Finance Leadership Blog

You’re in a leadership meeting.
The Founder/CEO looks around and says,
“We need a budget for next year.”
Everyone nods.
Then someone turns to you, the finance lead, and says,
“Can you get started?”

Your b...

If you’re leading finance in a startup or scale-up, chances are you’ve been asked to set quarterly KPIs for your team.

But let’s be honest, this isn’t easy when you’re not driving revenue or churning...

A few weeks ago, a couple members of my Fractional CFO team and I attended the Accountex Expo in Manchester - so you didn't have to!

It was largely for accounting firms (rather than Startup CFOs), ho...

Q4 planning is here and if you're treating it as just another forecasting exercise, you're missing the opportunity to show your strategic value.

This time of year is where finance professionals eithe...

The startup world doesn’t pause for summer holidays, but your energy probably did.

September always feels like a reset. The kids are back at school, inboxes are overflowing, and you’re staring down a...

There’s been a quiet shift in how startups approach finance. Gone are the days when hiring a full-time CFO was the only way to get strategic finance support.

Today, many early-stage founders are turn...

I thought that as we're in August in Europe, I'll do another book review as I personally read a lot of books when going on holidays. 

If you’re a startup Finance Manager, FD or CFO-in-the-making, Wha...

Let’s talk about the best month end reporting process for leaders and spoiler alert, it’s not a 40-tab Excel pack no one reads.

If you’re the only finance person in a startup, month end is already in...

If you’ve just landed a Head of Finance, Finance Director, or CFO role at a startup, the clock’s already ticking as you hurtle towards the end of your probationery period.

And while the first three m...

It’s summer (in the Northern Hemisphere).

Your out-of-office is tempting you. But if you’re a solo finance lead in a startup, juggling reporting, payroll, board prep, and a few surprise “quick questi...

When you're the Finance Manager, Head of Finance, or even a newly promoted Finance Director in a startup, there’s a high chance you’re reporting into a founder with little finance experience and you'r...