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Guidance for finance teams and the people who hire them
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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Management Accountant Interview Questions 2026 + AnswersManagement Accountant interviews in 2026 are more structured and more sceptical than they were even three years ago: employers have learned that…Read more →
Moving from Practice to Industry: Newly Qualified GuideThe move from practice to industry is the defining career decision for most newly qualified accountants — and one that the training…Read more →
Financial Accountant Career Path: FA to Group FC GuideThe Financial Accountant career path mapped stage by stage — Financial Accountant to Senior FA, Group FA and Group Financial Controller…Read more →
Month-End Close Always Late? The Hiring FixWhy a month-end close runs late every month, how to tell whether it is a people, process or systems problem, and which…Read more →
Interim Management Accountant Day Rates 2026: UK GuideInterim Management Accountants are the working core of the UK interim finance market: the professionals who cover parental leave, bridge sudden departures…Read more →
Hiring a Financial Accountant for Your First Audit: GuideHow to hire the Financial Accountant who will carry your first statutory audit: the profile to look for, when to hire relative…Read more →
Management Accountant vs Outsourced Accounts: The GuideIn-house Management Accountant or outsourced accounts? An employer's guide to the real cost of each, control and timeliness, hybrid and fractional options…Read more →
When to Hire Your First Management Accountant: 6 SignsSix signs your bookkeeper and external accountant are no longer enough, what a first Management Accountant changes, the part-time, fractional, interim and…Read more →
FCA Consumer Duty: What It Means for Your Finance FunctionWhat the FCA Consumer Duty means for the finance function at regulated firms: the rules, finance’s responsibilities, fair value, board governance, the…Read more →
How AI Is Changing What Employers Look for in an FCWhat AI capability means in a Financial Controller brief: the skills employers now test, the interview questions that reveal them, how candidates…Read more →
What Boards Are Asking About AI in FinanceThe questions UK boards and audit committees now put to the CFO and Financial Controller about AI in the finance function: approval…Read more →
Five Signs Your FCA Business Needs a Specialist FCFive specific signals that an FCA-regulated firm needs a Financial Controller with specialist regulatory finance experience, rather than a general FC who…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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