Finance Leadership Blog

A lot of finance professionals have the same long-term goal: becoming a CFO.

But the path to becoming a CFO in a startup or scaleup looks very different to the traditional corporate route. In large c...

I’ve had quite a few people ask me the same question recently:

Why did you go fractional in 2019, build a successful company, and then decide to go back into a full-time role this month?

This post i...

If you’re leading finance in a startup or scaleup, chances are you’ve asked yourself some version of this question:

Do we need better systems, or do we just need to fix our processes?

It’s a fair qu...

One of the quickest ways for a finance leader to lose credibility in a startup or scaleup is poor data quality.

The tricky part is that the numbers usually exist. There are reports. There’s a P&L. Th...

One of the things I love most about the Financial Leadership Foundations community is seeing finance professionals step into roles that stretch them far beyond what they thought they were ready for.

One of the most common and least talked about problems new CFOs or finance leaders face in startups and scaleups is this:

You arrive too late.

Not late in your career. Late in the company’s journey....

One of the biggest shocks for new CFOs in startups and scaleups is not the workload, the pressure, or even the pace.

It’s being hired to “fix finance” without anyone agreeing what that actually invol...

Starting a new finance role is one of the highest risk points in your career. Not because you are incapable, but because expectations are often unclear, timeframes are unrealistic, and you are expecte...

The start of a new year has a strange effect on people working in fast-growth businesses. On one hand, there is pressure to move quickly, pick things up, and deliver. On the other, there is often a qu...

Welcome to 2026. Before we get stuck into another fast paced year, I wanted to look back at what actually mattered to finance professionals (and founders) in 2025. The topics you read, watched, search...

This article breaks down the best month end reporting process for leaders using ten practical steps. Each point includes why it matters, how much time it wastes when it goes wrong, and how to implemen...

If you're in a startup or scale-up and responsible for finance updates, before you start building any slides, remember that nobody has time for 50-page finance decks full of screenshots, tiny tables, ...