Consumer Duty Two Years On: What Finance Teams Learned
It is two years since the Consumer Duty extended to closed products and services, and roughly three since it first applied. Long enough for firms to have produced several annual board reports, been through supervisory engagement, and discovered where their arrangements were weaker than they …
Blockchain and Cryptoassets: What the Financial Controller Needs to Know in 2026
Most finance professionals have read something about blockchain over the last five years. Very few have had to apply it in practice. That gap is closing faster than most FC briefs anticipated — because the regulatory framework around cryptoassets is moving from theoretical to operational …
Financial Controller vs FP&A Lead: Where the Lines Blur
These two roles sit either side of the most important divide in a finance function: one owns what happened, the other owns what is going to happen. In a large business the split is clean. In the mid-market it blurs constantly — the Financial Controller …
Mastering Cash Flow: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a 13-Week Rolling Forecast
13-Week Cash Flow Forecast: A Step-by-Step Guide The 13-week cash flow forecast is the most useful document most finance teams do not produce. It answers one question the monthly management accounts cannot: will we have enough money in the bank on any given Friday for …
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 …
Pivot or Close? A Framework for Deciding When a Business Model Has Failed
Few decisions are harder than accepting that a business model is not working, and few are made worse by delay. Founders and boards facing it tend to reach for optimism or for narrative — the next contract, the coming quarter, the change that will turn …
Career Pathways: From Big 4 to Group Financial Accountant
Career Pathways: From Big 4 to Group Financial Accountant Introduction In the dynamic world of finance, career trajectories often take intriguing turns, with professionals navigating through various roles and industries. One such compelling journey is the transition from a position at one of the Big …
C-Suite Roles and Responsibilities: A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Executives
The C-suite is the layer of an organisation where functional expertise turns into enterprise responsibility — and where the titles cause more confusion than almost anywhere else in business, particularly in the UK, where American nomenclature has been adopted unevenly on top of an older …
Understanding the Role: What Does a Commercial Director Do in Modern Business?
Meta title: What Does a Commercial Director Do? Role, Skills & Salary Meta description: What a Commercial Director does in a UK business, how the role works with finance, the skills and salary in 2026, and when to create the position. What Does a Commercial …
