the Epicentre for Top Talent?
Relocating for Finance Roles: Is London Still the Epicentre for Top Talent? The Historical Significance of London in Finance The Rise of London as a Financial Hub London’s emergence as a financial powerhouse can be traced back to the late 17th century. The establishment of …
How to Move from Finance Manager to Financial Controller: A Step-by-Step Career Guide
The step to Financial Controller is the point at which a finance career changes shape. Below it, you are judged on the quality of your own work; at FC level you are judged on whether the function works — the close, the controls, the audit, …
