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Employers and candidates ask us the same questions again and again. When does a growing business need its first Financial Controller? What should a Finance Manager earn in London? Is a fractional Financial Controller enough, or is it time for a permanent hire? We publish our answers here, in plain English and grounded in the searches we run every week.
Articles are written by founder Adrian Lawrence FCA, a Fellow of the ICAEW, and our recruitment team. They cover month-end and reporting, controls and audit, finance in FCA-regulated firms, tax, salaries, interviews and building a finance career, and we update them when the rules or the market change.
For employers, we cover how to scope a finance role, what to pay, how to interview for technical and commercial judgement, and when interim or fractional support makes more sense than a permanent hire. For finance professionals, we cover qualifications, CVs and interviews, salary negotiation and the routes from management accountant to Financial Controller and beyond. We also follow the regulatory and technology changes that affect finance teams, from FCA reporting to the use of AI in the month-end close.
New to the topic? Start with one of our core guides, or use the search and topic filters above to find what you need.
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Financial Controller salary guide →What FCs earn across the UK, by business size and sector. Financial Controller vs Head of Finance →The real differences in scope, seniority and pay. What is a fractional Financial Controller? →How part-time FC support works and what it costs. Management Accountant interview questions →The questions employers ask, and what good answers contain.Latest articles
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Pricing Your Fractional Finance Work: A Practical GuideA practical guide for finance professionals pricing their own fractional work: what the UK market pays, why salary-based day rates fall short…Read more →
Becoming a Fractional Financial Controller: A GuideA practical guide for experienced Financial Controllers moving into fractional work: who it suits, building a portfolio, setting up the business, finding…Read more →
What a Fractional FC Achieves in the First 90 DaysWhat a fractional Financial Controller should achieve in the first 90 days: a 30/60/90 plan, the deliverables to expect at one or…Read more →
The Regulated Finance Hiring Market: H2 2026Where demand sits in FCA-regulated finance hiring for the second half of 2026: the scarcest disciplines, what regulated firms are paying, the…Read more →
R&D Tax and Patent Box: Hiring the Right CapabilityHow R&D tax relief and Patent Box work now, what in-house capability each needs, who should own them, when an in-house hire…Read more →Employment Tax: When to Hire a Specialist In-HouseEmployment tax sits between finance, payroll, HR and legal, so it often belongs to nobody. This guide covers what an in-house employment…Read more →
SaaS Metrics for Management Accountants: ARR, NRR, CACSaaS metrics for management accountants: how to define and calculate ARR, MRR, NRR, GRR, churn, CAC payback, LTV:CAC, burn multiple, Rule of…Read more →
Fractional Management Accountant: Does the Model Work?Does a fractional Management Accountant work? How the month really runs, when one or two days a week is enough and when…Read more →A Day in the Life of a Management AccountantWhat does a Management Accountant actually do all day? An hour-by-hour account of a typical day, how close, reporting and forecast weeks…Read more →
Fractional Finance Business Partner: The Emerging ModelA fractional finance business partner gives a growing business senior commercial finance support one or two days a week. When the model…Read more →
How Many Finance Business Partners Do You Need?How many finance business partners does your business need? Practical ratios by size and business model, the coverage models that work, what…Read more →
Month-End Close Speed: UK Benchmarks by Company SizeIndicative UK month-end close benchmarks by company size and complexity: what a strong close looks like, what drives close speed, how to…Read more →Knowledge Centre
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About the Accountancy Capital blog
Accountancy Capital is a specialist finance and accountancy recruitment agency and one of the five specialist firms of FD Capital Group. We place Financial Controllers, Finance Managers, management and financial accountants, FP&A and tax professionals into permanent, interim and fractional roles across the UK, from our offices in London and the West Midlands.
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